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Milfay, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Bristow South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74046. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Depew quadrangle. 74 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 810 feet above sea level.

Milfay within Creek County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

7 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Milfay between 2005 and 2012, burning about 4,965 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use146 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBONES
15 March 2008Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficePIPE LINE
10 March 2008Debris and open burning9.7 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSESKETV SOFKE
27 February 2012Arson/incendiarism13 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10023
10 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined831 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeGYPSY ROAD
30 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined117 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSTROUD LAKE
1 January 2006Arson/incendiarism3,840 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeWELTY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Creek County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Milfay: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Creek County

Storms near this place

24 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milfay in 24 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 16 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Milfay$75,000A tornado destroyed or damaged several barns and outbuildings, snapped or uprooted numerous trees, damaged houses, and blew down power poles. The Oklahoma Mesonet station southeast of Bristow was impacted by the tornado and measured 85 mph wind gusts at that point in the path. Damage to homes, trees, and barns suggested maximum wind gusts in the tornado were about 100 mph at times.
May 2024HailMilfay$20,000Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
May 1999Tornado (F3)Milfay$2,000This tornado started out in central Lincoln County, travelling northeast and passing through the eastern Lincoln County town of Stroud. This tornado caused considerable damage in Stroud, most notably to the Tanger Factory Outlet Center. For more information on the Lincoln County portion of this tornado, refer to the Tornado entry for the Central and Western Oklahoma Storm Data compiled by the National Weather Service Office in Norman. This tornado continued on into Creek County, travelling on the ground for two miles before lifting just northwest of Milfay. This tornado reached F3 strength at its peak in Lincoln County but had started weakening by the time it entered Creek County. The path length listed with this Tornado entry only incorporates that part of the tornado path in Creek County. Fortunately in Creek County, the tornado travelled through an unpopulated rural area and was only responsible for tree damage.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMilfay$100no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMilfay-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 2017HailMilfay-no account filed
May 2017HailMilfay-no account filed
April 2017HailMilfay-no account filed
March 2009HailMilfay-no account filed
May 2009HailMilfay-no account filed
April 2008HailMilfay-no account filed
April 2007HailMilfay-no account filed
July 2005HailMilfay-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMilfay-no account filed
April 2004HailMilfay-no account filed
April 2004HailMilfay-no account filed
April 2004HailMilfay-no account filed
March 2003HailMilfay-no account filed
March 2003HailMilfay-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindMilfay-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMilfay-no account filed
May 2000HailMilfay-no account filed
October 2000HailMilfay-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindMilfay-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Creek County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Ritts Junction3.0 miles10
Depew4.6 miles11
Aron5.8 miles10
Gypsy6.4 miles11
Pulaski7.8 miles16
Iron Post8.7 miles11
Bristow10.6 miles16
Shamrock10.7 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on MilfayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6851686The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1095389. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.