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Mill Creek, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the West Johnston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74856. It stands on Threemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mill Creek quadrangle. 293 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.

Mill Creek within Johnston County

Population over time

3 figures

Mill Creek fell from 340 to 293 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000340
2010319-21 (-6%)
2020293-26 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Mill Creek between 1993 and 2011, burning about 317 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
3 September 2011Natural60 acresChickasaw National Recreation AreaMILL CREEK WEST
31 August 2006Arson/incendiarism76 acresChickasaw AgencyNO WHERE
24 August 1995Debris and open burning20 acresChickasaw AgencyBUREAU
25 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChickasaw AgencyMARIETTA PLANK
27 February 2008Debris and open burning85 acresChickasaw AgencyBLACK COAT
27 February 2008Debris and open burning75 acresChickasaw AgencyRUNNING MAN
10 December 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChickasaw National Recreation AreaOXLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Mill Creek: 13 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite, 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
Delta Dolomite PitDolomite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mill CreekSilicaProducer
Unknown Dolomite PitDolomitePast Producer
Oklahoma WorksStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Anderson QuarryGraniteProducer
Tweed QuarryGraniteProducer
Unknown Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Penn Glass Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnston County

Storms near this place

50 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mill Creek in 50 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 31 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 flash flood. 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
February 2009Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$250,000The conveyor system of a rock plant near Mill Creek was destroyed by thunderstorms winds. The plant was out of service for 2 months while repairs were made. The time of the damage is estimated.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$100,000A second rock plant near Mill Creek was damaged by thunderstorms winds. The office and control areas were damaged by the winds. The time of the damage is estimated.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$2,500Siding was blown off of a house, a carport was detroyed, and limbs were snapped by severe thunderstorm winds.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$2,000Metal roofing damaged.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$1,000Multiple powerlines downed in Mill Creek.
April 2019Tornado (EF1)Mill Creek$1,000A tornado developed about 1.25 miles southwest of Scullin, just south of the Murray-Johnston County line. The tornado moved northeast and into Murray County. The tornado was observed by a storm chaser using a drone which observed tree damage occurring as the tornado crossed Highway 7 and into Murray County.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$1,000no account filed
April 2025Tornado (EFU)Mill Creek-Spotters in Pontotoc County observed a tornado that lasted almost two minutes that is estimated to have occurred in far northwestern Johnston County about 6 miles north of Mill Creek. No damage was reported.
April 2024Flash FloodMill Creek-Roadway flooding along Oklahoma Highway 1 near the community of Mill Creek. Event time is approximate.
March 2024HailMill Creek-MPing report.
March 2024HailMill Creek-MPing report.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMill Creek-Damage to a building in the town of Mill Creek.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMill Creek-No damage reported.
May 2016Tornado (EFU)Mill Creek-A mini-supercell that developed between the Katie-Sulphur storm and the Bromide-Atoka storm produced a tornado in northern Johnston County that was observed by spotters and chasers, including an NWS employee, and broadcast live on Oklahoma City television by a media helicopter. The tornado occurred in open grassland on a ranch and produced no damage. The specific path could be determined by the proximity to landmarks observed on the helicopter footage.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMill Creek-The town of Mill Creek was without power for a short duration.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Mill Creek-Tornado #N1. Johnston County Emergency Management reported a tornado southwest and south of Mill Creek. No damage was reported and the location is estimated.
June 2007Flash FloodMill Creek-Four to six inches of water was reportedly over Cold Springs Road just east of Mill Creek.
May 2003HailMill Creek-Hail was reported covering the ground.
April 2002Flash FloodMill Creek-Two roads were washed out near Pennington Creek.
May 1997Tornado (F0)Mill Creek-Reported by spotter. No reported damage.
April 1994HailMill Creek-Isolated severe thunderstorms in southeast and south-central Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 29th produced damaging winds and dime size hail. Strong thunderstorm winds tore the roof off a house, damaged two buildings and downed trees 5.5 miles south-southwest of Wilson and damaged a mobile home seven miles north of Lone Grove. Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a mobile home in Lone Grove. None of the five occupants of the mobile home were injured.
May 2022HailMill Creek-no account filed
April 2018HailMill Creek-no account filed
April 2018HailMill Creek-no account filed
May 2017HailMill Creek-no account filed
May 2017HailMill Creek-no account filed
May 2017HailMill Creek-no account filed
April 2011HailMill Creek-no account filed
April 2011HailMill Creek-no account filed
April 2011HailMill Creek-no account filed
April 2011HailMill Creek-no account filed
May 2011HailMill Creek-no account filed
September 2009HailMill Creek-no account filed
April 2005HailMill Creek-no account filed
April 2004HailMill Creek-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindMill Creek-no account filed
June 2004HailMill Creek-no account filed
December 2002Thunderstorm WindMill Creek-no account filed
December 2002HailMill Creek-no account filed
May 2002HailMill Creek-no account filed
October 2002HailMill Creek-no account filed
February 2001HailMill Creek-no account filed
January 2000HailMill Creek-no account filed
April 1997HailMill Creek-no account filed
November 1996HailMill Creek-no account filed
March 1996HailMill Creek-no account filed
April 1995HailMill Creek-no account filed
July 1995HailMill Creek-no account filed
April 1994HailMill Creek-no account filed
May 1993HailMill Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnston 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
Troy5.8 miles15
Reagan6.7 miles14
Connerville10.5 miles13
Ravia11.9 miles14
Pontotoc12.1 miles13
Tishomingo14.0 miles13
Earl14.5 miles14
Russett14.8 miles14

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 Mill CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2915422The 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 1095392. 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.