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Moffett, Oklahoma

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Roland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74946. The Survey maps it on the Fort Smith quadrangle. 38 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 413 feet above sea level.

Moffett within Sequoyah County

Population over time

2 figures

Moffett fell from 128 to 38 between 2010 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
2010128
202038-90 (-70%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Moffett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,859 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/incendiarism8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
4 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2002Natural11 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 1999Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 March 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
19 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,530 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
15 March 2004Arson/incendiarism16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sequoyah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Moffett: 11 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
UnkStoneProducer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fort Smith PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
General Inn QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jeffrey Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sequoyah County

Storms near this place

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moffett in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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
April 2008HailMoffett$100,000West facing windows of homes were broken out. The paint on the west side of one house was partially removed.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindMoffett$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs and damaged the roofs of several homes.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMoffett$300Large trees were blown down in Moffett
February 1997Thunderstorm WindMoffett$100no account filed
June 2019Flash FloodMoffett-Several roads were flooded and closed in and around Moffett.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Moffett-A brief tornado developed over open country and was witnessed by several people. The tornado resulted in no known damage.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindMoffett-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees.
March 2010HailMoffett-no account filed
March 2007HailMoffett-no account filed
April 2003HailMoffett-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMoffett-no account filed
April 1996Tornado (F1)Moffett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sequoyah 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
West Fort Smith0.6 miles29
Shady Grove3.5 miles14
Roland4.2 miles14
Paw Paw5.3 miles15
Lone Oak5.4 miles14
Cottonwood5.6 miles15
Remy6.5 miles14
Liberty7.9 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 MoffettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1965636The 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 1095465. 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.