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.
Population over time
2 figuresMoffett 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 128 | |
| 2020 | 38 | -90 (-70%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 29 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1879 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Natural | 11 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 March 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 March 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,530 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fort Smith Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| General Inn Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jeffrey Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Hail | Moffett | $100,000 | West facing windows of homes were broken out. The paint on the west side of one house was partially removed. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moffett | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs and damaged the roofs of several homes. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moffett | $300 | Large trees were blown down in Moffett |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moffett | $100 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Moffett | - | Several roads were flooded and closed in and around Moffett. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Moffett | - | A brief tornado developed over open country and was witnessed by several people. The tornado resulted in no known damage. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moffett | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Moffett | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Moffett | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Moffett | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moffett | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Moffett | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Fort Smith | 0.6 miles | 29 | |
| Shady Grove | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Roland | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Paw Paw | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lone Oak | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cottonwood | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Remy | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Liberty | 7.9 miles | 14 |
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 Moffett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1965636 | The 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.














