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Moodys, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the North Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74464. The Survey maps it on the Moodys quadrangle. 854 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 925 feet above sea level.

Moodys within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

601 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 601 fires within 5 miles of Moodys between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,426 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 290 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/incendiarism290
Debris and open burning124
Missing data/not specified/undetermined108
Equipment and vehicle use28
Natural16
Smoking12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism120 acresCherokee Nation TribePINE VALLEY
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1995Smoking4.0 acresCherokee Nation TribeF139
4 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresCherokee Nation TribeF140
30 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Moodys: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moodys in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
January 2008Tornado (EF0)Moodys$25,000An NWS survey team determined that a tornado damaged two barns, damaged the roofs of several houses, and uprooted a number of trees.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMoodys$500Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
December 2021FloodMoodys-The Illinois River near Tahlequah rose above its flood stage of 11 feet at 10:45 am CST on December 18th. The river crested at 14.94 feet at 10:00 am CST on the 19th, resulting in moderate flooding. Some roads were flooded and impassable, and some cabins and parks were flooded. The river fell below flood stage at 7:15 pm CST on the 19th.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Moodys-A tornado uprooted a number of trees and was photographed by a storm spotter. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on the tree damage was about 95 mph.
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Moodys-A tornado uprooted trees and snapped large tree limbs. The estimated peak wind in the tornado based on this damage was 90 mph.
April 1999Flash FloodMoodys-A county road flooded 3 miles west of Moodys.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMoodys-A severe thunderstorm produced 60 mph winds in Moodys.
May 2011HailMoodys-no account filed
April 2006HailMoodys-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMoodys-no account filed
May 1999HailMoodys-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindMoodys-no account filed
June 1995HailMoodys-no account filed
April 1995HailMoodys-no account filed
October 1993HailMoodys-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Ellerville2.9 miles18
Liberty3.2 miles18
Gideon4.3 miles15
Lowrey5.0 miles18
Teresita5.7 miles18
Scraper7.0 miles18
Tahlequah8.0 miles19
Peggs8.3 miles15

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 MoodysAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24191635The 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 1100642. 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.