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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1899 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Moodys quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
601 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 290 |
| Debris and open burning | 124 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | PINE VALLEY |
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | F139 |
| 4 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | F140 |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Moodys | $25,000 | An NWS survey team determined that a tornado damaged two barns, damaged the roofs of several houses, and uprooted a number of trees. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moodys | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees. |
| December 2021 | Flood | Moodys | - | 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 2011 | Tornado (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 2010 | Tornado (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 1999 | Flash Flood | Moodys | - | A county road flooded 3 miles west of Moodys. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moodys | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 60 mph winds in Moodys. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Moodys | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Moodys | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moodys | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Moodys | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moodys | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Moodys | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Moodys | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Moodys | - | 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.
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 Moodys | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24191635 | 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 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.







