Moyers, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Antlers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74557. It stands on Frederick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moyers quadrangle. 60 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 499 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Moyers quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
222 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Moyers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,872 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 70 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 | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10533 |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10570 |
| 30 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10569 |
| 30 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | 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 Moyers: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
30 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moyers in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 14 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2000 | Tornado (F2) | Moyers | $250,000 | A F2 tornado touched down northeast of Moyers and traveled 9 miles east southeast before lifting 1 mile south of Finley. A mobile home and several outbuilding were destroyed. Some roof damage was reported to several buildings. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Moyers | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Lightning | Moyers | $40,000 | Lightning set fire to and destroyed an old house |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moyers | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a travel trailer, destroyed a shed, and blew down trees and power lines. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Moyers | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moyers | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew the tops out of a few trees and damaged a few carports. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moyers | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees and blew the metal roof off of a shed in Moyers. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Moyers | - | The Kiamichi River near Antlers rose above its flood stage of 25 feet at 2:00 pm CDT on May 1st. The river crested at 31.30 feet at 12:30 pm CDT on the 2nd, resulting in moderate flooding. Campgrounds were flooded along the river near Moyers, with permanent buildings under water. The river fell below flood stage at 12:15 pm CDT on the 3rd. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Moyers | - | The Kiamichi River near Antlers rose above its flood stage of 25 feet at 10:00 am CDT on May 25th. The river crested at 31.44 feet at 10:00 pm CDT on the 25th, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 10:00 am CDT on the 26th. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Moyers | - | The Kiamichi River near Antlers rose above its flood stage of 25 feet at 3:30 pm CDT on May 29th. The river crested at 31.30 feet at 8:30 am CDT on the 30th, resulting in moderate flooding. Agricultural land was flooded and campgrounds on the west bank of the river were inundated near Moyers. The river fell below flood stage at 10:00 am CDT on the 31st. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Moyers | - | The Kiamichi River near Antlers rose above its flood stage of 25 feet at 1:15 am CDT on May 11th. The river crested at 28.96 feet at 7:00 pm CDT on the 11th, resulting in moderate flooding. Flooding occurred along the west bank of the river near Moyers, which inundated a campground and county roads. The river fell below flood stage at 6:30 pm CDT on the 12th. |
| November 2015 | Flood | Moyers | - | The Kiamichi River near Antlers rose above its flood stage of 25 feet at 6:30 pm CST on November 27th. The river crested at 28.97 feet at 2:30 pm CST on the 28th, resulting in moderate flooding. Flooding occurred along the west bank of the river near Moyers, which inundated a campground and county roads. The river fell below flood stage at 12:15 pm CST on the 29th. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Moyers | - | The Kiamichi River near Antlers rose above its flood stage of 25 feet at 2:45 pm CST on December 27th. The river crested at 37.39 feet at 6:00 pm CST on the 28th, resulting in major flooding (3rd historic crest on record). Numerous structures were flooded along the west bank of the river near Moyers. Buildings on campgrounds were flooded by several feet. Monetary damage estimates were not available. The river fell below flood stage at 8:30 am CST on the 31st. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moyers | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Moyers | - | Two and a half inches of rain fell in one hour causing a few secondary roads around Moyers to be flooded. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moyers | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a few large tree limbs. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moyers | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees. |
| October 1995 | Hail | Moyers | - | Mid-day severe thunderstorms in southeast Oklahoma produced hail as large as nickels eight miles east of Moyers in Pushmataha County. In Calera in Bryan County, severe thunderstorm winds uprooted a two-foot pecan tree and blew it over onto a car and storage shed. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Moyers | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Moyers | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Moyers | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Moyers | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Moyers | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Moyers | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Moyers | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Moyers | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Moyers | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moyers | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Moyers | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Moyers | - | 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 Moyers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12834043 | 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 1100653. 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.









