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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.

Moyers within Pushmataha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

222 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism70
Debris and open burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10533
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2002Recreation and ceremony12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2005Debris and open burning15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10570
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarism40 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10569
30 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pushmataha 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pushmataha County

Storms near this place

30 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2000Tornado (F2)Moyers$250,000A 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 2000HailMoyers$100,000no account filed
May 1998LightningMoyers$40,000Lightning set fire to and destroyed an old house
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMoyers$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a travel trailer, destroyed a shed, and blew down trees and power lines.
March 2008HailMoyers$10,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMoyers$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew the tops out of a few trees and damaged a few carports.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMoyers$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees and blew the metal roof off of a shed in Moyers.
May 2019FloodMoyers-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 2016FloodMoyers-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 2015FloodMoyers-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 2015FloodMoyers-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 2015FloodMoyers-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 2015FloodMoyers-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 2012Thunderstorm WindMoyers-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees.
July 2007Flash FloodMoyers-Two and a half inches of rain fell in one hour causing a few secondary roads around Moyers to be flooded.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMoyers-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a few large tree limbs.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindMoyers-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
October 1995HailMoyers-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 2016HailMoyers-no account filed
April 2007HailMoyers-no account filed
May 2007HailMoyers-no account filed
March 2006HailMoyers-no account filed
April 2006HailMoyers-no account filed
September 2006HailMoyers-no account filed
August 2003HailMoyers-no account filed
April 2000HailMoyers-no account filed
May 1998HailMoyers-no account filed
April 1998Thunderstorm WindMoyers-no account filed
March 1998HailMoyers-no account filed
June 1994HailMoyers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pushmataha 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
Kosoma2.6 miles16
Kellond4.4 miles17
Miller4.9 miles17
Wadena6.1 miles15
Antlers6.8 miles16
Eubanks7.5 miles15
Big Rocks7.9 miles16
Finley8.4 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 MoyersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12834043The 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.