Neff, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Poteau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74953. It stands on Polk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Poteau East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1900 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Poteau East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Poteau East quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Neff between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,027 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20470 |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 640 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20397 |
| 13 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20157 |
| 7 July 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neff in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 4 flood, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Neff | 1 killed | Portions of several county roads were flooded. A motorist drove into flood water on Gilmore Road east of Poteau and was drowned. |
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Neff | $150,000 | A tornado developed southwest of Cameron and moved generally north. It destroyed mobile homes, damaged homes, destroyed outbuildings, snapped numerous trees and power poles, uprooted numerous trees, and rolled several vehicles. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 110 to 120 mph. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Neff | $5,000 | This tornado damaged the roof of a home, uprooted several trees, and snapped a number of large tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph. |
| September 2020 | Flood | Neff | - | The Poteau River near Poteau rose above its flood stage of 24 feet at 8:00 am CDT September 1st. The river crested at 28.34 feet at 9:00 pm CDT on the 1st, resulting in moderate flooding. Croplands and county roads were inundated by flood water. The river fell below flood stage at 1:45 pm CDT on the 2nd. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Neff | - | The Poteau River near Poteau rose above its flood stage of 24 feet at 9:15 am CDT on May 20th. The river crested at 25.91 feet at 4:45 pm CDT on the 20th, resulting in moderate flooding. Farm roads and croplands were inundated by flood water. The river fell below flood stage at 1:30 am CDT on the 21st. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Neff | - | The Poteau River near Poteau rose above its flood stage of 24 feet at 6:15 am CDT on May 10th. The river crested at 28.55 feet at 1:00 pm CDT on the 11th, resulting in moderate flooding. Croplands and county roads were inundated by flood water. The river fell below flood stage at 9:45 am CDT on the 12th. |
| June 2013 | Flood | Neff | - | The Poteau River near Poteau rose above its flood stage of 24 feet at 3 pm CDT on June 1st. The river crested at 26.10 feet at 9 pm on the 1st, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 5 am on the 2nd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poteau | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Witteville | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Gilmore | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Sorrels | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Cameron | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Shady Point | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Smacker | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Tahona | 6.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100119. 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.
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.








