BlockNewalla, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Oklahoma City Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74857. The Survey maps it on the Harrah quadrangle. It stands 1,148 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1898 USGS Purcell quadrangle1:125000
- 1930 USGS McLoud quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Harrah quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Oklahoma City South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newalla in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2007: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2001 | Flash Flood | Newalla | 2 hurt | Water overflowed the banks of the North Deer Creek at SE 59th and Dobbs Road after nearly ten inches of rain fell. Two teenage boys were rescued from a tree submerged in nearly eight feet of fast-flowing water. |
| April 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Newalla | $150,000 | The tornado touched down just inside the Oklahoma City city limits near SE 74th Street and Marianne Drive. It moved north-northeast for about 5 miles before lifting just inside or near the Harrah city limits, southwest of Reno Avenue and Peebly Road. The tornado first caused damage to an area of trees approximately 100 yards long, near SE 74th and Marianne Drive, west of Triple XXX Road. A trailer and metal barns were then damaged near SE 53rd Street and Triple XXX Road. A barn roof was later damaged near SE 29th and Triple XXX Road. As the tornado continued along its path, it downed many power lines and poles along SE 15th Street west of Peebly Road. The tornado caused the worst damage at the Hasel Farm near SE 15th Street and Peebly Road before lifting. The farm sustained damage to a barn, numerous trees were damaged or downed. Fences were also damaged when the trees fell on them. |
| February 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newalla | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Newalla | - | Reported at mile marker 171 on I-40. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newalla | - | Wind was reported near the intersection of Interstate 40 and Peebly Road. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newalla | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Newalla | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Newalla | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Newalla | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Harrah | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Choctaw | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Nicoma Park | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Dunjee Park | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Green Pastures | 12.2 miles | 15 | |
| Midwest City | 12.8 miles | 18 | |
| Jones | 12.9 miles | 15 |
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 Newalla | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7016563 | 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 1095849. 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.
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.