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Nida, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Johnston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74748. The Survey maps it on the Caddo NW quadrangle.

Nida within Johnston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Nida between 2006 and 2008, burning about 44 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
28 February 2008Debris and open burning15 acresChickasaw AgencyDEEP BRANCH
14 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTishomingo National Wildlife RefugeMAHARDA
9 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresChickasaw Agency199

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Nida: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bryan County Sand Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnston County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nida in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
March 2025Tornado (EF0)Nida$200,000The Nida Tornado developed about a mile southwest of Nida where a mobile home and a barn were destroyed. The tornado moved northeast to Nida, then east along State Highway 22 before turning northeast destroying additional barns and outbuildings before dissipating near Prairie Dog Road.
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Nida$150,000This tornado moved across southeastern Johnston County, developing southeast of the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge near the community of Bee, and moving northeast and then north to south of Coleman. Damage was primarily to trees, but at least two homes had roof damage and a couple of outbuildings were damaged.
May 2015Flash FloodNida$100,000Several rural roads washed out. Blue River running across highway 48, flooding nearby low lying areas and pastures.
January 2000LightningNida$100,000Lightning struck a two-story house causing a fire that completely destroyed the home.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindNida$500Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph blew down 6-inch diameter tree limbs and knocked out power.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindNida-An estimated wind gust near the intersection of Oklahoma State Highways 78 and 22. The report was relayed by emergency management.
April 2026HailNida-no account filed
March 2024HailNida-no account filed
April 2020HailNida-no account filed
April 2011HailNida-no account filed
October 2011HailNida-no account filed
April 2008HailNida-no account filed
May 2001HailNida-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindNida-no account filed
October 1996HailNida-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindNida-no account filed
April 1994HailNida-no account filed
April 1994HailNida-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnston 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
Bee4.2 miles13
Emet4.7 miles13
Folsom5.4 miles14
Milburn7.3 miles13
Fillmore9.0 miles14
Coleman9.8 miles14
Tishomingo11.5 miles13
Ravia15.0 miles14

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 NidaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7030748The 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 1095877. 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.