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Nuyaka, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Okmulgee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74447. The Survey maps it on the Nuyaka quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.

Nuyaka within Okmulgee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

22 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Nuyaka between 2005 and 2018, burning about 14,246 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6

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
6 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeTWIN BRIDGES
5 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined225 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeNUYAKA
27 April 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeLITTLE BROWN
15 April 2006Arson/incendiarism680 acresOkmulgee Field OfficePECAN GROVE
22 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined213 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryHARD ROCK HILL
21 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,509 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryGUN RANGE
20 March 2008Arson/incendiarism86 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeNUYAKA
20 March 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeNEW DAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okmulgee 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 Nuyaka: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okmulgee County

Storms near this place

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nuyaka in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 10 hail, 7 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood. 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
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNuyaka$111,000Thunderstorm wind resulted in at least $111,000 in damage to the utility infrastructure across the county during this severe thunderstorm.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Nuyaka$35,000A tornado destroyed a small barn, damaged a mobile home, and blew down numerous trees and power lines.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindNuyaka$28,000The school in Nuyaka had some roof damage where the metal was torn off and twisted. Sheet metal from barns and sheds lay on the ground. A church had its steeple blown away. A trailer had sheet metal peeled up on it, and the barn that stood in front of it was demolished. The Nuyaka Store lost its sign to the wind.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Nuyaka$5,000A brief tornado snapped large tree limbs and moved a trailer at Dripping Springs State Park. It was witnessed by several people as it moved northwest.
October 1998Tornado (F2)Nuyaka$5,000This tornado track is the continuation of the same tornado that tracked through Okfuskee County earlier in the evening, producing F2 damage. In Okmulgee County, the tornado only produced F0 damage in the form of numerous trees downed/uprooted along its path. When all was said and done, this tornado tracked 27 miles from 2_SE Boley to 3_SW Nuyaka, and it injured four people in Okfuskee County.
October 1998Tornado (F1)Nuyaka$5,000A seasoned storm chaser on an aerial survey of the area reported a one-mile damage track through a forested area in the Okmulgee Wildlife Management Area just east of Nuyaka. The degree of tree damage suggested the tornado was F1 intensity. Damage in this unpopulated area consisted of numerous trees blown over.
November 1999Thunderstorm WindNuyaka$100Several large tree limbs were blown down.
April 2025FloodNuyaka-McKinley Road east of the 350 Road was closed due to portions of it being washed out.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Nuyaka-This is the second segment of a two-segment tornado. This tornado moved into Okmulgee County just south of Howard Road. It moved east-northeast uprooting trees and snapping large tree limbs, and dissipated north of the E 900 Road and west of the N 130 Road. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 90 to 95 mph.
May 2022Flash FloodNuyaka-Portions of Highway 56 west of Okmulgee were impassable due to flooding.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindNuyaka-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees.
June 2021Flash FloodNuyaka-Portions of numerous county roads were reported flooded across northern Okmulgee County.
July 2021FloodNuyaka-The Deep Fork River near Beggs rose above its flood stage of 18 feet at 7:45 am CDT on July 1st. The river crested at 26.93 feet at 10:30 am CDT on the 3rd, resulting in major flooding. Severe agricultural flooding occurred near the river. County roads were flooded south and southwest of Beggs, and west and northwest of Okmulgee, and some homes were isolated by flood water. The river fell below flood stage at 5:15 pm CDT on the 7th.
June 2019FloodNuyaka-The Deep Fork River near Beggs rose above its flood stage of 18 feet at 12:30 am CDT on May 22nd. The river crested at 26.01 feet at 6:45 pm CDT on the 26th, and then crested again at 23.44 feet at 4:00 am CDT on the 31st. Both crests resulted in moderate flooding. Agricultural flooding occurred, and county roads were flooded. The river remained above flood stage through the end of May, and finally fell below flood stage at 9:30 pm CDT on June 3rd.
May 2019FloodNuyaka-The Deep Fork River near Beggs rose above its flood stage of 18 feet at 12:30 am CDT on May 22nd. The river crested at 26.01 feet at 6:45 pm CDT on the 26th, and then crested again at 23.44 feet at 4:00 am CDT on the 31st. Both crests resulted in moderate flooding. Agricultural flooding occurred, and county roads were flooded. The river remained above flood stage through the end of May, and finally fell below flood stage at 9:30 pm CDT on June 3rd.
May 2019Tornado (EF1)Nuyaka-This is the second segment of a two-segment tornado. This tornado moved into Okmulgee County over the west side of Dripping Springs Lake and moved north snapping and uprooting numerous trees from south of the E 1000 Road to north of the E 990 Road. The tornado turned north-northwest and dissipated near the E 980 Road and east of Highway 56. Based on the extensive damage to trees, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 100 to 110 mph. This tornado was observed by several people, and produced a radar-detected debris signature.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Nuyaka-This is the second of two segments of this tornado. The tornado continued into Okmulgee County, producing no known damage in Okmulgee County as it remained over mostly open country until it dissipated. The rope stage of this tornado was recorded by storm chasers.
May 2022HailNuyaka-no account filed
May 2013HailNuyaka-no account filed
April 2009HailNuyaka-no account filed
March 2000HailNuyaka-no account filed
April 2000HailNuyaka-no account filed
December 1999HailNuyaka-no account filed
December 1999HailNuyaka-no account filed
May 1998HailNuyaka-no account filed
May 1998HailNuyaka-no account filed
October 1993HailNuyaka-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okmulgee 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
Park Wheeler Corner2.2 miles11
Dentonville6.1 miles11
Laden6.6 miles11
Beggs7.2 miles11
Preston8.8 miles14
Okmulgee9.7 miles14
Brundidge10.3 miles14
Wilson11.5 miles11

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 NuyakaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14708645The 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 1100683. 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.