Oak Hill, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Broken Bow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74728. The Survey maps it on the Steel Junction quadrangle.

Oak Hill within McCurtain County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1902 USGS Lukfata quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Golden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Steel Junction quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

584 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 584 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,191 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 276 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/incendiarism	276
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	151
Debris and open burning	81
Equipment and vehicle use	39
Natural	20
Recreation and ceremony	6
Smoking	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	3

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
9 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Talihina Agency	SE496
8 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	11 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10542
8 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Talihina Agency	SE492
8 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Talihina Agency	LONGBRANCH
8 September 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10321
7 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
7 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	9.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10538
7 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10534

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hill: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in McCurtain County

Storms near this place

3 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Hill in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2026: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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
March 2026	Tornado (EF2)	Oak Hill	1 hurt, $500,000	A line of severe thunderstorms moved into McCurtain County, Oklahoma, late in the evening on March 10th. Circulations were embedded within this line of thunderstorms, with one of which producing an EF2 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 118 mph that began on Old Golden Highway, resulting in snapped trees and the loss of shingles to a local residence. The tornado then continued east, reaching Thomas Road near the intersection of Old Golden Highway where more trees were snapped and uprooted and a barn/shed experienced damage to the roof. The tornado then began to pick up in intensity as it moved across Oak Hill Road where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. As the tornado then continued northeast towards Rhoden Road, it caused significant damage to a family residence, resulting in the collapse of most exterior walls and an injury to the occupant who had to be airlifted to the hospital. Trees were then uprooted and fell onto this residence, causing additional damage. Next door to this home, significant damage was found to other structures as well as additional tree damage. Just before reaching Rhoden Road, another residence was damaged, where areas of the roof were uplifted, multiple trees were snapped and uprooted, and the neighboring barn experienced significant roof damage. The tornado then moved north/northeast of the road, pushing a small outbuilding off of its foundation and snapping and uprooting more trees before lifting as it crossed Highway 3.
March 2023	Tornado (EF1)	Oak Hill	$10,000	An EF1 tornado embedded within a quasi-linear convective system, or squall line, began west of Broken Bow along Poppy Road and proceeded to advance nearly 5 miles northwest and then north of the city before lifting as it crossed Highway 259. Most the damage was in the form of uprooted trees lying to the north or northeast, but some trees were lying to the northwest. This fact, in combination with signs of convergence in the damage pattern, was enough to give confidence in categorizing this as a tornado. The highest winds estimated in the 90 to 100 mph range, and the maximum width of nearly 400 yards, was in the vicinity of where the tornado crossed Highway 3. A few structures were damaged in this tornado, but mainly due to falling trees.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Oak Hill	-	Trees were blown down in the Lukfata community northwest of Broken Bow, as well as in the Golden community.

Every storm recorded in McCurtain 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Steel Junction	3.2 miles	15
Golden	3.2 miles	15
Glover	3.9 miles	15
Holly Creek	4.4 miles	12
North Pole	4.5 miles	15
Crossroads	4.7 miles	12
Broken Bow	5.2 miles	17
Hill Chapel	6.0 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100684. 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.