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Oilton, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Keystone Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74052. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oilton quadrangle. 885 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 784 feet above sea level.

Oilton within Creek County

On record in Oilton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Oilton fell from 1,013 to 885 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,013
2020885-128 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

16 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Oilton between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,960 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
21 August 2006Natural1.0 acresPawnee AgencyBFOT
10 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresPawnee AgencyOLIVE COMPLEX
3 April 2011Natural17 acresOkmulgee Field OfficePOWERLINE
2 April 2015Debris and open burning250 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeFORMAN
11 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePawnee AgencyWHIPE
8 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresPawnee AgencyCHAPMAN
7 March 2011Misuse of fire by a minor972 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSILVER HANGER
4 March 2012Debris and open burning200 acresPawnee AgencyGREENWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Creek County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Oilton: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Creek County

Storms near this place

36 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oilton in 36 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindOilton1 killed, 3 hurt, $50,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a manufactured home. The tree killed a man in the home, and injured three other people.
September 2007Flash FloodOilton$25,000Heavy rains caused secondary roads around Oilton to be flooded. Some roads were washed out.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindOilton$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a home.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindOilton$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a metal roof off a carport. A street sign was also blown over and a metal replica of an oil well at the cemetary was damaged.
March 1997Thunderstorm WindOilton$5,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindOilton$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees, numerous large tree limbs, and power lines.
September 1999Thunderstorm WindOilton$100Large tree limbs were blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOilton$1004-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindOilton$100no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindOilton$100no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindOilton$100no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindOilton-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindOilton-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindOilton-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Oilton-Storm chasers reported a brief tornado over open country. No known damage resulted from this tornado.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindOilton-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs.
March 2008Flash FloodOilton-Heavy rain caused water to briefly flow over a few roads.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindOilton-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
October 1998HailOilton-Location: intersection of OK Hwy 99 and 51
May 2017HailOilton-no account filed
May 2017HailOilton-no account filed
April 2017HailOilton-no account filed
March 2015HailOilton-no account filed
April 2008HailOilton-no account filed
November 2008Thunderstorm WindOilton-no account filed
November 2008HailOilton-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindOilton-no account filed
April 2004HailOilton-no account filed
August 2002HailOilton-no account filed
August 2002HailOilton-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindOilton-no account filed
April 2001HailOilton-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindOilton-no account filed
April 2000HailOilton-no account filed
March 1999HailOilton-no account filed
May 1999HailOilton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Creek 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
Player1.3 miles12
Markham2.0 miles12
Pemeta4.5 miles12
Frey4.7 miles12
Silver City4.7 miles13
Drumright6.7 miles11
Olive6.7 miles13
Lawrence Creek8.4 miles13

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 OiltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2284602The 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 1096192. 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.