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.
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
Meacham Buildinglisted 1982- Markham School and Teacheragelisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresOilton 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,013 | |
| 2020 | 885 | -128 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1929 USGS Yale quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Yale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Oilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | BFOT |
| 10 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Pawnee Agency | OLIVE COMPLEX |
| 3 April 2011 | Natural | 17 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | POWERLINE |
| 2 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | FORMAN |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | WHIPE |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Pawnee Agency | CHAPMAN |
| 7 March 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 972 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SILVER HANGER |
| 4 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Pawnee Agency | GREENWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
36 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | 1 killed, 3 hurt, $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a manufactured home. The tree killed a man in the home, and injured three other people. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Oilton | $25,000 | Heavy rains caused secondary roads around Oilton to be flooded. Some roads were washed out. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a home. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $5,000 | Thunderstorm 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees, numerous large tree limbs, and power lines. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $100 | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $100 | 4-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $100 | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $100 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $100 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Oilton | - | Storm chasers reported a brief tornado over open country. No known damage resulted from this tornado. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Oilton | - | Heavy rain caused water to briefly flow over a few roads. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees. |
| October 1998 | Hail | Oilton | - | Location: intersection of OK Hwy 99 and 51 |
| May 2017 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| November 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| November 2008 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Oilton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Markham | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Pemeta | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Frey | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Silver City | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Drumright | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Olive | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lawrence Creek | 8.4 miles | 13 |
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 Oilton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2284602 | 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 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.





