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Okay, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wagoner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74446. It stands on Clinging Creek. The Survey maps it on the Northeast Muskogee quadrangle. 505 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 545 feet above sea level.

Okay within Wagoner County

On record in Okay

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

Okay fell from 620 to 505 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
2010620
2020505-115 (-19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Okay between 1998 and 2017, burning about 593 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
31 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
18 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30377
1 August 2012Arson/incendiarism50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40307
24 July 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2011Arson/incendiarism12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40301
7 March 2012Arson/incendiarism70 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30185
4 February 2008Arson/incendiarism15 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBROKEN BUMPER
26 February 2012Arson/incendiarism60 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30087

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wagoner County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Okay: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. 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
Frank Livingston Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Arkhola #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arkhola Mine #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arkhola Roberts QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cherokee Co Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wagoner County

Storms near this place

42 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Okay in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 23 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash 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
May 2003Tornado (F1)Okay$150,000A F1 tornado touched down south southeast of Okay and crossed into Muskogee county. The damage was characterized by a few damaged to destroyed mobile homes and several damaged to destroyed outbuildings and sheds. Trees and utility poles were also blown down. The few single family houses in the path sustained lesser damage.
April 1999Tornado (F0)Okay$40,000A small tornado touched down on the south edge of Sequoyah Bay State Park and destroyed an equipment shed. The tornado moved north-northeast through the park, downing several trees and causing minor damage to two vehicles and two campers. One of the campers set down on one end of a pickup truck. The gate attendants' trailer was moved six feet. The tornado destroyed an empty boat dock before eyewitnesses reported it moving into Fort Gibson Lake as a waterspout. The waterspout moved toward the Highway 51 bridge but dissipated before reaching the bridge.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindOkay$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a home and destroyed a carport.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindOkay$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several power poles.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindOkay$3,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees and power lines.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindOkay$3,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power poles one mile south of the Fort Gibson Lake dam.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindOkay$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down power lines.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindOkay$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew over a storage shed.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindOkay$500Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOkay$500Several trees were blown down, one of which blocked a highway.
October 2009Flash FloodOkay-Several roads were flooded and closed due to high water.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindOkay-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large limbs.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindOkay-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
January 2008Flash FloodOkay-Heavy rain caused water to flow over Highway 16 west of Okay.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindOkay-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
April 2026HailOkay-no account filed
June 2025HailOkay-no account filed
August 2011HailOkay-no account filed
March 2009HailOkay-no account filed
January 2008HailOkay-no account filed
January 2008HailOkay-no account filed
January 2008HailOkay-no account filed
March 2008HailOkay-no account filed
March 2008Thunderstorm WindOkay-no account filed
May 2008HailOkay-no account filed
April 2004HailOkay-no account filed
February 2001HailOkay-no account filed
September 2001HailOkay-no account filed
March 2000HailOkay-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindOkay-no account filed
May 1999HailOkay-no account filed
August 1998HailOkay-no account filed
May 1998HailOkay-no account filed
May 1996HailOkay-no account filed
May 1996HailOkay-no account filed
April 1996HailOkay-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindOkay-no account filed
March 1996HailOkay-no account filed
October 1995HailOkay-no account filed
July 1995HailOkay-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindOkay-no account filed
January 1994HailOkay-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wagoner 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
Mallard Bay2.2 miles18
Gibson2.3 miles18
Anchor4.6 miles18
Tullahassee6.4 miles18
Taylor Ferry6.8 miles18
Wagoner8.0 miles18
Toppers8.3 miles18
Clarksville10.5 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 OkayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2098229The 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 1096195. 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.