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Orienta, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fairview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73737. It stands on Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairview quadrangle.

Orienta within Major County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Orienta in 2009, burning about 11,520 acres in total. None 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/undetermined1

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
4 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined11,520 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryCLEO FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Major 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 Orienta: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Brown ProspectCopperPast Producer1919
Law Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Law Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Law Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Major County

Storms near this place

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orienta in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 15 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
March 2026Tornado (EF1)Orienta$50,000This tornado developed just south of US-412 and west of N2520 Road. Along US-412, one home along suffered roof damage, two outbuildings and power poles were damaged. As it moved northeast, additional trees and power poles were damaged before the tornado crossed the Cimarron River. Another home suffered minor damage near the end of the tornado path near E0400 Road about 2 miles west of State Highway 8.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindOrienta$25,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindOrienta$2,000An awning was damaged at Summer Brothers Convenience Store.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindOrienta-Pieces of sheet metal awning torn off at a gas station.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindOrienta-Estimated 60 mph winds. No damage was reported.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindOrienta-A 10-inch diameter tree limb was blown down. Gutters were also blown off a house. Monetary damages were estimated.
April 2009FloodOrienta-US Highway 412 was closed from Orienta to its Junction with US Highway 281 south of Waynoka.
September 2008Heavy RainOrienta-The measured rainfall was 7.45 inches, much of it falling in a six to eight hour period.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Orienta-A third tornado was shown in the live coverage from television helicopters just east of the Glass Mountains. Again, this tornado also moved little and no damage was reported.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Orienta-A tornado developed south of US-412 and just east of the Glass Mountains. The tornado was observed by numerous spotters and was covered live by television news helicopters from Oklahoma City. The tornado moved very little and no known damage was occurred.|
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Orienta-A second tornado developed soon after the dissipation of the first tornado. This tornado also formed just east of the Glass Mountains and south of US Highway 412. This tornado was also observed by numerous spotters and covered live by television news helicopters which showed a well-developed tornado visually. This tornado moved little during its two minute lifespan, and produced no known damage. |
April 2002Tornado (F0)Orienta-This tornado was captured on video by a storm chaser, approximately 2 miles south of Highway 412 in northern Major County. The tornado moved northward for 4 miles before crossing the Cimarron River into Woods County. No structures were affected in Major County.
May 2018HailOrienta-no account filed
May 2018HailOrienta-no account filed
April 2016HailOrienta-no account filed
September 2010HailOrienta-no account filed
April 2009HailOrienta-no account filed
June 2008HailOrienta-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOrienta-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindOrienta-no account filed
June 2007HailOrienta-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindOrienta-no account filed
May 2004HailOrienta-no account filed
April 1999HailOrienta-no account filed
June 1996HailOrienta-no account filed
September 1996HailOrienta-no account filed
October 1994HailOrienta-no account filed
October 1994HailOrienta-no account filed
October 1994HailOrienta-no account filed
October 1994HailOrienta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Major 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
West Cleo3.2 miles8
Cleo Springs3.6 miles8
Fairview6.3 miles9
Cheyenne Valley9.8 miles9
Isabella11.1 miles8
Cedar Springs11.4 miles8
Ringwood12.2 miles9
Dane12.5 miles8

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 OrientaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7102319The 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 1100704. 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.