Page, Oklahoma
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Heavener census division. It lies in ZIP code area 71953. The Survey maps it on the Page quadrangle. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1900 USGS Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Page quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1981 USGS Page quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Page between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,153 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 47 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 | 47 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | PINEAPPLE |
| 5 August 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | ROD CAMP |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | DREAD IT |
| 31 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | GOLD FISH |
| 28 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | FALNES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Page in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2006: 10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Page | $500 | Several large tree limbs blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| October 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Page | $100 | Tree limbs were blown down, and lawn furniture was blown around. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Page | $100 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Page | - | A severe thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail 2 miles southeast of Page, hail up to 2 inches in diameter at Page, and dime size hail near Page. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Page | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the afternoon of April 30th. Strong thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs 2 miles northwest of Page. Baseball size hail fell 1 mile northeast of Talihina, and golfball size hail broke out a windshield 2 miles northwest of Bengal. Golfball size hail also fell at Muse and at Robbers Cave State Park 4 miles northwest of Wilburton, and half dollar size hail fell at Le Flore. Dime to nickel size hail fell at several other locations in southeast Oklahoma. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Page | - | Isolated severe thunderstorms developed in Le Flore County of southeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon of July 16th. Strong thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs in Summerfield, and dime-size hail also fell in Summerfield. Nickel-size hail fell 2 miles south of Page. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Page | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Page | - | no account filed |
| October 1999 | Hail | Page | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Page | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Page | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Page | - | no account filed |
| November 1994 | Hail | Page | - | 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.
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 Page | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7124207 | 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 1100715. 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.
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.









