Panola, Oklahoma
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Red Oak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74578. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Panola quadrangle. 73 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
On record in Panola
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 1 record
- Panola High School and Gymnasiumlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1901 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS Red Oak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Red Oak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 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
- 1979 USGS Panola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
332 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 332 fires within 5 miles of Panola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,385 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 144 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 | 144 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 89 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20355 |
| 5 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20403 |
| 30 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20432 |
| 29 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Panola: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 Sandstone Pit | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Panola in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Panola | $40,000 | An F1 tornado touched down south of Panola and moved northeast to the Latimer-Haskell county line. Ths tornado continued to a point in extreme southern Haskell County about 2 miles south of Lequire. Near Panola, this tornado blew down large trees and power lines, and it caused roof damage. After Panola, the tornado primarily affected sparsely-populated hilly terrain. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Panola | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Panola | $15,000 | Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a mobile home. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a barn in Panola, and snapped numerous large tree limbs across the county. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | $100 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | $100 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | $100 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Panola | - | This tornado snapped large tree limbs as it moved north. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 75 to 85 mph. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Panola | - | A tornado snapped or uprooted a number of large trees in the San Bois Mountains. This area was not reachable by road and thus was surveyed by a citizen on an ATV who found hundreds of trees downed in multiple directions. The exact beginning point and end point could not be accessed but this tornado was on the ground for at least 2.5 miles. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | Several large trees were uprooted by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Panola | - | Law enforcement reported several roads across the county were closed due to high water. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Panola | - | US Hwy 270 near Panola was flooded. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | ,,,,,,,,Thunderstorm Winds (G52) |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | Severe thunderstorms moved rapidly southeast across eastern Oklahoma during the late evening of July 1st and early morning of July 2nd and produced widespread damaging winds. Strong thunderstorm winds blew down a 90-foot tower just west of Sapulpa and blew down street signs and a 2-foot diameter tree in Bristow. A roof was also blown off a building in Bristow, where winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph. Trees, power lines, and power poles were downed in Salina by 65-mph winds, and 65-mph winds in Beggs downed trees, signs, and large tree limbs. Power poles and large tree limbs were downed by 60-mph winds 3 miles east of Bernice, and power lines were downed by 60-mph winds in Quinton. Strong thunderstorm winds downed numerous large tree limbs just south of Okmulgee and at Panola. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 82 mph at the mesonet automated observing site in Foraker and to 78 mph at the mesonet automated observing site in Wynona. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 80 mph at Pawhuska, and to 75 mph 5 miles west of Pawhuska and 3 miles northwest of Coweta. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 to 70 mph at numerous other locations throughout eastern Oklahoma. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Panola | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Panola | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Panola | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Panola | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Panola | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Panola | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Panola | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutie | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Wilburton | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Center Point | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Damon | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Red Oak | 7.2 miles | 19 | |
| Degnan | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Veterans Colony | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Denman | 10.0 miles | 19 |
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 Panola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3476480 | 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 1096396. 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.











