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Paoli, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pauls Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73074. It stands on West Owl Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paoli quadrangle. 583 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 951 feet above sea level.

Paoli within Garvin County

Population over time

3 figures

Paoli fell from 649 to 583 between 2000 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
2000649
2010610-39 (-6%)
2020583-27 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Paoli between 1998 and 2008, burning about 104 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
13 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresChickasaw AgencyPAOLI
9 February 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresChickasaw AgencyWATERING HOLE
18 January 2006Equipment and vehicle use99 acresChickasaw AgencyPAOLI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garvin County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Paoli: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Gold. 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
PaoliSilver, CopperProspect1900
Wolf Ridge ProspectCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrence1972
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Copper ProspectCopperProspect
Initial RockCopperOccurrence1929
Teepee QueenCopperPast Producer1928
Washington CreekCopperOccurrence1929
Wiggley HillCopperOccurrence1929

Every working recorded in Garvin County

Storms near this place

28 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paoli in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 19 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2008Tornado (EF1)Paoli1 hurt, $50,000A tornado briefly touched down five miles east-southeast of Paoli. At this location, a mobile home was moved off of its foundation, causing damage to the home. A few trees were also damaged near the residence. One person received minor injuries as a result of being inside of the mobile home. No other damage was reported. Monetary damages were estimated.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindPaoli$8,000Two vehicles were blown over on Interstate 35 between mile markers 81 and 82. Monetary damages were estimated.
April 2008HailPaoli$5,000The hail broke windshields of several cars. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPaoli-Measured by a broadcast media storm chaser along Interstate 35. The location is approximate.
March 2024HailPaoli-MPing report.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPaoli-Tree damage. Time estimated by radar.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPaoli-Trees was snapped by microburst winds. Time estimated by radar.
April 2008HailPaoli-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindPaoli-Several trees were blown down and damage was also done to roofs of a few residences. The report was relayed by KWTV-TV.
December 1999HailPaoli-Hail was reported on Interstate 35 near mile marker 77.
August 2020HailPaoli-no account filed
March 2017HailPaoli-no account filed
March 2017HailPaoli-no account filed
March 2017HailPaoli-no account filed
June 2012HailPaoli-no account filed
April 2011HailPaoli-no account filed
April 2011HailPaoli-no account filed
April 2011HailPaoli-no account filed
April 2007HailPaoli-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPaoli-no account filed
April 1998HailPaoli-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPaoli-no account filed
July 1997HailPaoli-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindPaoli-no account filed
June 1996HailPaoli-no account filed
June 1996HailPaoli-no account filed
November 1996HailPaoli-no account filed
March 1996HailPaoli-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garvin 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
Whitebead4.9 miles15
Pauls Valley6.3 miles16
Civit7.5 miles16
Maysville7.8 miles16
Boudinot8.0 miles15
Antioch10.5 miles15
Story10.8 miles16
McCarty11.2 miles16

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 PaoliAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1986976The 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 1096418. 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.