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.
Population over time
3 figuresPaoli 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 649 | |
| 2010 | 610 | -39 (-6%) |
| 2020 | 583 | -27 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1898 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Paoli quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional 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 use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | PAOLI |
| 9 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | WATERING HOLE |
| 18 January 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 99 acres | Chickasaw Agency | PAOLI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paoli | Silver, Copper | Prospect | 1900 | |
| Wolf Ridge Prospect | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | 1972 | |
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Initial Rock | Copper | Occurrence | 1929 | |
| Teepee Queen | Copper | Past Producer | 1928 | |
| Washington Creek | Copper | Occurrence | 1929 | |
| Wiggley Hill | Copper | Occurrence | 1929 |
Storms near this place
28 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Paoli | 1 hurt, $50,000 | A 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | $8,000 | Two vehicles were blown over on Interstate 35 between mile markers 81 and 82. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Paoli | $5,000 | The hail broke windshields of several cars. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | - | Measured by a broadcast media storm chaser along Interstate 35. The location is approximate. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Paoli | - | MPing report. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | - | Tree damage. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | - | Trees was snapped by microburst winds. Time estimated by radar. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Paoli | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | - | Several trees were blown down and damage was also done to roofs of a few residences. The report was relayed by KWTV-TV. |
| December 1999 | Hail | Paoli | - | Hail was reported on Interstate 35 near mile marker 77. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Paoli | - | 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 Paoli | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1986976 | 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 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.





