Park Hill, Oklahoma
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the South Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74464. It stands on Goodman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Park Hill quadrangle. 3,193 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 748 feet above sea level.
On record in Park Hill
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 3 records
Murrell HomeNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970- Park Hill Mission Cemeterylisted 2006
- Ross Cemeterylisted 2002
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- First Cherokee Female Seminary, Tsa-La-Gi, Cherokee Cultural Center, 1 mile south of Tahlequah, Park Hillfederal building survey, 2 photographs
- George M. Murrell House, Murrell Road, at junction of Willis Road, Park Hillfederal building survey, 21 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresPark Hill fell from 3,909 to 3,193 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,909 | |
| 2020 | 3,193 | -716 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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 Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1905 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Park Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
2 photographs,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
397 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 397 fires within 5 miles of Park Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,185 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 142 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 | 142 |
| Debris and open burning | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 92 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | TAHLEQUAH CEMETERY |
| 6 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30469 |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30467 |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.6 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | RABBIT |
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 Park Hill: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park Hill in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2014: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hill | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power lines. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hill | - | ,,,,,,,,Hail (1.75) |
| December 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hill | - | ,,,,,,,,Hail (1.75) |
| April 2014 | Hail | Park Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Park Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Park Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Park Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsa La Gi Indian Village | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| Indian Meadows | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Green Country Estates | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Welling | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Tahlequah | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Keys | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Metory | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Etta | 4.6 miles | 18 |
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 Park Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2281349 | 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 1096432. 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.








