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Peoria, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Quapaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74363. The Survey maps it on the Peoria quadrangle. 126 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.

Peoria within Ottawa County

Population over time

3 figures

Peoria fell from 141 to 126 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
2000141
2010132-9 (-6%)
2020126-6 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Peoria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,284 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 43 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
Debris and open burning68
Natural46
Arson/incendiarism43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use7
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism103 acresMiami AgencyWILCOX
4 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMiami AgencyWATSON
27 September 2010Natural3.8 acresMiami AgencyMATTCRAW
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism25 acresMiami AgencyDEVILS
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism90 acresMiami AgencySPOOKLIGHT
16 September 2000Debris and open burning2.1 acresMiami AgencyTHIRD TIME
31 August 2010Natural8.0 acresMiami AgencyM & M
31 August 2010Natural1.0 acresMiami AgencyWHAT U DO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Peoria: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, Emery. 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
American Tripoli Division PitsEmeryProducer
Lancaster MineZinc, LeadPast Producer1914, 1918
Waxanchie-Red EagleZinc, LeadPast Producer1920, 1924
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ottawa County

Storms near this place

22 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peoria in 22 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 12 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2016Tornado (EF1)Peoria$150,000This tornado damaged a home, destroyed outbuildings, destroyed farm equipment, snapped or uprooted numerous trees, and blew down power poles. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Peoria$30,000This tornado developed in a neighborhood off the E 105 Road and moved southeast, dissipating south of the E 110 Road. The tornado damaged several homes and uprooted trees along its path. A Ring camera caught the tornado, as did a number of storm chasers and spotters. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindPeoria$20,000A measured 75 mile an hour wind gust blew a tree down onto a mobile home.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindPeoria$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree onto a house.
May 2017HailPeoria$10,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPeoria-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees.
June 2021Flash FloodPeoria-Portions of several county roads were reported flooded.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindPeoria-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and uprooted small trees.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindPeoria-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
March 2010Flash FloodPeoria-A low water bridge on S670 Road and E94 Road was closed due to high water.
March 2016HailPeoria-no account filed
May 2011HailPeoria-no account filed
April 2011HailPeoria-no account filed
November 2010HailPeoria-no account filed
August 2009HailPeoria-no account filed
August 2009HailPeoria-no account filed
July 2009HailPeoria-no account filed
October 2009HailPeoria-no account filed
June 2008HailPeoria-no account filed
October 2007Thunderstorm WindPeoria-no account filed
April 2006HailPeoria-no account filed
August 2002HailPeoria-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ottawa 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
Oak Grove2.2 miles14
Eastside3.9 miles14
Five Mile4.9 miles14
Lincolnville5.0 miles14
Mills (historical)5.9 miles14
West Seneca6.0 miles16
Quapaw6.8 miles14
Ottawa7.4 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 PeoriaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3448427The 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 1096547. 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.