Pernell, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elmore City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73433. It stands on Honey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pernell quadrangle. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Rush Springs quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Pernell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Pernell between 2003 and 2015, burning about 292 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.6 acres | Chickasaw Agency | CHRISTIAN |
| 5 March 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Chickasaw Agency | PERKINS FARM |
| 27 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | MCGEE |
| 5 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Chickasaw Agency | HAIRSON |
| 12 October 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | MERCER |
| 15 January 2008 | Natural | 12 acres | Chickasaw Agency | WINTON ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pernell: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pernell in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Pernell | - | Facebook post from Elmore city fire department of a car in flooded water due to road collapse. Time is estimated from radar storm total. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Pernell | - | Brief rain wrapped tornado was reported via Spotter Network. No damage was reported. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Pernell | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Pernell | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pernell | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Pernell | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Pernell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Eola | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Foster | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Satterwhite | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Elmore City | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Katie | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Hennepin | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Purdy | 11.4 miles | 12 |
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 Pernell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7169393 | 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 1100731. 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.




