Pettit, 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 74451. It stands on Pettit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Park Hill quadrangle. 829 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPettit fell from 954 to 829 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 | 954 | |
| 2020 | 829 | -125 (-13%) |
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
Fires near this place
509 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 509 fires within 5 miles of Pettit between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,228 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 247 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 | 247 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 |
| Debris and open burning | 79 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| 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 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Pettit: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pits | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pettit in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Pettit | $50,000 | This tornado damaged the roof of a permanent home and the roofs of two mobile homes, uprooted a number of trees, and damaged outbuildings. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pettit | $500 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pettit | $200 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pettit | - | Thunderstom winds estimated at 70 miles an blew trees down. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Pettit | - | Location: Tenkiller Harbor |
| May 2022 | Hail | Pettit | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Pettit | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Pettit | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pettit Bay | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Keys | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Wildcat Point | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Carters Landing | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| White Oak | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Cookson | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Caney Ridge | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Qualls | 4.7 miles | 19 |
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 Pettit | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q936977 | 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 1100734. 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.








