Pittsburg, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Kiowa-Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74560. It lies near Limestone Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Pittsburg quadrangle. 180 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 764 feet above sea level.
On record in Pittsburg
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
Pittsburg School and Gymnasiumlisted 1988- Blackburn's Station Sitelisted 1973
- Southern Ice and Cold Storage Company
Population over time
3 figuresPittsburg fell from 280 to 180 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 | 280 | |
| 2010 | 207 | -73 (-26%) |
| 2020 | 180 | -27 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1898 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Pittsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
6 photographs, 1938 to 1939Taken 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.
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Pittsburg between 1992 and 2017, burning about 13,447 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Talihina Agency | EC501 |
| 7 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20375 |
| 4 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20393 |
| 23 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20103 |
| 5 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pittsburg: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittsburg in 18 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 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 2025 | Tornado (EF3) | Pittsburg | 1 hurt, $500,000 | This tornado developed approximately 3 miles southwest of the town of Pittsburg near Staples Road. The tornado intensified as it approached Pittsburg Lake. EF-1 to EF-2 damage was done to homes and trees just north of Pittsburg Lake on Indian Trail Road. One person was injured in the most badly damaged home. The tornado continued to grow as it passed just southeast of Pittsburg, where it did EF-1 and EF-2 damage to two homes. The tornado reached its maximum width of 1.7 miles near Blanco. Several homes just south and southwest of Blanco received significant roof damage, and a number of power poles were broken as well. Winds were estimated from 95 mph to 115 mph in these areas. The tornado turned onto a more east-northeast course leaving the immediate Blanco area. During this turn, the most intense winds stayed just south of Blanco proper. The highest rated damage was to trees 2.4 miles east of Blanco, where many trees were stripped of some bark and most branches. This occurred in a forested area where nearly all trees were downed. A rating of EF-3 was assigned to this area, with the wind speeds estimated near 140 mph. The tornado slowly weakened from this point and dissipated 9 miles east-northeast of Blanco. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | $100,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind, associated with a mesocyclone, destroyed two mobile homes and several storage buildings. The wind also damaged a number of homes. Numerous trees and power poles were also snapped, uprooted, or blown down. An NWS storm survey indicated an estimated maximum wind speed of 85 to 95 mph based on the damage in and around town. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Pittsburg | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a school. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew the roof off a barn. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | $900 | Eight or nine trees were blown down just to the east and south of Pittsburg. |
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Pittsburg | - | This tornado developed southwest of Storrie Lake, and moved northeast, uprooting trees. A resident observed the brief tornado. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 85 to 90 mph. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | - | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Pittsburg | - | The public reported a brief tornado touchdown near Pittsburg. No damage was reported. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Pittsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Pittsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Pittsburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Pittsburg | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Pittsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Pittsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | - | 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 Pittsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q637229 | 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 1096696. 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.









