Proctor, Oklahoma
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Westville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74457. It stands on Tyner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Proctor quadrangle. 180 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 820 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresProctor fell from 231 to 180 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 | 231 | |
| 2020 | 180 | -51 (-22%) |
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
- 1972 USGS Proctor quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
307 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of Proctor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,979 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 115 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 | 115 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 81 |
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30465 |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30468 |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 255 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 247 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | CROW HOLLOW |
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 Proctor: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Proctor in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2015: 11 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 4 tornado, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Proctor | $50,000 | Numerous roads were flooded and closed throughout the county, at least one of which had portions washed out. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour peeled shingles off the roof of a home. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Proctor | $1,000 | A brief F1 tornado touchdown caused many trees to be uprooted and broken. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Proctor | $500 | There was a brief tornado touchdown north of Proctor which knocked over many trees. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | $500 | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Proctor | - | This tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree and snapped numerous large tree limbs. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Proctor | - | This tornado uprooted trees and snapped a few other trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Proctor | - | Baron Fork Creek came out of its banks and flooded portions of Highway 62. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | - | A 60 mile an hour wind from a thunderstorm was reported by a postal worker. |
| January 2008 | Flash Flood | Proctor | - | Heavy rain caused secondary roads to be flooded. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down onto a county road just south of Proctor. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb. The limb blocked a road. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | - | Severe thunderstorms redeveloped in northeast Oklahoma during the late evening of July 24th and early morning of July 25th. Strong thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a well house and caused minor tree damage 5 miles east of Tahlequah. Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree on old U.S. Highway 169 near Collinsville, and numerous large tree limbs were downed in Proctor and 3 miles southwest of Westville in the town of Adilee. Nickel-size hail fell 5 miles east of Tahlequah, and dime-size hail fell at Avant. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Proctor | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Proctor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanic | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Christie | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sanders | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Whitmire | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Spade Mountain | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Strawberry Spring | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Going Snake | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Addielee | 7.5 miles | 17 |
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 Proctor | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q9063034 | 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 1100765. 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.








