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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.

Proctor within Adair County

Population over time

2 figures

Proctor 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.

YearPeople Change
2010231
2020180-51 (-22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

307 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism115
Missing data/not specified/undetermined81
Debris and open burning57
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30465
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30468
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism255 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2000Smokingunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2000Smokingunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2000Debris and open burning4.5 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2011Debris and open burning247 acresCherokee Nation TribeCROW HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Davidson Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Adair County

Storms near this place

28 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2009Flash FloodProctor$50,000Numerous roads were flooded and closed throughout the county, at least one of which had portions washed out.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindProctor$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour peeled shingles off the roof of a home.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Proctor$1,000A brief F1 tornado touchdown caused many trees to be uprooted and broken.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Proctor$500There was a brief tornado touchdown north of Proctor which knocked over many trees.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindProctor$500Numerous large tree limbs were blown down.
July 2015Tornado (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 2013Thunderstorm WindProctor-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree and snapped numerous large tree limbs.
May 2013Tornado (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 2011Flash FloodProctor-Baron Fork Creek came out of its banks and flooded portions of Highway 62.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindProctor-A 60 mile an hour wind from a thunderstorm was reported by a postal worker.
January 2008Flash FloodProctor-Heavy rain caused secondary roads to be flooded.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindProctor-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindProctor-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down onto a county road just south of Proctor.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindProctor-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindProctor-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb. The limb blocked a road.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindProctor-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindProctor-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 2014HailProctor-no account filed
April 2009HailProctor-no account filed
January 2008HailProctor-no account filed
April 2006HailProctor-no account filed
May 2006HailProctor-no account filed
April 2004HailProctor-no account filed
May 2002HailProctor-no account filed
May 2001HailProctor-no account filed
September 1999HailProctor-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindProctor-no account filed
June 1995HailProctor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Adair 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
Titanic4.5 miles18
Christie4.7 miles17
Sanders4.9 miles17
Whitmire6.2 miles17
Spade Mountain6.3 miles17
Strawberry Spring7.0 miles17
Going Snake7.0 miles17
Addielee7.5 miles17

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 ProctorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q9063034The 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.