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Rattan, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Finley-Rattan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74562. It stands on Glade Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rattan quadrangle. 276 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 466 feet above sea level.

Rattan within Pushmataha County

Population over time

2 figures

Rattan fell from 310 to 276 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
2010310
2020276-34 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

348 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 348 fires within 5 miles of Rattan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,721 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 152 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/incendiarism152
Missing data/not specified/undetermined83
Debris and open burning65
Equipment and vehicle use19
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10552
8 September 2015Debris and open burning25 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresTalihina AgencyRATTAN
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10527
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism40 acresTalihina AgencySE478
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pushmataha 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 Rattan: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
County Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pushmataha County

Storms near this place

35 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rattan in 35 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Thunderstorm WindRattan$35,000Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees, damaged three mobile homes, and blew shingles off roofs of several homes.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindRattan$30,000Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees, damaged outbuildings, snapped power poles, and damaged the roof of a home in and around town.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindRattan$25,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour damaged the roofs of a few homes and blew down trees.
April 2014HailRattan$15,000no account filed
April 2016Thunderstorm WindRattan$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roofs of several homes.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindRattan$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines in Rattan.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindRattan$2,000Two signs were blown over and several four-inch diameter tree limbs were broken by strong thunderstorm winds.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindRattan$1,000Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down utility lines.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindRattan$1,000Many large trees were blown over.
March 2000Tornado (F0)Rattan$500A tornado briefly touched down near Rattan. Emergency management reported only tree damage with this tornado.
August 2021Flash FloodRattan-Several sections of Highway 3 were flooded between Rattan and Ringold.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRattan-Several trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindRattan-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down. The tree fell on a road.
March 2008Flash FloodRattan-Heavy rain caused flooding with many roads impassable north of Rattan.
March 2008Tornado (EF0)Rattan-Storm chasers for an Oklahoma City television station reported a brief tornado over open country. No damage could be found from the tornado based on an NWS storm survey.
April 2007Flash FloodRattan-Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over a county road. The road was impassable.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindRattan-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a power pole a quarter of a mile west of Rattan.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindRattan-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down.
August 1998HailRattan-Dime to quarter-sized hail nearly covered the ground.
June 1994HailRattan-Thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 4th and produced hail up to walnut-size.
June 1994HailRattan-Thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 4th and produced hail up to walnut-size.
April 2014HailRattan-no account filed
May 2010HailRattan-no account filed
February 2009HailRattan-no account filed
March 2008HailRattan-no account filed
February 2008HailRattan-no account filed
April 2007HailRattan-no account filed
April 2003HailRattan-no account filed
April 2001HailRattan-no account filed
March 2000HailRattan-no account filed
May 2000HailRattan-no account filed
August 1999HailRattan-no account filed
August 1999HailRattan-no account filed
March 1997HailRattan-no account filed
May 1997Funnel CloudRattan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pushmataha 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
Belzoni3.0 miles16
Oleta3.7 miles15
Dela5.8 miles16
Corinne6.5 miles15
Ethel7.2 miles16
Big Rocks8.7 miles16
Greenwood9.3 miles16
North Sobol9.3 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 RattanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2556600The 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 1097052. 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.