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.
Population over time
2 figuresRattan 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 310 | |
| 2020 | 276 | -34 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Alikchi quadrangle1:125000, 5 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
- 1971 USGS Rattan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
348 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 152 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 83 |
| Debris and open burning | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10552 |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Talihina Agency | RATTAN |
| 8 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10527 |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Talihina Agency | SE478 |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
35 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rattan | $35,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees, damaged three mobile homes, and blew shingles off roofs of several homes. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rattan | $30,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees, damaged outbuildings, snapped power poles, and damaged the roof of a home in and around town. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rattan | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour damaged the roofs of a few homes and blew down trees. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Rattan | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rattan | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roofs of several homes. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rattan | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines in Rattan. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rattan | $2,000 | Two signs were blown over and several four-inch diameter tree limbs were broken by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rattan | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down utility lines. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rattan | $1,000 | Many large trees were blown over. |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Rattan | $500 | A tornado briefly touched down near Rattan. Emergency management reported only tree damage with this tornado. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Rattan | - | Several sections of Highway 3 were flooded between Rattan and Ringold. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rattan | - | Several trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rattan | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down. The tree fell on a road. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Rattan | - | Heavy rain caused flooding with many roads impassable north of Rattan. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (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 2007 | Flash Flood | Rattan | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over a county road. The road was impassable. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rattan | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a power pole a quarter of a mile west of Rattan. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rattan | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down. |
| August 1998 | Hail | Rattan | - | Dime to quarter-sized hail nearly covered the ground. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Rattan | - | Thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 4th and produced hail up to walnut-size. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Rattan | - | Thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 4th and produced hail up to walnut-size. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Rattan | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Rattan | - | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Hail | Rattan | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Rattan | - | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Hail | Rattan | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Rattan | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Rattan | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Rattan | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Rattan | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Rattan | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Rattan | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Rattan | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Rattan | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Rattan | - | 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 Rattan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2556600 | 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 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.







