Red Oak, Oklahoma

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Red Oak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74563. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Red Oak quadrangle. 537 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 587 feet above sea level.

Red Oak within Latimer County

On record in Red Oak

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

Edwards Storelisted 1972
Holloway's Stationlisted 1972
Edwards-Hardaway Homestead and Cemeterylisted 2021

Population over time

2 figures

Red Oak fell from 549 to 537 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	549
2020	537	-12 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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.

1901 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
1908 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
1909 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1940 USGS Red Oak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1943 USGS Red Oak quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
1979 USGS Red Oak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

336 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 336 fires within 5 miles of Red Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,898 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 142 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	142
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	104
Debris and open burning	47
Equipment and vehicle use	20
Natural	10
Recreation and ceremony	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
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
9 September 2005	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20410
9 September 2004	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20355
6 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Talihina Agency	EC228
5 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	80 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20407
30 September 2002	Misuse of fire by a minor	8.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
28 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Talihina Agency	EC515
23 September 2002	Debris and open burning	19 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
19 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20363

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latimer County

Storms near this place

60 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Oak in 61 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 23 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 8 flash flood, 4 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 2006	Lightning	Red Oak	$100,000	Lightning struck a home and caused a fire. The fire destroyed the house.
August 2001	Lightning	Red Oak	$50,000	Lightning struck a house near Red Oak. The resulting fire destroyed the home.
January 2012	Flash Flood	Red Oak	$25,000	A road was washed out near NE 180 Road and NE 1188 Avenue.
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$25,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour destroyed a barn and damaged or destroyed three other equipment sheds.
November 1998	Tornado (F0)	Red Oak	$11,000	An F0 tornado destroyed a barn, blew shingles off roofs, and downed numerous trees/power poles near Boggy.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew down trees and power lines. Roofs of several buildings were damaged.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour tore the roof off a mobile home near Cravens.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$5,000	A barn was damaged by strong thunderstorm wind.
April 2002	Flash Flood	Red Oak	$5,000	Heavy rain rains caused the city hall in Red Oak to be flooded.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power poles.
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$1,000	Numerous trees and limbs were blown down in Red Oak.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$100	Thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$100	Several 4 to 5-inch tree limbs were blown down in Red Oak.
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$100	no account filed
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees on Boggy Road in Red Oak.
December 2015	Flood	Red Oak	-	Portions of Highway 82 south of Red Oak were closed due to flooding.
December 2015	Flood	Red Oak	-	Portions of Highway 82 from Red Oak south approximately four miles were closed due to flooding.
May 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Red Oak	-	A tornado snapped large tree limbs along a narrow path. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 65 to 75 mph.
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Numerous large tree limbs were snapped by strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several large trees.
October 2009	Flash Flood	Red Oak	-	Several roads were flooded in and around Wilburton and Red Oak.
April 2008	Flash Flood	Red Oak	-	Heavy rain caused State Highway 82 to be flooded just south of Red Oak.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down many large tree limbs.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
April 2005	Tornado (F0)	Red Oak	-	A tornado snapped and uprooted trees.
April 2005	Tornado (F0)	Red Oak	-	A tornado snapped and uprooted trees.
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thundestorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
December 2001	Flash Flood	Red Oak	-	Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over Highway 82 five miles south of Red Oak.
December 2001	Flash Flood	Red Oak	-	Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over Highway 82 five miles south of Red Oak.
June 1995	Hail	Red Oak	-	,,,,,,,,Thunderstorm Winds (G52)
April 2022	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
March 2015	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
February 2009	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
March 2008	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
April 2000	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
April 1999	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
April 1998	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
February 1998	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
April 1996	Flash Flood	Red Oak	-	no account filed
November 1996	Flash Flood	Red Oak	-	no account filed
February 1996	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	no account filed
April 1995	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
November 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Latimer 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Denman	3.1 miles	19
Lodi	4.5 miles	15
Hughes	5.7 miles	16
Norris	6.7 miles	16
Cedar	6.7 miles	15
Panola	7.2 miles	19
Bengal	8.2 miles	18
Lutie	9.8 miles	15

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 Red Oak	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2174739	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 1097108. 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.

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.