BlockRhea, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Taloga-Leedey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73654. The Survey maps it on the Rhea quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aledo quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Rhea quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Rhea between 2007 and 2018, burning about 286,316 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 286,196 acres | Concho Field Office | RHEA |
| 16 October 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 120 acres | Concho Field Office | LEEDEY ASSIST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rhea in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhea | $100,000 | Relayed images courtesy of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management show significant thunderstorm wind damage at this location. The roof of a log cabin was blown off along with additional significant roof and siding damage to nearby outbuildings. The event time is estimated from radar observations. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100788. 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.