BlockRichardsville, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Hitchita-Pierce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74426. It stands on Gentry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pierce quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1900 USGS Canadian quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pierce quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Eufaula quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Richardsville between 2005 and 2016, burning about 228 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20077 |
| 8 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | PARADISE POINT |
| 5 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | HORSE MONKEY |
| 4 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 23 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | LESSON |
| 31 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.4 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | HITCH CHURCH |
| 27 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | PIERCE TIGER |
| 2 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | CORNER |
| 15 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 38 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | MARTIN RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richardsville in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Richardsville | $200,000 | An apparent anticyclonic tornado destroyed the fire department, severely damaged several mobile homes, damaged homes, snapped or uprooted numerous trees, and blew down power poles. The estimated peak wind in the tornado based on this damage was 105 mph. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Richardsville | $5,000 | The tornado that began in Council Hill in extreme southern Muskogee County moved southeast over open country of McIntosh County and dissipated about a mile southeast of town. Minor roof damage to a home as well as some tree damage was found in McIntosh County from this tornado. |
| November 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richardsville | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts to 80 mph were measured near the intersection of Highway 266 and Highway 72, west of Checotah. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richardsville | - | A storm chaser measured 73 mph thunderstorm wind gusts on I-40 at Highway 150. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richardsville | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Richardsville | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100789. 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.