Roberta, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Durant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74701. The Survey maps it on the Roberta quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
On record in Roberta
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Roberta School Campuslisted 1988 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Durant quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Roberta quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Roberta in 2006, burning about 41 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 acres | Chickasaw Agency | RODEO |
| 12 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.6 acres | Chickasaw Agency | FORBIS |
| 25 January 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Talihina Agency | CHUCKS4WAY |
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 Roberta: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roberta in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberta | $25,000 | A trailer house was destroyed. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberta | - | The gust was measured at the Durant mesonet. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberta | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberta | - | no account filed |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberta | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberta | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Roberta | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberta | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roberta | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Roberta | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Roberta | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Allison | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Allison | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Utica | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Pirtle | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lee Heights | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Durant | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Blue | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Calera | 6.7 miles | 8 |
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 Roberta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7351481 | 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 1097255. 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.




