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Rubottom, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the West Love census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73463. The Survey maps it on the Leon North quadrangle.

Rubottom within Love County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

13 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Rubottom between 2004 and 2020, burning about 633 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2012Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBORDER GRASS FIRE
22 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3862 CR 435
13 August 2012Smoking225 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOTTONWOOD CREEK RD
10 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined175 acresChickasaw AgencyKELTNER RD. FIRE
6 March 2020Arson/incendiarism42 acresChickasaw AgencyFURH
22 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined90 acresChickasaw AgencySPIVEY
14 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.7 acresChickasaw AgencyLOVE
28 February 2008Arson/incendiarism20 acresChickasaw AgencySKIP JACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Love County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rubottom: 2 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Love County

Storms near this place

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rubottom in 36 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 22 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Tornado (EF2)Rubottom$300,000This tornado developed in far southwestern Love County about one mile north of the Red River and 1 mile east of the Jefferson County line. This slow-moving tornado initially moved northwest and then east. A house suffered significant roof and exterior wall damage and a church suffered roof damage. Trees and power lines were also damaged.
March 2022Tornado (EF0)Rubottom$20,000A tornado developed just south of State Highway 32 between Courtney and Rubottom and moved northeast. Tree limb damage was noted along SH-32. A house and outbuilding received roof damage and power poles were damaged near the intersection of Kennedy Road and Rubottom Road about 3 miles north of Rubottom. Spotters and chasers later observed the tornado approaching State Highway 76 and Oswalt Road before it dissipated.||This storm also produced a number of tornadoes in north Texas prior to moving into Oklahoma (see Storm Data reports for North Central Texas from NWS Fort Worth), including a tornado that approached the Red River in Montague County Texas. A storm survey noted that no damage was observed in the tree line on the north side of the Red River, so this tornado in Love County OK is a separate tornado than the tornado in Montague County TX.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRubottom$5,000MPing report of tree and roof damage. Time is radar estimated.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRubottom$5,000Power lines downed near Courtney.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindRubottom$5,000Some trees were downed near town. Also a barn sustained heavy damage.
April 2025Tornado (EFU)Rubottom-Multiple spotters and fire personnel observed this tornado near Oswalt Road and State Highway 76. The path is estimated as damage was not observed by storm survey personnel in accessible areas.
May 2025HailRubottom-Hailfall occurred just south of the Oklahoma Highway 76 and Oklahoma Highway 32 intersection.
April 2025HailRubottom-The report was relayed by emergency management. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindRubottom-Public estimated 60 mph wind gust. No damage was reported.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindRubottom-No damage was reported.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindRubottom-No damage was reported.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindRubottom-No damage occurred with the wind gust.
February 2009Tornado (EF2)Rubottom-The thunderstorm that produced this tornado began near Breckenridge and Graham, TX. The storm moved northeast. A long-track tornado developed over far southeast Jefferson County, near the Red River. The tornado continued northeast into Love County crossing through rural farmland north of Courtney, Rubottom and Oswalt. Sporadic structural damage was noted in both Jefferson and Love counties, with tree damage also seen. The tornado then crossed into Carter County, where it did its most significant damage in and around the Lone Grove area. The tornado continued northeast, with major damage reported in the Majestic Hills addition and crossing Interstate-35 about a mile and a half north of the Prairie Valley Road exit. At least eight homes and a small private school were destroyed in the Majestic Hills neighborhood. It moved through rural areas of Northeast Carter County to the east of Springer. Approximately 46 people were injured, with 14 seriously injured. Eight people died in the Lone Grove area. At least 114 homes were damaged or destroyed, with at least 3500 losing power in and around Carter county. Debris from this tornado was carried as far away as Sulphur. Monetary damages were estimated.
March 2006HailRubottom-The golfball size hail fell from Rubottom to Lake Murray.
October 1993HailRubottom-Severe thunderstorms in portions of the panhandle and southern Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 12th produced hail up to golf ball-size and damaging lightning. Dime-size hail covered the ground in Rush Springs and golf ball-size hail covered the ground two miles east of Rubottom. A lightning strike produced a hole in the roof of a house in Lone Grove. Lightning struck a tree in Ringling.
April 2025HailRubottom-no account filed
May 2017HailRubottom-no account filed
July 2017HailRubottom-no account filed
June 2014HailRubottom-no account filed
May 2012HailRubottom-no account filed
March 2009HailRubottom-no account filed
April 2008HailRubottom-no account filed
May 2008HailRubottom-no account filed
March 2006HailRubottom-no account filed
April 2004HailRubottom-no account filed
April 2004HailRubottom-no account filed
March 2002HailRubottom-no account filed
April 2002HailRubottom-no account filed
April 2002HailRubottom-no account filed
September 2001HailRubottom-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindRubottom-no account filed
June 1998HailRubottom-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRubottom-no account filed
June 1998HailRubottom-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindRubottom-no account filed
June 1995HailRubottom-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Love 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Courtney2.7 miles10
Leon4.5 miles13
Belleville4.7 miles10
Jimtown7.1 miles13
Pike7.2 miles13
Turner7.4 miles13
Orr7.6 miles14
Oswalt8.8 miles16

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 RubottomAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7376179The 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 1097516. 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.