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Schulter, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Henryetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74437. It stands on Burgess Creek. The Survey maps it on the Okmulgee South quadrangle. 422 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.

Schulter within Okmulgee County

Population over time

2 figures

Schulter fell from 509 to 422 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.

YearPeople Change
2010509
2020422-87 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

74 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Schulter between 2002 and 2020, burning about 14,291 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
7 September 2012Naturalunder an acreDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeCOALTON STRIKE
30 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeMONTEZUMA CREEK
20 September 2004Debris and open burning250 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeOKM SUPPOR
19 September 2004Debris and open burning80 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeLHE
6 August 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeDEEP FORK OFFICE
1 August 2012Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeGIBBONS RANCH FIRE
29 July 2012Debris and open burning350 acresDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeLOBLOLLY FIRE
23 July 2011Fireworks8.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBIRD CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okmulgee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Schulter: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okmulgee County

Storms near this place

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schulter in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 11 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 2024Tornado (EF1)Schulter$2,000,000This tornado developed west of Schulter and moved northeast across Highway 75 and the Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge. It widened and strengthened as it moved across the E1000 Road, where numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. The tornado continued to widen as it approached Morris. At least 70 homes and businesses were damaged in Morris, then the tornado turned to the north and dissipated about a mile north of town. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 105 to 110 mph.
January 1996Thunderstorm WindSchulter$200,000no account filed
March 2024HailSchulter$25,000Hail larger than golf ball size damaged vehicles and homes.
March 2024HailSchulter$15,000Hail larger than golf ball size damaged vehicles and homes.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSchulter$2,000Thunderstorm wind gusts to 61 mph were measured by a storm spotter. The wind damaged the roof of a veranda.
May 2025Flash FloodSchulter-Portions of several roads were flooded northwest of Schulter near Burgess Creek.
April 2017Flash FloodSchulter-Cherry Road northwest of Schulter was closed due to high water.
April 2023HailSchulter-no account filed
April 2022HailSchulter-no account filed
May 2021HailSchulter-no account filed
May 2017HailSchulter-no account filed
July 2008HailSchulter-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindSchulter-no account filed
May 2005HailSchulter-no account filed
April 1999HailSchulter-no account filed
June 1998HailSchulter-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSchulter-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F0)Schulter-no account filed
October 1993HailSchulter-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okmulgee 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
Coalton1.5 miles16
Spelter City3.9 miles16
Dewar4.0 miles16
Wilson4.2 miles11
Grayson4.5 miles14
Sunrise4.5 miles16
Dighton4.7 miles16
Gulftown4.7 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 SchulterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2249112The 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 1097872. 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.