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.
Population over time
2 figuresSchulter 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 509 | |
| 2020 | 422 | -87 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1896 USGS Okmulgee quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Okmulgee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Okmulgee South quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 2002Regional 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/incendiarism | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge | COALTON STRIKE |
| 30 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | MONTEZUMA CREEK |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | OKM SUPPOR |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | LHE |
| 6 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge | DEEP FORK OFFICE |
| 1 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.9 acres | Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge | GIBBONS RANCH FIRE |
| 29 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 350 acres | Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge | LOBLOLLY FIRE |
| 23 July 2011 | Fireworks | 8.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | BIRD CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Schulter | $2,000,000 | This 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schulter | $200,000 | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Schulter | $25,000 | Hail larger than golf ball size damaged vehicles and homes. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Schulter | $15,000 | Hail larger than golf ball size damaged vehicles and homes. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schulter | $2,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts to 61 mph were measured by a storm spotter. The wind damaged the roof of a veranda. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Schulter | - | Portions of several roads were flooded northwest of Schulter near Burgess Creek. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Schulter | - | Cherry Road northwest of Schulter was closed due to high water. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Schulter | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Schulter | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Schulter | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Schulter | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Schulter | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schulter | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Schulter | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Schulter | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Schulter | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schulter | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Schulter | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Schulter | - | 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.
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 Schulter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2249112 | 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 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.







