Scipio, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Northwest Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74501. The Survey maps it on the Scipio quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1900 USGS Canadian quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Scipio quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Eufaula quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Scipio in 2010, burning about 1,198 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | LONE OAK |
| 19 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 470 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20091 |
| 2 December 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20278 |
| 17 December 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 23 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20288 |
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 Scipio: 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
33 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scipio in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 18 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Scipio | $15,000 | A tornado blew down large tree limbs, damaged the roof of a permanent home, and blew the roof off of a barn. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 80 mph. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew part of the roof off a barn. The flying debris damaged a house. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | $1,000 | A large outdoor smoker was tossed and damaged by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Scipio | - | Portions of several roads in and around Scipio were flooded. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Scipio | - | Several roads were severely flooded and impassable. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated to 60 mph blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | - | Isolated severe thunderstorms in southern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours on the 24th produced strong winds, large hail and damaging lightning. Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees 5.5 miles southwest of Scipio, destroyed a mobile home 3 miles east-southeast of Holdenville and damaged several barns and houses 7 miles east of Holdenville. Lightning struck the Holdenville Police Department around 1915 CST injuring a radio dispatcher and a fireman. Most communication equipment including computers were damaged. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Scipio | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Scipio | - | 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 1097875. 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.






