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Smithville, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North McCurtain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74957. It stands on Hurricane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smithville quadrangle. 77 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 696 feet above sea level.

Smithville within McCurtain County

Population over time

2 figures

Smithville fell from 113 to 77 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
2010113
202077-36 (-32%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

476 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 476 fires within 5 miles of Smithville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,328 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 258 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/incendiarism258
Missing data/not specified/undetermined123
Debris and open burning35
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10550
9 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10487
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresOuachita National ForestBUFFALO CREEK #1
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10230
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism80 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20230
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencySE477
5 September 2000Debris and open burning40 acresOuachita National ForestSMITHVILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Storms near this place

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithville in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 11 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 2022FloodSmithville1 killedno account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindSmithville$30,000Numerous utility poles toppled or snapped. Numerous trees down.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Smithville$500The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in McCurtain County Oklahoma and found evidence of an EF0 tornado near Smithville. The tornado first touched down along US 259 southwest of Smithville where several trees were snapped on powerlines in front of a home. Some minor roof damage occurred to the home. The tornado crossed US 259 and snapped a few trees along the bank of Mountain Fork River. Near the end of the tracka large tree was snapped off along hwy 4 east of Smithville and several large branches were broken from trees in the area. Maximum winds are estimated at 65-70 mph.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindSmithville$200no account filed
March 2024HailSmithville-Quarter size hail reported near the Dollar General store in downtown Smithville off of Highway 259 near Chestnut Bend Lane.
February 2023Flash FloodSmithville-Numerous roads closed and vehicles abandoned due to flooding between Smithville and Watson, resulting in several motorists having to be rescued.
July 2023HailSmithville-Quarter size hail fell near Smithville.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSmithville-Multiple trees were downed near Smithville.
May 2020HailSmithville-Golf ball size size hail mixed with some ping pong ball and half dollar size hail fell in Smithville. Report from a trained spotter via social media.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindSmithville-Trees were downed along Highway 259 between Bethel and Smithville.
March 2019HailSmithville-Pictures of golfball to hen egg size hail was submitted to the National Weather Service near the Mountain Country Store in Smithville.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSmithville-Numerous trees and power lines were downed in Smithville, causing widespread power outages in the area.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindSmithville-A tree was blown down and blocking a road in the Smithville community.
June 2016HailSmithville-Dime size hail was reported in Smithville, Oklahoma.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSmithville-Powerlines were downed in Smithville, Oklahoma.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSmithville-Numerous trees were downed on Beachton Road on the east side of Smithville, Oklahoma.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSmithville-Trees were downed across Hwy. 259 five miles south of Smithville, Oklahoma.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Smithville-An EF0 tornado with winds of 70 to 80 mph occurred in the uninhabited area west of Smithville, Oklahoma. The tornado clipped several trees on a ridge top 3.5 miles southwest of Smithville, Oklahoma. Several small trees were also snapped.
December 1999Thunderstorm WindSmithville-Numerous trees down.
August 1998HailSmithville-Hail completely covered the ground.
June 1997Flash FloodSmithville-Numerous roads were underwater from nearly 8 inches of rain that fell during the morning. The Intersection of Hwy 259 and Hwy 4 was closed due to the high water.
May 2008HailSmithville-no account filed
May 2007HailSmithville-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodSmithville-no account filed
March 1996HailSmithville-no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindSmithville-no account filed
May 1993HailSmithville-no account filed
May 1993HailSmithville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCurtain 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
Nani-chito3.1 miles16
Beachton4.4 miles16
Watson5.0 miles16
Plunketville9.0 miles16
Sherwood11.8 miles19
Bethel12.6 miles19
Mount Herman14.3 miles19
Battiest15.7 miles19

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 SmithvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2880151The 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 1100115. 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.

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.