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.
Population over time
2 figuresSmithville 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 113 | |
| 2020 | 77 | -36 (-32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1902 USGS Lukfata quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Smithville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
476 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 258 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 123 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10550 |
| 9 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10487 |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BUFFALO CREEK #1 |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10230 |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20230 |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Talihina Agency | SE477 |
| 5 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Ouachita National Forest | SMITHVILLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Flood | Smithville | 1 killed | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | $30,000 | Numerous utility poles toppled or snapped. Numerous trees down. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Smithville | $500 | The 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | $200 | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Smithville | - | Quarter size hail reported near the Dollar General store in downtown Smithville off of Highway 259 near Chestnut Bend Lane. |
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Smithville | - | Numerous roads closed and vehicles abandoned due to flooding between Smithville and Watson, resulting in several motorists having to be rescued. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Smithville | - | Quarter size hail fell near Smithville. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | Multiple trees were downed near Smithville. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Smithville | - | 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | Trees were downed along Highway 259 between Bethel and Smithville. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Smithville | - | Pictures of golfball to hen egg size hail was submitted to the National Weather Service near the Mountain Country Store in Smithville. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | Numerous trees and power lines were downed in Smithville, causing widespread power outages in the area. |
| November 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | A tree was blown down and blocking a road in the Smithville community. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Smithville | - | Dime size hail was reported in Smithville, Oklahoma. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | Powerlines were downed in Smithville, Oklahoma. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | Numerous trees were downed on Beachton Road on the east side of Smithville, Oklahoma. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | Trees were downed across Hwy. 259 five miles south of Smithville, Oklahoma. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | Numerous trees down. |
| August 1998 | Hail | Smithville | - | Hail completely covered the ground. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Smithville | - | 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 2008 | Hail | Smithville | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Smithville | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Smithville | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Smithville | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithville | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Smithville | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Smithville | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nani-chito | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Beachton | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Watson | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Plunketville | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sherwood | 11.8 miles | 19 | |
| Bethel | 12.6 miles | 19 | |
| Mount Herman | 14.3 miles | 19 | |
| Battiest | 15.7 miles | 19 |
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 Smithville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2880151 | 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 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.








