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Stella, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74857. The Survey maps it on the Stella quadrangle.

Stella within Cleveland County

On record in Stella

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Stella between 2012 and 2018, burning about 148 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
2 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSouthern Plains Regional OfficeSTOMP GROUNDS
3 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined140 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryMARY LANE
22 October 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKickapoo Field OfficeTAR POLE
26 January 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern Plains Regional OfficeSTOLEN CAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleveland County

Storms near this place

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stella in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 20 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 3 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
September 2001Thunderstorm WindStella$40,000Several large trees were uprooted, and one tree fell on a carport with two vehicles under it. Minor roof damage also occurred.
February 2023Tornado (EF1)Stella$30,000A tornado developed just inside Cleveland County southwest of the intersection of Southeast 89th Street and Pottawatomie Road. A house and outbuilding suffered roof damage. The tornado moved east one-quarter of a mile before crossing Pottawatomie Road and moving into Pottawatomie County.
January 2026Tornado (EF0)Stella$20,000This tornado developed near SE 149th Street just west of the Pottawatomie County line. In Cleveland County, a garage and RV were damaged as well as a couple of trees and a flagpole. The tornado moved northeast crossing Pottawatomie Road into Pottawatomie County.
April 2024Tornado (EF0)Stella$10,000A tornado developed from a QLCS (Quasi-Linear Convective System) in northeast Cleveland County to the east-southeast of Stella. One mobile home had roof damage and trees were damaged along the path.
May 2015Flash FloodStella$10,000Harrah Rd washed out between Indian Hills and Tecumseh. Three feet of water over Peebly Rd north of Indian Hills.
November 2024Thunderstorm WindStella$5,000A public image submitted to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management shows a tree snapped in half, falling onto an outbuilding. Event time is radar-estimated.
April 2023Tornado (EF1)Stella$5,000The fourteenth tornado of the outbreak moved into Cleveland County from Pottawatomie County just south of Lake Road (Pottawatomie County)/SE 134th Street (Cleveland County) and moved northeast for over a mile. In Cleveland County, the damage was primarily to trees.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindStella$2,500Numerous ten inch diameter tree limbs were downed along with a seven inch diameter tree uprooted. A greenhouse, some fences, and a few roofs were also damaged.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Stella$1,000Two nearly-simultaneous tornadoes occurred in northwestern Pottawatomie County from a QLCS storm. The second tornado developed just inside Cleveland County before moving quickly into Pottawatomie County. Tree damage was observed at the county line as the tornado moved into Pottawatomie County, but the grove of trees in Cleveland County was not accessible to the survey team.
May 2003HailStella$200The hail heavily damaged a garden.
April 2026HailStella-Hailfall at the intersection of East Franklin Road and 180th Avenue Northeast.
April 2026HailStella-Hailfall near the intersection of Southeast 164th Street and South Peebly Road. The event time is estimated based on radar observations.
October 2025HailStella-The report was relayed through mPING.
October 2025HailStella-The report was relayed through Spotter Network.
October 2025HailStella-The report was relayed through mPING.
November 2024HailStella-MPing report.
November 2024Thunderstorm WindStella-Public images submitted to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management show tree branches blown down. Event time is radar-estimated.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindStella-Social media image showing multiple large (6+ inches in diameter) tree limbs blown down. Time is radar estimated.
April 2023HailStella-MPing report. Hailfall likely occurred prior to report time (between 2010-2020 CST) based on radar evidence.
September 2023HailStella-MPing report.
September 2023HailStella-MPing report.
May 2019Tornado (EF1)Stella-A QLCS tornado developed southwest of SE 104th Street and Indian Meridian Road in far southeast Oklahoma City and moved just south of due east dissipating after crossing Triple XXX Road. One outbuilding was heavily damaged near Triple XXX Road and a number of trees were damaged along the path.
July 2016Flash FloodStella-Six to eight inch deep water flowed across a county road.
May 2010HailStella-Several cars had their windshields cracked because of the large hail.
April 2005HailStella-Hail was observed at the Water Treatment Plant southeast of Lake Stanley Draper.
April 2005HailStella-Hail was observed near the intersection of SE 119th Street and Anderson Road.
May 2003HailStella-Hail was observed near the intersection of 120th Street and Franklin Road.
June 2001Flash FloodStella-Numerous roads near the Cleveland/Oklahoma County line were closed due to high water.
May 2020HailStella-no account filed
May 2016HailStella-no account filed
May 2012HailStella-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindStella-no account filed
April 2004HailStella-no account filed
September 2001HailStella-no account filed
September 1999HailStella-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindStella-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cleveland 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
Little Axe6.0 miles15
Denver7.0 miles20
Franklin7.1 miles16
Clothier10.7 miles17
Hall Park11.7 miles20
Needmore13.0 miles15
Etowah13.5 miles15
Norman13.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100855. 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.