Strang, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Mayes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74367. It stands on Benge Branch. The Survey maps it on the Strang quadrangle. 64 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 663 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresStrang fell from 89 to 64 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 | 89 | |
| 2020 | 64 | -25 (-28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Pryor quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Pryor quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Strang quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Strang between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,303 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 42 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30556 |
| 12 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30569 |
| 4 July 2001 | Smoking | 19 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | NE30230 |
| 11 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Strang: 17 past producers. 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 | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strang in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Hail | Strang | $50,000 | Large hail damaged vehicles, and the roofs of homes. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Strang | $25,000 | Hail larger than golf ball size damaged homes and vehicles. |
| September 2009 | Lightning | Strang | $25,000 | Lightning struck a home and caused a fire. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Strang | $20,000 | This tornado uprooted a few trees, snapped numerous large tree limbs, and damaged outbuildings. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 75 to 85 mph. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strang | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees and overturned a mobile homes. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strang | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strang | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Strang | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strang | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Strang | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Strang | - | 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 Strang | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3287532 | 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 1098578. 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.






