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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.

Strang within Mayes County

Population over time

2 figures

Strang 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.

YearPeople Change
201089
202064-25 (-28%)

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

97 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 August 2006Natural15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30556
12 August 2001Arson/incendiarism25 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
10 August 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30569
4 July 2001Smoking19 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 July 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 May 2012Arson/incendiarism20 acresCherokee Nation TribeNE30230
11 May 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mayes County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mayes County

Storms near this place

11 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2020HailStrang$50,000Large hail damaged vehicles, and the roofs of homes.
May 2025HailStrang$25,000Hail larger than golf ball size damaged homes and vehicles.
September 2009LightningStrang$25,000Lightning struck a home and caused a fire.
April 2016Tornado (EF0)Strang$20,000This 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 2017Thunderstorm WindStrang$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees and overturned a mobile homes.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindStrang-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindStrang-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down.
May 2008HailStrang-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindStrang-no account filed
July 1995HailStrang-no account filed
July 1995HailStrang-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mayes 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
Pensacola3.1 miles15
Hoot Owl3.5 miles16
Spavinaw4.7 miles15
Tip5.0 miles15
Langley5.7 miles15
Adair7.7 miles15
Disney7.8 miles15
Patton8.0 miles15

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 StrangAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3287532The 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.