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Stringtown, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Atoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74525. It stands on Rocky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stringtown quadrangle. 419 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 627 feet above sea level.

Stringtown within Atoka County

Population over time

2 figures

Stringtown grew from 410 to 419 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
2010410
2020419+9 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Stringtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,668 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 45 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Arson/incendiarism45
Debris and open burning22
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use320 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10539
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2013Debris and open burning50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2013Debris and open burning20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2013Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 2011Natural2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10570
18 September 2002Debris and open burning80 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atoka County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Stringtown: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Amis Materials Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Amis PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Atoka County

Storms near this place

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stringtown in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 24 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 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
May 1995Thunderstorm WindStringtown$500,000Severe thunderstorms moved across southern Oklahoma from mid-afternoon through late evening, producing large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding. Nickel-size hail was reported in Kiowa County one mile south of Mountain Park, and in Comanche County seven miles east of Faxon and three miles east of Lawton. Wind speeds as high as 80 mph were reported 10 miles north of Springer in Murray County, and in Ryan in Jefferson County where around 50 utility poles were downed. Other damage in Jefferson County included a store front window shattered and a horse barn flattened in Waurika by winds estimated at 70 mph. In Ringling a tree was split by severe straight-line winds. In Carter County two miles south of Fox, a mobile home, a camping trailer, and an outbuilding were destroyed. Extensive roof damage was also done to one home, a tree blew over onto a car, and another tree blew down into a kitchen. Also in Carter County trees and power lines were downed in Ardmore. Trees and power lines were also reported down in Garvin County in Wynnewood and in Murray County in Sulphur. Two-inch limbs were snapped three miles east of Tishomingo in Johnston County. In Pontotoc County in Ada wind speeds were estimated at 60 mph. Damage included: at least three large trees downed, three power poles snapped, stop signs flattened, a roof blown off a packing plant, and several large windows blown out of a car dealership. In Stringtown in Atoka County a 60- by 70-foot section of roof was lifted off of the dining hall of a prison. Damage was estimated at $200,000. Flash flooding also became a problem in some areas of Stephens County. Six inches of water covered several streets in Marlow.
May 2015Flash FloodStringtown$400,000Delayed report of creeks and streams overflowing, flooding several rural homes east of Stringtown.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindStringtown$2,000Several barns were damaged.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindStringtown-Delayed report of trees down and tree debris in the road.
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Stringtown-Emergency management and spotters observed a relatively large tornado east of Mack Alford Correctional Center in the forests in or near the Atoka Wildlife Management Area. No structural damage is known to have occurred with this tornado.
May 2015Flash FloodStringtown-Heavy rain resulted in widespread street flooding. Small creeks and streams also running out of their banks.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindStringtown-The public reported gusts to 60 mph.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindStringtown-No damage was reported.
May 2006HailStringtown-Hail was observed at the Stringtown Correctional Facility.
May 2006Tornado (F0)Stringtown-A narrow tornado was seen by a television storm chaser from KWTV touching down in an open field near Stringtown. This was the first of two brief tornadoes produced by this storm. No damage was reported.
May 2006Tornado (F0)Stringtown-A second brief tornado produced by the same storm touched down southeast of Stringtown (see tornado entry at 1901-1902 CST for information about the first tornado). This tornado was observed by a television storm chaser for KWTV. No known damage.
November 2004Flash FloodStringtown-Atoka County officials reported that Oklahoma State Highway 43 had flooded in the vicinity of Stringtown.
April 2011HailStringtown-no account filed
April 2011HailStringtown-no account filed
March 2009HailStringtown-no account filed
April 2008HailStringtown-no account filed
March 2006HailStringtown-no account filed
April 2006HailStringtown-no account filed
April 2004HailStringtown-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindStringtown-no account filed
May 2003HailStringtown-no account filed
May 2003HailStringtown-no account filed
May 2003HailStringtown-no account filed
May 2003HailStringtown-no account filed
May 2003HailStringtown-no account filed
May 2003HailStringtown-no account filed
March 2001HailStringtown-no account filed
April 2000HailStringtown-no account filed
May 2000HailStringtown-no account filed
March 1999HailStringtown-no account filed
May 1999HailStringtown-no account filed
August 1998HailStringtown-no account filed
July 1996HailStringtown-no account filed
June 1995HailStringtown-no account filed
April 1995HailStringtown-no account filed
April 1995HailStringtown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Atoka 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
Flora4.2 miles14
Atoka6.8 miles17
Fugate7.0 miles16
Half Bank Crossing8.2 miles16
Burg8.4 miles17
Chockie8.5 miles17
Bruno8.5 miles16
Limestone Gap10.2 miles17

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 StringtownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2744170The 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 1098585. 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.