Taloga, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Taloga-Leedey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73667. The Survey maps it on the Taloga quadrangle. 288 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,709 feet above sea level.
On record in Taloga
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
- Dewey County Courthouselisted 1985
Population over time
3 figuresTaloga fell from 372 to 288 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 372 | |
| 2010 | 299 | -73 (-20%) |
| 2020 | 288 | -11 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Taloga quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Taloga between 1999 and 2016, burning about 3,550 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Concho Field Office | EAGLE II |
| 31 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Concho Field Office | FIELD |
| 29 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Concho Field Office | FEED |
| 26 June 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Concho Field Office | EAGLE |
| 4 May 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,657 acres | Concho Field Office | 270 |
| 28 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Concho Field Office | VANDERWORK |
| 28 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 587 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | LENORA |
| 14 February 2000 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Concho Field Office | SQUINT EYE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Taloga: 5 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 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
39 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taloga in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 28 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taloga | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taloga | $5,000 | An Apco gas station had its awning roof blown off. The awning was found a block away. An auto body shop also sustained roof damage. Trees and large tree limbs were downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taloga | $2,500 | Power lines were downed, briefly closing Highway 183. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taloga | $1,000 | Tree limbs, up to 12 inches in diameter, were downed in town. Road signs were blown down south of town near the cemetery. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taloga | $10 | Two inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Taloga | - | Time is radar estimated. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Taloga | - | Water over the roadways, road closures. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Taloga | - | The report was relayed by the Dewey county sheriff. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Taloga | - | The report was relayed by the Dewey county sheriff. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Taloga | - | Reported by the Dewey county sheriff. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Taloga | - | Water over Highway 183 made it impassable. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Taloga | - | The River Road near the River Bridge was closed due to at least a foot of water running over top of it. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Taloga | - | Hail was observed covering Highway 183. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Taloga | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taloga | - | 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 Taloga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2729568 | 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 1098739. 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.



