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Tamaha, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Stigler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74462. The Survey maps it on the Vian quadrangle. 152 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 502 feet above sea level.

Tamaha within Haskell County

On record in Tamaha

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Tamaha fell from 176 to 152 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
2010176
2020152-24 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

39 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Tamaha between 1996 and 2019, burning about 2,459 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30590
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use17 acresSequoyah National Wildlife RefugeCHOATE II
18 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use5.2 acresSequoyah National Wildlife RefugeCHOATE I
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined950 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryLONE STAR
29 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSequoyah National Wildlife RefugeCRASH
28 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryRED HILL
2 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSequoyah National Wildlife RefugeSEQUOYAH T

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Haskell County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tamaha: 2 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

Every working recorded in Haskell County

Storms near this place

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tamaha in 17 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
November 1998Thunderstorm WindTamaha$2,000Power poles were blown down.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindTamaha$1,000Numerous large tree limbs were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind and the roof of a shed was damaged.
July 2013Flash FloodTamaha-Locally heavy rainfall resulted in extensive flooding in and around town with several roads closed and impassable.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindTamaha-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several large tree limbs.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindTamaha-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped several large tree limbs.
April 2017HailTamaha-no account filed
March 2014HailTamaha-no account filed
April 2009HailTamaha-no account filed
February 2009HailTamaha-no account filed
March 2006HailTamaha-no account filed
March 2006HailTamaha-no account filed
April 2003HailTamaha-no account filed
May 2002HailTamaha-no account filed
November 1999HailTamaha-no account filed
April 1998Thunderstorm WindTamaha-no account filed
March 1998HailTamaha-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindTamaha-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Haskell 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
Red Hill4.1 miles14
Garland6.4 miles14
Star8.6 miles15
Keota10.2 miles14
Ironbridge11.0 miles15
Stigler12.3 miles14
Cartersville13.5 miles16
Lafayette16.6 miles14

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 TamahaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2601095The 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 1098741. 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.