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.
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.
Tamaha Jail and Ferry Landinglisted 1980 · 0.4 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresTamaha 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 176 | |
| 2020 | 152 | -24 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1900 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Vian quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1996Regional 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/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30590 |
| 19 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge | CHOATE II |
| 18 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.2 acres | Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge | CHOATE I |
| 12 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 950 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | LONE STAR |
| 29 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge | CRASH |
| 28 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | RED HILL |
| 2 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge | SEQUOYAH T |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tamaha | $2,000 | Power poles were blown down. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tamaha | $1,000 | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind and the roof of a shed was damaged. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Tamaha | - | Locally heavy rainfall resulted in extensive flooding in and around town with several roads closed and impassable. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tamaha | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several large tree limbs. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tamaha | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped several large tree limbs. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Tamaha | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Hail | Tamaha | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Tamaha | - | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Hail | Tamaha | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Tamaha | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Tamaha | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Tamaha | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Tamaha | - | no account filed |
| November 1999 | Hail | Tamaha | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tamaha | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Tamaha | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tamaha | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Garland | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Star | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Keota | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ironbridge | 11.0 miles | 15 | |
| Stigler | 12.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cartersville | 13.5 miles | 16 | |
| Lafayette | 16.6 miles | 14 |
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 Tamaha | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2601095 | 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 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.







