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Terral, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the South Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73569. The Survey maps it on the Terral quadrangle. 280 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 846 feet above sea level.

Terral within Jefferson County

Population over time

3 figures

Terral fell from 386 to 280 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.

YearPeople Change
2000386
2010382-4 (-1%)
2020280-102 (-27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

26 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Terral between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,419 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 August 2016Natural100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARWOOD RANCH GRASS FIRE
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVEHICLE FIRE HWY 81 RED RIVER BRIDGE
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2014Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2014044
7 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceN CRENSHAW/ LINTON CAMPBELL
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNAYLOR AND MOODY RD
29 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Terral: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Beaver Creek-1CopperPast Producer1891, 1892
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Terral in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 25 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
May 2001Thunderstorm WindTerral$500Trees were damaged.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindTerral-A shared image showed large tree branches blown down near the Red River bridge south of Terral. The event time is estimated based on radar observations.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Terral-Multiple storm chasers reported a tornado estimated to be 4 miles north-northwest of Terral. No damage was reported.
March 2013HailTerral-No damage was reported.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTerral-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
March 2009HailTerral-The hail stones were described as large and flat. The hail was brief, but covered the ground.
April 2009HailTerral-The hail was reported on Highway 81 between Terral and Ryan.
May 2009HailTerral-Half dollar to golf-ball size hail was reported.
May 2009HailTerral-The hail was reported along Highway 81.
November 2008HailTerral-Penny-size hail covered the ground.
March 1993HailTerral-An isolated severe thunderstorm developed in south-central Oklahoma during the early morning hours on the 28th. The storm produced dime-size hail near Terral.
March 2018HailTerral-no account filed
March 2018HailTerral-no account filed
March 2018HailTerral-no account filed
October 2011HailTerral-no account filed
April 2009HailTerral-no account filed
June 2009HailTerral-no account filed
February 2008HailTerral-no account filed
May 2008HailTerral-no account filed
April 2007HailTerral-no account filed
April 2004HailTerral-no account filed
April 2002HailTerral-no account filed
April 2002HailTerral-no account filed
April 2002HailTerral-no account filed
October 2001HailTerral-no account filed
October 1994HailTerral-no account filed
April 1994HailTerral-no account filed
April 1994HailTerral-no account filed
April 1994HailTerral-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Fleetwood4.5 miles9
Ryan8.6 miles16
Oscar11.4 miles9
Irving11.8 miles10
Sugden13.0 miles16
Grady16.7 miles14
Waurika18.9 miles16
Petersburg19.8 miles10

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 TerralAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2132703The 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 1098813. 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.