Thompson Corner, Oklahoma
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Tahlequah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74464. It lies near Brown Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Thompson Corner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1901 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1905 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Hulbert quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Hulbert quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Hulbert NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Thompson Corner quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
312 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Thompson Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,159 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 84 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 | 84 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 79 |
| Debris and open burning | 74 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | TAHLEQUAH CEMETERY |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30469 |
| 4 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30478 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Thompson Corner: 1 past producer. 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 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thompson Corner in 1 storm report in 2025: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Thompson Corner | $10,000 | This tornado developed west of Baker Road and south of Grandview Road. It moved east-northeast, uprooting numerous trees and damaging an outbuilding. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Shady Grove | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hulbert | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Norwood | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Woodall | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Metory | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Lost City | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Green Country Estates | 5.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100883. 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.











