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Titanic, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Stilwell West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74960. The Survey maps it on the Proctor quadrangle. 259 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,061 feet above sea level.

Titanic within Adair County

Population over time

2 figures

Titanic fell from 356 to 259 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
2010356
2020259-97 (-27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

398 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 398 fires within 5 miles of Titanic between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,880 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 163 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/incendiarism163
Missing data/not specified/undetermined102
Debris and open burning79
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 1998Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30465
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism255 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2000Smokingunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2000Smokingunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2011Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30483

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair County

Storms near this place

7 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Titanic in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 6 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2018Tornado (EF2)Titanic$250,000This is the fifth segment of a six segment tornado. This long-track tornado moved back into Adair County south-southwest of Proctor and moved north-northeast snapping and uprooting trees on the 754 Road. The tornado crossed Highway 62 near Proctor where homes were severely damaged, large outbuildings were destroyed, farm equipment was thrown large distances, and many trees were snapped and uprooted. It snapped and uprooted numerous trees and destroyed barns between Highway 62 and Chewey Road. Some of the tree damage in this heavily-wooded, rural area was extensive. The tornado continued to move north-northeast across heavily wooded terrain and then crossed River Road where numerous trees were uprooted, and finally into Delaware County near Dripping Springs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 110 to 120 mph.
April 2026Tornado (EF1)Titanic$70,000This is the second segment of a three-segment tornado. The tornado moved into Adair County south of the 754 Road, and into rugged terrain. Trees were uprooted as it moved across the 4630 Roads southwest of Christie, and the roof of a manufactured home was damaged. The tornado uprooted numerous trees and snapped numerous large tree limbs along Highway 62, with more trees uprooted along Cemetery Road and Highway 59, and along the 4750 Road before moving into Washington County, AR. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Titanic$25,000This is the second segment of this tornado. The tornado moved across Highway 51 snapping large tree limbs and destroying an unoccupied mobile home that was not tied down. Maximum estimated wind during this segment of the tornado based on this damage was about 75 mph. The tornado continued into Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Titanic$20,000This is the final segment of this tornado. The tornado moved back into Adair County just north of Highway 51 snapping large tree limbs and destroying a few sheds and outbuildings. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado during this segment based on this damage was about 70 mph.
November 2018Tornado (EF1)Titanic$15,000This is the third segment of a six segment tornado. The tornado moved into Adair County southwest of Wauhillau and moved north-northeast across Highway 51 and the E768 Road. A couple homes were damaged, outbuildings were damaged, and trees were uprooted. The tornado moved back into Cherokee County northwest of Wauhillau. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
June 2025Tornado (EF1)Titanic-This is the second segment of a two segment tornado. The tornado moved into Adair County near the 754 Road, moved southeast and then turned to the east, before crossing the 4630 Road and dissipating. The tornado uprooted numerous trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTitanic-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.

Every storm recorded in Adair 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
Spade Mountain2.1 miles17
Wauhillau3.0 miles18
Sanders3.7 miles17
Proctor4.5 miles18
Stony Point5.5 miles17
England5.6 miles17
Christie5.9 miles17
Whitmire6.5 miles17

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 TitanicAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6147467The 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 1100889. 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.

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.