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Troy, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the West Johnston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74856. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle.

Troy within Johnston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Troy between 1995 and 2012, burning about 4,872 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
24 August 1995Debris and open burning20 acresChickasaw AgencyBUREAU
2 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use35 acresChickasaw AgencyISENBERG
8 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresChickasaw AgencySLIPPERY FALLS
31 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined42 acresWewoka AgencyTIGER
25 July 2008Equipment and vehicle use2,640 acresChickasaw AgencyMCMILLAN
25 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChickasaw AgencyMARIETTA PLANK
19 March 2001Debris and open burning100 acresChickasaw AgencyBUZZARD CK
11 March 2008Arson/incendiarism130 acresChickasaw AgencyFORESTER ONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Troy: 19 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Delta Dolomite PitDolomite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Anderson QuarryGraniteProducer
Tweed QuarryGraniteProducer
Unknown Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Unknown Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnston County

Storms near this place

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Troy in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
February 2009Thunderstorm WindTroy1 hurtA house was damaged by thunderstorm winds near Troy. One woman was injured by flying glass.
June 2024Flash FloodTroy$25,000Heavy rainfall caused Sand Creek and Rock Creek to rise out of their banks, flooding roadways in and around the community of Ravia. Roadways experiencing flooding included: Pine Creek Road, Slippery Falls Road, South Dexter Road, McSwain Lane and Fuller Lane, with portions of the two latter locations washed out. Event time is approximate.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTroy$5,000Two power poles snapped near the intersection of Oklahoma Highways 1 and 7. Time is radar estimated.
April 2026Tornado (EF0)Troy-Storm chasers captured video of a thin tornado a few miles south-southeast of Mill Creek. No damage was reported and the location of the tornado is estimated.
April 2024Tornado (EFU)Troy-A tornado was observed by Mannsville Fire Department spotters and a storm chaser southwest of Mill Creek and north of Mannsville. No damage was reported and the location of this tornado is estimated.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindTroy-No damage reported.
May 2017Tornado (EFU)Troy-Numerous spotters observed a tornado west of Troy. No damage was reported and the location is estimated.
April 2020HailTroy-no account filed
April 1995HailTroy-no account filed
April 1994HailTroy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnston 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
Reagan3.5 miles14
Mill Creek5.8 miles15
Ravia6.1 miles14
Tishomingo8.3 miles13
Russett9.5 miles14
Earl10.6 miles14
Mannsville11.1 miles14
Connerville11.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1098992. 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.