Tupelo, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Coal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74572. The Survey maps it on the Tupelo quadrangle. 327 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTupelo fell from 329 to 327 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 | 329 | |
| 2020 | 327 | -2 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1896 USGS Coalgate quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Coalgate quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Coalgate quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Tupelo between 1996 and 2014, burning about 312 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Chickasaw Agency | KULLIHOMA2 |
| 19 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 acres | Chickasaw Agency | WEST TUPELO |
| 27 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Talihina Agency | PINE |
| 2 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 acres | Talihina Agency | PARKS |
| 17 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 acres | Chickasaw Agency | QUAIL |
| 15 March 2008 | Other causes | 39 acres | Chickasaw Agency | VANBUSKIRK |
| 28 February 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Chickasaw Agency | MCCLURE |
| 27 February 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 28 acres | Chickasaw Agency | TUPELO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tupelo: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tupelo in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 11 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Flood | Tupelo | 1 killed, $20,000 | Flooding occurred following several rounds of heavy rainfall. One fatality occurred when a truck stalled in floodwater and the occupant attempted to get out of the vehicle. The individual was swept away and perished. The incident occurred near Norfleet Rd and county road 3170 in rural Coal county. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F2) | Tupelo | $400,000 | This tornado formed in Pontotoc County and crossed into Coal County at approximately 0349 CST, then re-entered Pontotoc County at approximately 0356 CST. Nineteen power transmission towers, 3 for major trunk power lines, were downed across this area. |
| November 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Tupelo | - | A storm spotter reported a tornado crossing State Highway 3 about halfway between Stonewall and Tupelo. No damage was reported. |
| January 2020 | Flash Flood | Tupelo | - | Water flowing across Highway 48 in many spots and the town of tupelo has flooding in town. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Tupelo | - | Water rescue was completed. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Tupelo | - | Flooding was reported at the intersection of highway 48 and highway 3. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Tupelo | - | Street was closed off near the high school. Also, there were reports of additional flooding in town. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupelo | - | Trees snapped or uprooted. No other info available. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Tupelo | - | This brief tornado was captured on video but produced no damage. |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Tupelo | - | Lightning struck an oil storage tank, causing it to explode. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Tupelo | - | Reported by emergency manager. No reported damage. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Tupelo | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Tupelo | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Tupelo | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Tupelo | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Tupelo | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupelo | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupelo | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Tupelo | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Tupelo | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Tupelo | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Tupelo | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Tupelo | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Tupelo | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tupelo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centrahoma | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| East Jesse | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Clarita | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Olney | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Coalgate | 11.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cottonwood | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Phillips | 12.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lehigh | 14.4 miles | 17 |
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 Tupelo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3146940 | 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 1099015. 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.






