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Tushka, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the West Atoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74525. The Survey maps it on the Tushka quadrangle. 413 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 623 feet above sea level.

Tushka within Atoka County

Population over time

2 figures

Tushka grew from 312 to 413 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
2010312
2020413+101 (+32%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Tushka between 2005 and 2017, burning about 915 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
25 July 2006Debris and open burning25 acresTalihina AgencyBRANGUS
12 March 2005Debris and open burning100 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeTRIBALTOWN
27 February 2006Natural1.0 acresTalihina AgencyTIMBERLINE
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined700 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryTIMBERLINE
24 October 2017Arson/incendiarism89 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atoka County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tushka: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Atoka County

Storms near this place

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tushka in 17 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 40 injuries. 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
April 2011Tornado (EF3)Tushka2 killed, 40 hurtA large tornado began 5 miles west-southwest of Tushka and moved east-northeast through Tushka and about 3 miles southeast of Atoka before curving to the north-northeast and dissipating around 2 miles east of Stringtown. Almost 150 homes and business' were significantly damaged or destroyed, many numerous others sustaining minor damage. Two fatalities occurred in a mobile home to the west of Tushka. Monetary damage estimates were not available, although it is thought they would be well into the millions of dollars.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindTushka$20,000Roof damage was sustained to a school.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Tushka$10,000Another separate area of tree damage was noted north of the larger tornado that devastated Tushka. Monetary damages were estimated.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindTushka-To the south of the tornado that affected areas west of Atoka, the thunderstorm also produced damaging winds that caused roof damage to a house and snapped a tree.
March 2024HailTushka-MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1910-1915 LST) to report time.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindTushka-Quarter-size hail was also reported.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindTushka-No damage was reported.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindTushka-Numerous trees and utility poles were blown down. Damage was also reported to several carports and patio covers. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
April 2022HailTushka-no account filed
April 2020HailTushka-no account filed
June 2011HailTushka-no account filed
September 2006HailTushka-no account filed
March 2005HailTushka-no account filed
April 1997HailTushka-no account filed
April 1997HailTushka-no account filed
April 1994HailTushka-no account filed
August 1994HailTushka-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Atoka 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
Cook3.7 miles14
Taloah4.6 miles14
Atoka5.0 miles17
Bruno5.1 miles16
Caney6.6 miles14
Bentley8.7 miles15
Half Bank Crossing8.9 miles16
Lane9.6 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 TushkaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1865366The 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 1099082. 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.