Tuskahoma, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Pushmataha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74574. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle. 102 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
On record in Tuskahoma
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Tuskahomalisted 1970
Population over time
2 figuresTuskahoma fell from 151 to 102 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 | 151 | |
| 2020 | 102 | -49 (-32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1901 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
847 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 847 fires within 5 miles of Tuskahoma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,810 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 452 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 | 452 |
| Debris and open burning | 126 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 122 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 71 |
| Natural | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Talihina Agency | TENT CITY |
| 7 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Talihina Agency | VILLAGE |
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 Tuskahoma: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuskahoma in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuskahoma | - | Numerous large trees were uprooted near the Choctaw Nation Council House. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Tuskahoma | - | Portions of US-271 between Tuskahoma and Albion were closed due to flooding. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Tuskahoma | - | Portions of Highway 271 were closed due to flooding. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuskahoma | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Clayton measured 66 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuskahoma | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees on Highway 271 and Four Star Ranch Road. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Tuskahoma | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused a few roads in and around Tuskahoma to flood. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Tuskahoma | - | Location: on the Latimer/Pushmataha county line |
| July 1994 | Hail | Tuskahoma | - | Thunderstorms in southeast Oklahoma during the evening of the 17th produced hail up to quarter-size. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Tuskahoma | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Tuskahoma | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Tuskahoma | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Tuskahoma | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Tuskahoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Tuskahoma | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Tuskahoma | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Tuskahoma | - | 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.
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 Tuskahoma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474847 | 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 1099084. 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.









