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Wapanucka, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Johnston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73461. The Survey maps it on the Wapanucka South quadrangle. 386 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 633 feet above sea level.

Wapanucka within Johnston County

Population over time

2 figures

Wapanucka fell from 438 to 386 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
2010438
2020386-52 (-12%)

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

3 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Wapanucka between 1996 and 2006, burning about 87 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
15 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChickasaw AgencyWAPANUCKA
3 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresChickasaw AgencyBROMIDE
2 March 1996Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresChickasaw AgencyBIRCHCREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Wapanucka: 13 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitsClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitsClayPast 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
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnston County

Storms near this place

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wapanucka in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 14 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWapanucka$10,000A power pole was blown onto a building at Wapanucka High School. The event time is estimated based on radar observations.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWapanucka$10,000Part of a roof from a house awning flew off and landed on a car. Some minor tree damage.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWapanucka$1,000A spotter reported branches down in the area.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindWapanucka$200Trees were downed.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWapanucka$100Large tree branches downed, sheet metal wall with wooden support knocked over.
April 2026HailWapanucka-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2026HailWapanucka-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2019Flash FloodWapanucka-County line road and Rock Hill Road intersection is flooded, roughly 3 miles S of Hwy 7.
April 2019Flash FloodWapanucka-Wapanucka fire reports one foot of water over roadway on English road and it is not passable.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindWapanucka-Winds were estimated at 60-70 mph.
June 2007Flash FloodWapanucka-Rock Hill Road was closed due to high water.
March 2024HailWapanucka-no account filed
March 2023HailWapanucka-no account filed
May 2022HailWapanucka-no account filed
May 2017HailWapanucka-no account filed
May 2017HailWapanucka-no account filed
March 2015HailWapanucka-no account filed
September 2009HailWapanucka-no account filed
April 2008HailWapanucka-no account filed
September 2006Thunderstorm WindWapanucka-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindWapanucka-no account filed
April 2002HailWapanucka-no account filed
August 2002HailWapanucka-no account filed
June 1999HailWapanucka-no account filed
November 1999HailWapanucka-no account filed
April 1993Tornado (F0)Wapanucka-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
Bromide Junction2.1 miles15
Bromide4.9 miles15
Coleman7.1 miles14
Fillmore7.9 miles14
Milburn11.3 miles13
Connerville12.3 miles13
Folsom12.5 miles14
Pontotoc13.3 miles13

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 WapanuckaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3203537The 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 1099353. 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.