Wetumka, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wetumka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74883. The Survey maps it on the Wetumka quadrangle. 1,135 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 764 feet above sea level.
On record in Wetumka
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 3 records
Wetumka Armorylisted 1988
Wetumka Cemetery Pavilion and Fencelisted 1988- Levering Missionlisted 1974
Population over time
2 figuresWetumka fell from 1,282 to 1,135 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 | 1,282 | |
| 2020 | 1,135 | -147 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1900 USGS Wewoka quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Wetumka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Wetumka between 2001 and 2020, burning about 19,859 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | ANDERSON |
| 31 July 2008 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | HOUSE |
| 17 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | COUNTY ROAD |
| 2 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 141 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | BOULDER |
| 1 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 174 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SISTER MARY |
| 9 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | LEAF BLOWER |
| 18 March 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 35 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | GREEN LAGOON |
| 17 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | DUNZY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wetumka: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wetumka in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 18 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wetumka | $50,000 | Emergency management reported numerous power poles down down with one tree blown onto a residence. Damages estimated. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wetumka | $15,000 | Relayed images showing multiple large tree limbs blown down, including at least one that landed on a parked vehicle. Event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wetumka | $12,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wetumka | $6,000 | Pipes at a pumping station near Lake Wetumka were blown loose. A few large tree branches and shingles on a home were blown down near Wetumka. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| January 2024 | Hail | Wetumka | - | Relayed image. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Wetumka | - | Law enforcement reported 1.75 hail near Wetumka Lake. |
| September 2012 | Heavy Rain | Wetumka | - | Trained spotter reported 5 of rain. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Wetumka | - | County roads 1190 and 3730 were closed due to high water. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Wetumka | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeager | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Carson | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Horntown | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lamar | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dustin | 11.4 miles | 14 | |
| Holdenville | 13.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cross Roads | 15.9 miles | 12 | |
| Calvin | 18.6 miles | 13 |
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 Wetumka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2241307 | 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 1099652. 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.





