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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.

Wetumka within Hughes County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Wetumka 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,282
20201,135-147 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

33 since 2001

Regional 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes1
Natural1

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
27 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution50 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeANDERSON
31 July 2008Other causes2.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHOUSE
17 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeCOUNTY ROAD
2 April 2011Debris and open burning141 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBOULDER
1 April 2007Debris and open burning174 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSISTER MARY
9 March 2008Arson/incendiarism75 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeLEAF BLOWER
18 March 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution35 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeGREEN LAGOON
17 March 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeDUNZY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hughes County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
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 Hughes County

Storms near this place

26 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWetumka$50,000Emergency management reported numerous power poles down down with one tree blown onto a residence. Damages estimated.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindWetumka$15,000Relayed 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 1999Thunderstorm WindWetumka$12,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWetumka$6,000Pipes 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 2024HailWetumka-Relayed image.
September 2012HailWetumka-Law enforcement reported 1.75 hail near Wetumka Lake.
September 2012Heavy RainWetumka-Trained spotter reported 5 of rain.
September 2009Flash FloodWetumka-County roads 1190 and 3730 were closed due to high water.
March 2024HailWetumka-no account filed
May 2022HailWetumka-no account filed
May 2022HailWetumka-no account filed
May 2022HailWetumka-no account filed
June 2017HailWetumka-no account filed
March 2015HailWetumka-no account filed
April 2011HailWetumka-no account filed
January 2008Thunderstorm WindWetumka-no account filed
April 2005Thunderstorm WindWetumka-no account filed
June 2004HailWetumka-no account filed
April 2003HailWetumka-no account filed
May 2003HailWetumka-no account filed
March 2002HailWetumka-no account filed
March 2002HailWetumka-no account filed
March 2002HailWetumka-no account filed
May 2001HailWetumka-no account filed
April 1993HailWetumka-no account filed
October 1993HailWetumka-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hughes 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
Yeager7.6 miles12
Carson9.5 miles13
Horntown10.4 miles12
Lamar11.3 miles12
Dustin11.4 miles14
Holdenville13.7 miles12
Cross Roads15.9 miles12
Calvin18.6 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 WetumkaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2241307The 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.