White Eagle, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Ponca City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74601. It stands on Salt Fork Arkansas River. The Survey maps it on the Ponca City SE quadrangle. 520 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 948 feet above sea level.
On record in White Eagle
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
- White Eagle Parklisted 2007
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Ponca City SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ponca City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
148 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of White Eagle between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,471 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | WHITE EAGLE |
| 3 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | OAKLAND |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | LIGHTNING |
| 22 August 2012 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | MYSTERY |
| 2 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | BLUE ELK #2 |
| 17 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | BURN PIT |
| 16 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | PLEASENTVIEW 2 |
| 13 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Pawnee Agency | CLINIC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of White Eagle: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Nowa Sanitary Landfill Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Eagle in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Eagle | $10,000 | A barn was destroyed by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2024 | Hail | White Eagle | - | Social media report. Hail size increased from golf ball to baseball size at this location between 2134-2138 LST. |
| May 2010 | Hail | White Eagle | - | The hail was reported approximately 8 miles south of Ponca City. |
| May 2024 | Hail | White Eagle | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | White Eagle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponca City | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| McFadden Cove | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Autwine | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| Tonkawa | 13.3 miles | 11 | |
| Kildare | 14.0 miles | 11 | |
| Tyner | 14.6 miles | 11 | |
| Uncas | 15.1 miles | 12 | |
| Kaw City | 16.6 miles | 14 |
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 White Eagle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7994656 | 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 1102141. 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.



