White Oak, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Vinita West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74301. The Survey maps it on the White Oak quadrangle. 208 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 770 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWhite Oak fell from 263 to 208 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 | 263 | |
| 2020 | 208 | -55 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Vinita quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Vinita quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS White Oak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bartlesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of White Oak between 2009 and 2018, burning about 1,964 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 43 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | WHITE OAK |
| 19 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | DUMP FIRE |
| 20 February 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 660 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | NE 40302 |
| 19 February 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Cherokee Nation Tribe | KEYSTONE |
| 9 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | SPARTAN |
| 9 October 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cherokee Nation Tribe | BRUSHCOAT |
| 30 January 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,200 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 January 2011 | Natural | 37 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | SUNSWEET |
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 White Oak: 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 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
45 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Oak in 45 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 28 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 10 injuries. 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 2011 | Flash Flood | White Oak | 10 hurt | Numerous roads were flooded and closed north of Vinita. At least ten motorists were rescued by emergency personnel in the flood waters and at least 20 homes were evacuated due to rising flood water. The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Vinita measured 7.48 inches of rain in five hours during this event. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | $109,000 | Thunderstorm wind resulted in at least $109,000 in damage to the utility infrastructure across the county during this severe thunderstorm. |
| May 2001 | Hail | White Oak | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | White Oak | $50,000 | Homes and businesses were flooded. |
| May 2020 | Hail | White Oak | $20,000 | Hail larger than golf ball size damaged vehicles and homes. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | White Oak | $20,000 | This tornado uprooted trees and damaged outbuildings. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 70 to 80 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm outflow wind damaged a barn, blew down several trees, and damaged power poles. |
| May 2017 | Hail | White Oak | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | White Oak | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | White Oak | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | White Oak | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | White Oak | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several power poles and damaged a railroad crossing signal. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | $500 | A roof was blown off of an outbuilding. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | White Oak | - | Portions of several roads around White Oak were flooded. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees northwest of White Oak on Highway 60. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | A large tree was blown down by strong thunderstorm wind. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | White Oak | - | Numerous rural roads were under water. One swift water rescue was necessary. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees and large tree limbs down. |
| March 2015 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| December 1997 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| December 1997 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| November 1997 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Tornado (F0) | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | White Oak | - | 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 White Oak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3475007 | 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 1099704. 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.






