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Whitefield, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the West Haskell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74472. It stands on Emachaya Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stigler West quadrangle. 371 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 561 feet above sea level.

Whitefield within Haskell County

Population over time

3 figures

Whitefield grew from 231 to 371 between 2000 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
2000231
2010391+160 (+69%)
2020371-20 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Whitefield between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,485 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
1 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencyEC388
8 August 2015Debris and open burning8.0 acresTalihina AgencyEC20092A
8 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20409
31 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Haskell County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Whitefield: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
H & C Sand Co Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone & Shale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone & Shale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitsClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitsClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Haskell County

Storms near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitefield in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 flash flood. 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
October 1997Thunderstorm WindWhitefield$350,000no account filed
April 2011Flash FloodWhitefield$50,000Portions of Highways 82 and 31 were flooded, as were a number of county roads, resulting in closures. Numerous vehicles were stranded in the flood water.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindWhitefield$50,000Severe thunderstorms redeveloped in eastern Oklahoma during the early morning of November 4th. Several barn roofs were damaged and large tree limbs were downed by strong thunderstorm winds just west of Whitefield, and a large tree limb was downed 5 miles south of Broken Arrow. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour 7 miles southwest of Skiatook, 2 miles northwest of Coweta, and at Featherston. Quarter size hail fell at the intersection of 51st Street South and Yale Avenue in the city of Tulsa.
March 2012HailWhitefield$15,000no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindWhitefield$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and destroyed a few outbuildings.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindWhitefield$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew tree limbs and power lines down.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindWhitefield$500Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindWhitefield$100A large tree was blown down north of Whitefield on the Haskell/Muskogee county line.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindWhitefield$100Several large tree limbs were blown down.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindWhitefield-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Stigler measured thunderstorm wind gusts up to 61 mph.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWhitefield-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Stigler measured thunderstorm wind gusts up to 67 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWhitefield-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Stigler measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindWhitefield-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Stigler measured 59 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindWhitefield-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Stigler measured 69 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWhitefield-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Stigler measured thunderstorm wind gusts up to 61 mph.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindWhitefield-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Stigler measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2015Flash FloodWhitefield-Numerous roads were flooded in and around Whitefield.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWhitefield-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Stigler measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWhitefield-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWhitefield-Thunderstorm wind gusts to near 60 mph were estimated by the media along with dime size hail.
June 2024HailWhitefield-no account filed
April 2005HailWhitefield-no account filed
April 2005HailWhitefield-no account filed
May 2004HailWhitefield-no account filed
April 2003HailWhitefield-no account filed
May 2001HailWhitefield-no account filed
June 1997HailWhitefield-no account filed
June 1997HailWhitefield-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindWhitefield-no account filed
April 1995HailWhitefield-no account filed
March 1993HailWhitefield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Haskell 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
Hoyt3.7 miles14
Hughart4.7 miles15
Stigler6.1 miles14
Enterprise7.7 miles14
Lafayette8.9 miles14
Kinta9.2 miles15
Lewisville9.4 miles17
Sans Bois9.5 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 WhitefieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2380417The 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 1099723. 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.