Zeb, Oklahoma
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Tahlequah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74464. It lies near Bob Warren Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Zeb quadrangle. 520 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 784 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresZeb grew from 497 to 520 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 | 497 | |
| 2020 | 520 | +23 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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 Muscogee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1905 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Hulbert quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Hulbert quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Hulbert SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Zeb quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
304 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 304 fires within 5 miles of Zeb between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,085 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 126 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 | 126 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.6 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | RABBIT |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30478 |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Natural | 11 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Zeb: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | ||
| Arkhola Sand & Gravel Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Arkhola Sand & Gravel Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2026Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zeb in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Zeb | $150,000 | This tornado developed west of the S 490 Road and south of the W 830 Road. It moved northeast toward Park Hill, crossed Highway 82 and Murrel Road. The tornado uprooted numerous trees, damaged outbuildings, snapped numerous large tree limbs, and blew down power poles. A few trees were uprooted as it moved across Willis Road, then crossed the Illinois River and dissipated after producing more tree damage on the E 785 Road. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodall | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Metory | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Manard | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Green Country Estates | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Keys | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Park Hill | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Indian Meadows | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Tsa La Gi Indian Village | 6.0 miles | 18 |
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 Zeb | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1823068 | 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 1100956. 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.











