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The chance of earthquake damage in Choctaw County is lower than Oklahoma average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Choctaw County is much lower than Oklahoma average and is much higher than the national average.

Topics:Earthquake Index Volcano Index Tornado Index Other Weather Extremes Events Volcanos Nearby Historical Earthquake Events Historical Tornado Events

Earthquake Index, #33

Choctaw County	0.09
Oklahoma	0.31
U.S.	1.81

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

Volcano Index, #1

Choctaw County	0.0000
Oklahoma	0.0000
U.S.	0.0023

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

Tornado Index, #66

Choctaw County	208.68
Oklahoma	363.83
U.S.	136.45

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 14,963 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Choctaw County were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count
Avalanche:	0	Blizzard:	7	Cold:	8	Dense Fog:	15	Drought:	119
Dust Storm:	2	Flood:	1,242	Hail:	7,077	Heat:	36	Heavy Snow:	91
High Surf:	0	Hurricane:	0	Ice Storm:	39	Landslide:	0	Strong Wind:	95
Thunderstorm Winds:	5,729	Tropical Storm:	2	Wildfire:	18	Winter Storm:	70	Winter Weather:	84
Other:	329

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near Choctaw County.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Choctaw County.

No historical earthquake events found in or near Choctaw County.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 97 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Choctaw County.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
2.9	1954-04-30	3	34°00'N / 95°31'W		1.00 Mile	150 Yards	0	12	250K	0	Choctaw
3.2	1961-05-05	3	34°01'N / 95°30'W				0	0	25K	0	Choctaw
4.3	1982-04-02	2	34°03'N / 95°29'W		0.50 Mile	30 Yards	0	1	2.5M	0	Bryan
8.2	1960-05-04	4	34°04'N / 95°42'W	34°09'N / 95°37'W	7.60 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Choctaw
8.4	1960-05-04	4	34°01'N / 95°42'W	34°04'N / 95°42'W	3.40 Miles	150 Yards	0	3	250K	0	Choctaw
10.9	1983-11-22	2	34°05'N / 95°44'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Choctaw
11.6	1982-04-02	5	34°08'N / 95°34'W	34°03'N / 95°10'W	22.00 Miles	500 Yards	0	25	2.5M	0	Choctaw
14.6	1961-03-05	2	34°00'N / 95°50'W	34°02'N / 95°47'W	3.80 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Choctaw
15.6	1982-05-28	2	34°13'N / 95°38'W	34°17'N / 95°34'W	6.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Pushmataha
15.7	1982-04-02	3	34°04'N / 95°57'W	34°04'N / 95°42'W	8.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Choctaw
16.6	1955-04-12	2	34°14'N / 95°37'W	34°18'N / 95°33'W	6.10 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Pushmataha
16.6	1960-05-04	4	34°09'N / 95°37'W	34°23'N / 95°25'W	19.80 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Pushmataha
17.9	1981-05-13	4	33°46'N / 95°42'W	33°47'N / 95°33'W	8.80 Miles	400 Yards	0	30	2.5M	0	Lamar
19.6	1956-04-28	2	34°08'N / 96°04'W	34°15'N / 95°36'W	27.90 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Bryan
20.6	2000-04-23	2	34°20'N / 95°39'W	34°19'N / 95°30'W	9.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Pushmataha
		Brief Description: A F2 tornado touched down northeast of Moyers and traveled 9 miles east southeast before lifting 1 mile south of Finley. A mobile home and several outbuilding were destroyed. Some roof damage was reported to several buildings.
21.1	1956-04-03	3	34°09'N / 95°13'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	3	25K	0	Pushmataha
23.6	2000-04-23	2	34°18'N / 95°22'W	34°17'N / 95°13'W	9.00 Miles	175 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Pushmataha
		Brief Description: A F2 tornado touched down west of Cloudy and traveled just south of Cloudy through rural areas of Pushmataha county before lifting 9 miles later east southeast of Cloudy. Only tree damage was observered.
24.1	1981-10-13	2	33°39'N / 95°40'W	33°43'N / 95°35'W	6.60 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lamar
25.5	2000-04-23	2	33°50'N / 95°16'W	33°53'N / 95°03'W	12.50 Miles	75 Yards	0	0	0	0	Red River
		Brief Description: Tornado occurred across farm land and wooded areas with few structures or homes present. The county sheriff, his deputy, and a farmer were talking when the tornado, which was described as a long tube, moved out of the woods to their east and crossed within several hundred yards to their north.
25.8	1982-04-02	4	33°39'N / 95°38'W	33°40'N / 95°20'W	17.00 Miles	250 Yards	10	170	25.0M	0	Lamar
26.0	1973-05-06	2	33°48'N / 95°55'W		0.50 Mile	67 Yards	0	3	250K	0	Fannin
26.1	1964-04-23	2	33°39'N / 95°37'W	33°39'N / 95°30'W	6.60 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lamar
26.1	1990-05-03	2	33°39'N / 95°32'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	13	0K	0	Lamar
26.3	1964-04-23	2	33°39'N / 95°37'W		2.00 Miles	23 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lamar
26.5	1982-04-02	5	34°03'N / 95°10'W	34°01'N / 95°01'W	7.00 Miles	500 Yards	0	4	2.5M	0	Mccurtain
26.7	1985-05-13	2	33°37'N / 95°35'W	33°40'N / 95°30'W	4.00 Miles	77 Yards	0	8	2.5M	0	Lamar
26.8	1974-04-21	2	33°40'N / 95°23'W		1.00 Mile	33 Yards	0	6	25K	0	Lamar
26.8	1974-05-03	2	33°40'N / 95°23'W				0	0	25K	0	Lamar
27.1	1969-04-27	3	33°43'N / 95°16'W		2.00 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Red River
28.3	1967-04-12	2	33°59'N / 95°06'W	34°24'N / 95°06'W	28.70 Miles	77 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Mccurtain
28.9	1971-12-14	2	33°58'N / 95°06'W	34°05'N / 95°00'W	9.90 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Mccurtain
28.9	1982-04-02	4	33°40'N / 95°20'W	33°41'N / 95°14'W	6.00 Miles	250 Yards	0	0	25.0M	0	Red River
30.0	1982-04-02	3	33°38'N / 95°51'W	33°38'N / 95°42'W	10.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Lamar
31.1	1985-02-23	2	34°13'N / 96°05'W	34°20'N / 95°56'W	10.00 Miles	500 Yards	0	3	250K	0	Atoka
31.2	1974-06-06	2	34°18'N / 96°00'W	34°20'N / 95°57'W	3.80 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Atoka
31.3	1974-04-21	2	33°35'N / 95°27'W		0.30 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lamar
31.8	1982-12-23	2	34°04'N / 95°00'W		3.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Mccurtain
31.8	1991-04-26	2	33°38'N / 95°16'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
32.4	1985-11-30	2	34°13'N / 96°05'W	34°16'N / 96°02'W	4.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Atoka
33.0	1973-03-10	2	33°34'N / 95°24'W		1.50 Miles	100 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Lamar
33.1	1991-04-26	2	33°45'N / 95°05'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
33.1	1999-05-04	2	33°50'N / 95°02'W	34°00'N / 94°57'W	12.80 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	0	6K	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: Numerous trees blown over or snapped. A Pecan orchard was laid to waste. This tornado moved into McCurtain county from Red River county, TX.
33.1	1982-04-02	2	34°02'N / 96°08'W		0.50 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Bryan
33.6	1991-04-13	2	33°38'N / 95°13'W	33°43'N / 95°05'W	12.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
33.8	1982-04-02	2	33°38'N / 95°13'W	33°41'N / 95°07'W	5.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Red River
34.5	1983-11-22	2	34°28'N / 95°16'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Pushmataha
34.7	1999-05-04	2	33°50'N / 95°03'W	33°51'N / 94°56'W	1.80 Miles	100 Yards	0	7	600K	0	Red River
		Brief Description: Supercells developed in unstable airmass ahead of strong upper low over central plains states. Numerous trees blown over or broken. Nine mobile homes and 1 frame home destroyed. This tornado moved into McCurtain county, OK.
35.2	1957-04-02	2	33°33'N / 95°46'W				1	2	25K	0	Delta
35.2	1982-04-25	2	33°33'N / 95°21'W	33°33'N / 95°20'W	1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Howard
35.7	1992-05-11	2	34°32'N / 95°44'W	34°32'N / 95°38'W	5.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Atoka
35.9	1961-09-12	3	33°34'N / 95°16'W		0.50 Mile	300 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Red River
36.3	1957-04-02	2	33°29'N / 95°46'W	33°34'N / 95°43'W	6.50 Miles	100 Yards	1	2	25K	0	Lamar
36.5	1992-05-11	2	34°32'N / 95°38'W	34°34'N / 95°40'W	11.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Pushmataha
37.4	2008-05-10	2	34°34'N / 95°42'W	34°33'N / 95°40'W	2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	75K	0K	Atoka
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado continued into Pushmataha county before lifting 2.75 miles WSW of Adel. In Atoka County, three houses were damaged. The roof was removed and some of the exterior walls on one well-built home were collapsed. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped above the ground. Monetary damage were estimated. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A powerful storm system strengthened over the central Plains during the day on Saturday, drawing rich gulf moisture north into eastern Oklahoma. A surface low pressure developed with a trailing cold front that moved quickly through western Oklahoma, and a dry line extending to the east of the cold front. Isolated severe thunderstorms developed near Hughes county early in the afternoon, with large hail reported in a few locations. Later in the afternoon, supercells over eastern Oklahoma expanded southwest. One supercell developed over far eastern Atoka county, producing a tornado near Daisy and large hail. Damage was reported with the tornado, but there were no injuries. Monetary damages were estimated.
37.7	1974-05-25	2	33°30'N / 95°23'W				0	0	25K	0	Lamar
37.8	1982-04-25	2	33°33'N / 95°20'W	33°34'N / 95°06'W	12.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
37.8	1961-07-23	2	33°57'N / 94°54'W		1.00 Mile	23 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Mccurtain
38.0	1992-05-11	2	33°54'N / 96°12'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Bryan
38.3	1991-03-21	2	34°18'N / 96°17'W	34°19'N / 95°59'W	19.00 Miles	400 Yards	0	6	250K	0	Atoka
38.8	2003-05-14	2	33°59'N / 95°05'W	33°44'N / 94°44'W	26.50 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	50K	0	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: A violent thunderstorm moved rapidly southeast across McCurtain County, OK into Bowie County, TX and Cass County, TX. This thunderstorm also produced a strong Microburst in McCurtain County southeast of Idabel, OK and again southeast of Maud, TX. Numerous trees and limbs were snapped or pushed over while several large corporate and private corn fields were ripped up. The only structure in the path of this tornado was located next to the Highway 259 bridge which crosses the Red River into Bowie County, TX.. This tornado moved into Bowie and Cass Counties, TX.
39.1	1957-04-02	2	33°30'N / 95°48'W				0	0	25K	0	Lamar
40.1	1982-04-02	3	33°38'N / 96°17'W	33°38'N / 95°51'W	22.00 Miles	150 Yards	1	1	2.5M	0	Fannin
40.1	1982-11-22	2	34°20'N / 96°09'W	34°24'N / 96°06'W	5.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Atoka
40.3	1996-01-17	2	33°43'N / 96°09'W	33°43'N / 96°09'W	2.50 Miles	150 Yards	0	5	150K	0	Fannin
		Brief Description: A short lived but strong tornadic circulation developed on the left side of a bow echo type thunderstorm north of Bonham. The tornado destroyed 3 mobile homes and resulted in 5 injuries to the occupants. Minor damage to homes and another mobile home also occurred.
40.4	1959-10-04	2	33°48'N / 96°12'W	33°51'N / 96°14'W	4.30 Miles	200 Yards	0	2	25K	0	Bryan
41.5	1970-06-11	2	34°36'N / 95°20'W				0	0	250K	0	Pushmataha
41.6	1964-04-22	3	33°26'N / 95°51'W	33°30'N / 95°47'W	5.90 Miles	50 Yards	0	2	25K	0	Delta
42.0	1954-06-02	2	33°24'N / 95°42'W	33°27'N / 95°37'W	5.90 Miles	1000 Yards	1	8	25K	0	Delta
42.1	1961-05-04	2	33°28'N / 95°16'W		0.80 Mile	1000 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Red River
42.2	1953-04-23	2	33°54'N / 94°50'W		1.00 Mile	200 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Mccurtain
42.2	1972-10-22	3	33°54'N / 94°50'W		1.50 Miles	33 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Mccurtain
42.5	1959-03-04	2	33°53'N / 94°50'W		0.80 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Mccurtain
42.5	1962-04-30	2	33°53'N / 94°50'W				0	0	3K	0	Mccurtain
42.7	2000-04-23	2	34°02'N / 94°59'W	34°00'N / 94°38'W	20.10 Miles	50 Yards	0	2	40K	0	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: Numerous trees toppled and broken. Tornado was described as rope like by chasers in the area during most of its path. A house on the south side of Oak Hill was split in half from a fallen tree. The tornado moved through downtown Broken Bow and through a WalMart store. The tornado was only F0 intensity as it moved through Broken Bow and F2 near Oak Hill.
43.4	1972-10-22	2	33°53'N / 94°49'W		0.50 Mile	33 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Mccurtain
43.7	1982-04-02	5	34°01'N / 95°01'W	34°00'N / 94°34'W	24.00 Miles	500 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Mccurtain
43.7	1953-04-14	2	34°22'N / 96°12'W		0.30 Mile	23 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Atoka
43.7	1982-04-02	2	33°39'N / 96°10'W		1.00 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Fannin
45.4	1974-05-25	2	33°54'N / 96°23'W	34°00'N / 96°18'W	8.50 Miles	1500 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Bryan
45.6	1972-04-20	2	33°56'N / 96°23'W	34°03'N / 96°19'W	8.90 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Bryan
45.7	1981-05-13	2	33°32'N / 96°05'W		1.00 Mile	73 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Fannin
45.9	1977-04-18	2	33°23'N / 95°45'W				0	0	0K	0	Delta
46.0	1954-09-20	2	34°00'N / 96°23'W	34°03'N / 96°20'W	4.50 Miles	33 Yards	0	1	3K	0	Bryan
46.5	1991-03-21	2	34°01'N / 96°24'W	34°04'N / 96°20'W	5.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Bryan
46.7	1982-04-02	3	33°38'N / 95°02'W	33°37'N / 94°46'W	17.00 Miles	233 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
47.0	1981-05-13	2	34°29'N / 96°13'W	34°26'N / 96°10'W	4.50 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Coal
47.4	1973-05-06	2	33°35'N / 96°11'W		0.10 Mile	20 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Fannin
47.5	1980-04-02	2	34°03'N / 96°23'W		4.00 Miles	60 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Bryan
47.7	1971-03-12	3	33°51'N / 96°30'W	33°48'N / 96°12'W	17.60 Miles	250 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Bryan
47.8	1969-06-14	2	33°54'N / 96°29'W	33°59'N / 96°17'W	12.80 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Bryan
47.9	2003-05-01	2	34°05'N / 94°48'W	33°57'N / 94°38'W	13.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	260K	0	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: A supercell thunderstorm moved southeast across Broken Bow, OK. Two new frame homes under construction had roofs torn off. A total of 30 to 40 wood frame homes had roof and frame damage with windows broken. One home was destroyed. Numerous trees uprooted and snapped. Several power poles blown down.
48.5	1957-04-02	4	33°56'N / 96°26'W	34°02'N / 96°22'W	7.90 Miles	200 Yards	3	3	250K	0	Bryan
48.9	2001-04-11	2	34°30'N / 96°10'W	34°36'N / 96°06'W	8.00 Miles	200 Yards	1	1	75K	0	Coal
		Brief Description: This tornado formed 4 miles southeast of Coalgate and tracked northeastward for 8 miles before crossing into northwest Atoka County at 0434 CST (See following entry for information about the Atoka County segment). The tornado then continued for another 5 miles before dissipating at 0440 CST. In Coal County, 1 fatalilty and injuries to another person occurred when a mobile home was thrown approximately 200 yards and disintegrated 4 miles east of Coalgate. In addition, a well-constructed frame home suffered severe roof damage and exterior wall damage in extreme eastern Coal County. M41MH Six tornadoes across southern Oklahoma and one tornado across western north Texas developed during the overnight hours of the 11th. The most notable tornado formed across Coal County in Oklahoma and resulted in one fatality and one injury as it destroyed a mobile home. In addition to damage produced by severe thunderstorms, sustained winds of 40 to 50 mph with gusts as high as 73 mph developed just ahead of the most frequent period of severe weather and persisted for several hours. In Tillman County, at 2330 CST on the 10th, a barn roof was damaged 3 miles east of Frederick. A barn roof was blown off, and a fence was downed 4 miles east of Frederick, and a house roof sustained minor damage 4 miles north of Frederick. Trees and power lines were downed in Ponca City in Kay County, while in Garfield County, minor but widespread damage, was sustained to trees, power poles, and numerous other structures.
48.9	2008-05-10	2	34°45'N / 95°30'W	34°42'N / 95°18'W	11.00 Miles	580 Yards	0	4	1.0M	0K	Latimer
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado continued from Pittsburg County. As it moved into Latimer County, the tornado destroyed a double-wide mobile home, severely damaged another home and barn, and rolled an F350 pickup truck about 50 yards. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted as the tornado approached Yanush. In Yanush, about 50 homes were damaged, eight of those were destroyed along with one business. Numerous sheds, barns, and outbuildings were destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Elevated severe thunderstorms containing large hail developed north of a warm front that was moving slowly northward across eastern Oklahoma and west central Arkansas during the morning and early afternoon of the 10th. Another round of severe thunderstorms developed late in the afternoon as a dry line approached the area from the west. Extreme instability and strong vertical wind shear resulted in the development of long-lived supercell thunderstorms that moved across eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas during the late afternoon and evening. Several of these supercells became tornadic and a few produced long-lived damaging tornadoes. One such supercell developed and moved along the Oklahoma-Kansas border and then into southwestern Missouri. This storm produced a tornado in northeastern Craig County OK that remained on the ground for 29 miles in Oklahoma, continued for about 31 miles in Newton County MO, and finally dissipated about 15 miles into Barry County MO. It produced EF-4 damage in several locations, including Picher, a small town in north-central Ottawa County OK. Twenty-one fatalities, over 350 injuries, and an estimated $60 million in property damage resulted from this tornado in Oklahoma and Missouri. Six of the fatalities and about 150 injuries occurred in Picher OK. Other strong tornadoes developed and moved across portions of Pittsburg and Latimer Counties. A EF-2 tornado was on the ground for about eight miles west of McAlester, damaging numerous homes in its path. Another EF-2 tornado developed southwest of Hartshorne in Pittsburg County and moved 19 miles before dissipating just east of Yanush in Latimer County. Four injuries resulted from that tornado and numerous homes were severely damaged or destroyed.
49.1	1961-03-26	2	33°20'N / 95°22'W		0.80 Mile	280 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Hopkins
49.6	1955-04-06	3	33°36'N / 96°24'W	33°35'N / 96°05'W	18.30 Miles	67 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Fannin
49.9	1955-04-06	2	33°20'N / 95°22'W	33°21'N / 95°12'W	9.80 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Hopkins

* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.