Cloud Creek Oklahoma Map

About Cloud Creek, Oklahoma

Cloud Creek is a locality in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 319. The population density is 8.3 people per km². Cloud Creek is located at 36.2938°N, 94.7544°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74338.

Cloud Creek emerges from the persistent red earth as a quiet study in iron-rich soil and the expansive, unyielding prairie sky. It lies 26.7 miles north-northeast of Tahlequah, OK (from Tahlequah, OK: bearing 25°T), and is situated 13.9 miles west-northwest of Siloam Springs. The landscape stretches outward in long, rhythmic swells of dry grass, punctuated by the occasional jagged shadow of a scrub oak, while the horizon remains a thin, sharp line where the heat haze blurs the distinction between land and air. Two miles from the center, the namesake Cloud Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the limestone, its current often reduced to a silver thread during the dry season. To the west, the faint, blue silhouette of Bynum Ridge anchors the far distance, providing a permanent, jagged counterpoint to the flat, sun-bleached monotony of the immediate plains. During the late afternoon, the light here takes on a bruised, copper quality, turning the tall grasses into a field of flickering embers that seem to pulse with the dying warmth of the day.

History in Cloud Creek carries the weight of a frontier memory, carved from the deep, complex legacies of Indigenous territories and the subsequent push of mid-century industry. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic nodding of oil pumps and the seasonal cycles of the surrounding grain fields, a life dictated by the stubborn fertility of the dirt and the volatile shifts in energy prices. Residents often venture four miles toward the Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge, a sanctuary where the land is left to its own wild reclamation, or seek the quiet, still perimeter of Elkhorn Prairie five miles away to watch the water reflect the shifting clouds. Life moves with a deliberate, singular focus, colored by the proximity of Crazy Nance Hollow, where the terrain dips into cool, shaded pockets that offer a brief respite from the relentless, wind-swept exposure of the open plain.

About This Cloud Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cloud Creek, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.293782, -94.754354. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Cloud Creek includes the ZIP code (74338), telephone area code (918), county seat of Delaware County (Jay), and school district assignment (Jay Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.