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Stephens County, Oklahoma

58 topographic sheets and 24 fire insurance atlases across 3 places.

Research this county

From the record

10 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Oklahoma within the United States
Stephens County within Oklahoma

What the record shows

  • 3 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Duncan, Marlow, Comanche, between 1894 and 1948.
  • 24 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 317 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 10 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 10 buildings.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 24 populated places in this county; 23 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

10

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Brittain-Garvin Housebuilding200000001039
H. C. Chrislip Housebuilding199393000677
Duncan Armorybuilding199696001490
Duncan Public Librarybuilding199999001427
W.T. Foreman Housebuilding200303000512
Johnson Hotel and Boarding Housebuilding198686001098
Marlow Armorybuilding199494000282
Montgomery-Linam Housebuilding198383002128
Patterson Hospitalbuilding199595001417
Louis B. Simmons Housebuilding200101000207

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,007 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1946-12-21, scale 1:27200
1946-12-21, scale 1:27200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1946-12-21, scale 1:27200
1946-12-21, scale 1:27200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1946-12-21, scale 1:27200
1946-12-21, scale 1:27200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1946-12-21, scale 1:27200
1946-12-21, scale 1:27200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-07, scale 1:64600
1954-02-07, scale 1:64600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-07, scale 1:64600
1954-02-07, scale 1:64600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-07, scale 1:64600
1954-02-07, scale 1:64600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-07, scale 1:64600
1954-02-07, scale 1:64600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-01-06, scale 1:68199
1955-01-06, scale 1:68199. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-01-06, scale 1:68199
1955-01-06, scale 1:68199. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-01-06, scale 1:68199
1955-01-06, scale 1:68199. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-01-06, scale 1:68199
1955-01-06, scale 1:68199. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-01-20, scale 1:17000
1960-01-20, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-01-20, scale 1:17000
1960-01-20, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-01-20, scale 1:17000
1960-01-20, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-01-20, scale 1:17000
1960-01-20, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-09-29, scale 1:121573
1969-09-29, scale 1:121573. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-09-29, scale 1:121573
1969-09-29, scale 1:121573. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-09-29, scale 1:121573
1969-09-29, scale 1:121573. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-09-29, scale 1:121066
1969-09-29, scale 1:121066. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-12-06, scale 1:24000
1970-12-06, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-31, scale 1:112242
1972-05-31, scale 1:112242. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-31, scale 1:112242
1972-05-31, scale 1:112242. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-31, scale 1:58469
1972-05-31, scale 1:58469. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-31, scale 1:58469
1972-05-31, scale 1:58469. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-02-20, scale 1:22000
1973-02-20, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-02-20, scale 1:22000
1973-02-20, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-02-20, scale 1:22000
1973-02-20, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-02-20, scale 1:22000
1973-02-20, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-12-04, scale 1:22000
1974-12-04, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-12-04, scale 1:22000
1974-12-04, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-12-04, scale 1:22000
1974-12-04, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-12-04, scale 1:22000
1974-12-04, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-01, scale 1:40000
1975-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-01, scale 1:40000
1975-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-01, scale 1:40000
1975-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-01, scale 1:40000
1975-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-12-16, scale 1:80000
1976-12-16, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-07-01, scale 1:24400
1978-07-01, scale 1:24400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-07-01, scale 1:24400
1978-07-01, scale 1:24400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-07-01, scale 1:24400
1978-07-01, scale 1:24400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-07-01, scale 1:24400
1978-07-01, scale 1:24400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1984-02-01, scale 1:48000
1984-02-01, scale 1:48000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1984-02-01, scale 1:48000
1984-02-01, scale 1:48000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1984-02-01, scale 1:48000
1984-02-01, scale 1:48000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1984-02-01, scale 1:48000
1984-02-01, scale 1:48000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-03-01, scale 1:24000
1987-03-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-03-01, scale 1:24000
1987-03-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

14 stations, 1 gage

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

47 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 69-1Brown township: Brown township - That part north of State Highway 53, outside Comanche city
  • 69-2Brown township - That part south of State Highway 53, outside Comanche eity
  • 69-3Comanche city: Comanche city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Oak; City limits
  • 69-4Comanche city - That part Bounded by Oak; S. 6th, Hickory Ave., S. 6th; City limits; City limits
  • 69-5Comanche city - That part Bounded by Oak; City limits; City limits; S. 6th, Hickory Ave., S. 6th
  • 69-6Duncan city: Duncan city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits, 2nd; Chestnut Ave., Chestnut Ave. extended, Chestnut Ave.; 8th
  • 69-7Duncan city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Chestnut Ave., Chestnut Ave. extended, Chestnut Ave.; 2nd; Main, Ward line, Main; 8th
  • 69-8Duncan city - That part of Ward 1, excluding the area which is not part of the city although situated entirely within the corporate limits of the city Bounded by City limits; City limits; State Highway 7, Main; 2nd, Chestnut Ave., 2nd
  • 69-9Duncan city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; City limits, 8th; Elder Ave.; City limits
  • 69-10Duncan city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits, Elder Ave.; 11th; Chestnut Ave., 14th, Beech Ave., 17th, City limits; City limits
  • 69-11Duncan city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Elder Ave.; 8th; Chestnut Ave.; 11th
  • 69-12Duncan city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Chestnut Ave.; 8th; Main; 12th, Beech Ave., 12th
  • 69-13Duncan city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Beech Ave., 14th, Chestnut Ave.; 12th, Beech Ave., 12th; Main; City limits, 17th
  • 69-14Duncan city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Main; 9th; Mulberry Ave.; 12th
  • 69-15Duncan city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Main; 12th; Mulberry Ave.; City limits
  • 69-16Duncan city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Mulberry Ave.; 9th; Stephens Ave.; City limits
  • 69-17Duncan city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Stephens Ave.; 9th; City limits; City limits
  • 69-18Duncan city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Main, State Highway 7; City limits; City limits, Elm Ave.; 4th
  • 69-19Duncan city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Main, Ward line, Main; 4th; Elm Ave., 6th, Pecan Ave., Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, Pecan Ave.; 9th
  • 69-20Duncan city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Pecan Ave., Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, Pecan Ave.; 6th, City limits; City limits; 9th
  • 69-21Duncan city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Elm Ave.; City limits; City limits; 6th
  • 69-22Hope township: Hope township - That part north of State Highway 29
  • 69-23Hope township - That part south of State Highway 29
  • 69-24King township: King township - That part east of range line between Ranges 6 and 7W., in Townships 1 N. and 1 S.
  • 69-25King township - That part west of the range line between Ranges 6 and 7W. in Townships 1N. and 1S., north of State Highway 7 to Duncan and north of Unnamed Highway from Duncan to west township line, outside Duncan city and including the part which is situated entirely within the corporate limits of the city and which is located south of Cedar Ave., west of 1st, north of Chestnut Ave. and east of 2nd
  • 69-26King township - That part west of the range line between Ranges 6 and 7W. in Township 1S., south of State Highway 7 to Duncan and south of Unnamed Highway from Duncan to west township line, outside Duncan city
  • 69-27Loco city
  • 69-28Loco township: Loco township - That part east and north of Unnamed Highway from Santa Fe across State Highway 53 to south county line, outside Santa Fe and Loco cities
  • 69-29Loco township - That part west and south of Unnamed Highway from Santa Fe across State Highway 53 to south county line, outside Santa Fe city
  • 69-30McPherson township: McPherson township - That part north of State Highway 53
  • 69-31McPherson township - That part south of State Highway 53
  • 69-32Marlow city: Marlow city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Payne Ave., Payne Ave. extended, Payne Ave.; 4th
  • 69-33Marlow city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Payne Ave., Payne Ave. extended, Payne Ave.; City limits; Main, Ward line, Main; 4th
  • 69-34Marlow city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; 4th; Payne Ave.; City limits
  • 69-35Marlow city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Payne Ave.; 4th; Main; City limits
  • 69-36Marlow city - That part comprising Ward 3 Bounded by Main; Broadway; City limits; City limits
  • 69-37Marlow city - That part comprising Ward 4 Bounded by Main, Ward line, Main; City limits; City limits; Broadway
  • 69-38Parks township: Parks township - That part north and east of State Highway 7
  • 69-39Parks township - That part south and west of State Highway 7
  • 69-40Richland township: Richland township - That part north of State Highway 7
  • 69-41Richland township - That part south of State Highway 7
  • 69-42Rock Creek township: Rock Creek township - That part north of Unnamed Highway from east township line across Little Beaver Creek to west county line
  • 69-43Rock Creek township - That part south of Unnamed Highway from east township line across Little Beaver Creek to west county line
  • 69-44Santa Fe township
  • 69-45Wall township: Wall township - That part north and northeast of State Highway 29, and east of U.S. Highway 81, outside Marlow city
  • 69-46Wall township - That part west of U.S. Highway 81 and southwest of State Highway 29 and Wildhorse and Clear creeks, outside Marlow city
  • 69-47Wall township - That part south of State Highway 29 and northeast of Wildhorse and Clear creeks

Wildfire, 1993 to 2019

84 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 84 of them, burning about 51,998 acres. 4 started naturally and 9 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning7
Natural4

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined12,500 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryVELMA
1 March 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution8,000 acresChickasaw AgencyBIA EMPIRE
2 March 2006Equipment and vehicle use7,880 acresChickasaw AgencyBIALOCO
12 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5,760 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryCENTRAL HIGH
1 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,100 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryNORTH LOCO
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,921 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryVELMA WEST
24 March 1996Arson/incendiarism1,800 acresChickasaw AgencyVELMA#2
25 February 2008Arson/incendiarism1,400 acresChickasaw AgencyJUMP MASTER

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1951 to 2026

60 of 1,039 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 1,039 reports for this county, causing 3 deaths, 29 injuries and about $13,761,690 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail595
Thunderstorm Wind297
Tornado70
Flash Flood61
Lightning10
Flood4
Dust Devil1
Heavy Rain1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1977Tornado (F3)not stated1 killed, 2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
May 2019Flash FloodLoco1 killedA man was swept away and killed by swift moving flood waters while on an ATV checking his fields. Time of occurrence is estimated from various media reports and when the call to local emergency officials was placed.
June 2016Flash FloodDuncan1 killedHigh water rescue due to heavy rain. One foot of water was over US 81 in central part of Duncan. According to police reports, an 8 year old boy (whose body was found 14 days later) tried to cross a bridge at highway 81 and Oak when he went down 10 to 12 feet into rushing water.
November 2024Tornado (EF3)Comanche6 hurt, $5,000,000This tornado developed near US Highway 81 and the Jefferson County line south of Comanche and moved northeast for nearly 22 miles. At least two dozen buildings were damaged by the tornado including a number of homes that were destroyed. Hundreds of trees were reported downed along the path as well as numerous power lines and power poles. Numerous large trees were destroyed and debarked at the tornado moved over the Comanche Golf Course and Comanche Lake to the east of the town of Comanche with the tree damage significant enough for an EF3 rating. After crossing Comanche Lake, the tornado continued northeast crossing State Highway 7 between Duncan and Velma, and dissipating a few miles southwest of Lake Fuqua.
February 1975Tornado (F2)not stated4 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 1973Tornado (F2)not stated4 hurt, $25,000no account filed
February 1975Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
February 1966Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
June 1970Tornado (F1)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
April 1955Tornado (F1)not stated2 hurt, $2,500no account filed
March 1977Tornado (F3)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 1969Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
July 1962Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 1957Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $2,500no account filed
June 1953Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $250no account filed
March 1990Tornado (F3)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm Windnot stated$500,000no account filed
April 1995Tornado (F1)to$500,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDuncan$500,000no account filed
November 2024Tornado (EF2)Lake Fuqua Dam$250,000The same thunderstorm that produced the tornado near Comanche produced another tornado that began northeast of Lake Fuqua and moved northeast into Garvin County. At least one home suffered significant roof damage along State Highway 29 and trees and power poles were damaged along the path.
April 1978Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMarlow$200,000Widespread wind damage was reported in Marlow. Numerous trees were blown down with power lines and poles downed. Hail up to the size of tennis balls combined with the winds also damaged roofs and took out windows of homes. Wind gusts were estimated to be greater than 70 mph. Monetary damage estimated.
June 2023Tornado (EF2)Loco$150,000This tornado developed 2.6 miles southeast of Loco and moved east-southeast. Damage was confined to trees and power line poles until the tornado approached the county line where a mobile home was destroyed. The tornado did move into Jefferson County.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindVelma$150,000The roofs of three houses were severely damaged. Power lines were also downed and trees uprooted.
April 2025HailLoco$100,000Numerous social media images showing hail damage throughout the community of Loco due to wind-driven hailfall. This included numerous car and house windows cracked or broken and siding damage to multiple structures. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2015Flash FloodMarlow$100,000Flood waters reported in school building.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindDuncan$80,000Widespread wind damage reported throughout Duncan. Numerous houses received damage to their roofs. Additionally, 40 power poles were damaged to varying degrees (broken and/or down) throughout town.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindMarlow$75,000Multiple trees and power lines blown down throughout the community of Marlow. The metal roof of an event center was blown off. Time is radar estimated.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Marlow$75,000A tornado developed just northwest of the city limits of Marlow and moved east-southeast into far northern portions of the city of Marlow. Near the beginning of the tornado, numerous buildings on a farm on the north side of Ballpark Road were heavily damaged, including most of the roof off of a home and an outbuilding. The tornado moved east-southeast breaking large trees and utility poles along Ballpark Road. A number of trees were damaged at the Marlow cemetery on the northeast side of Marlow.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindMarlow$75,000A mobile home was severely damaged when its roof was taken off. A roof was also blown off a home. Power lines, tree limbs, and two fences were downed.
August 1999LightningMarlow$75,000Lightning struck three oil tanks, igniting a fire. The fire destroyed one of the tanks and severely damaged the other two.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindLoco$50,000Multiple social media images showing thunderstorm wind damage in and around the community of Loco. This included a metal and wood barn destroyed and a travel trailer damaged. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindComanche$50,000A large tree, approximately three to four feet in diameter, was blown down and landed on a house. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindDuncan$50,000Social media image showing a gas station canopy collapsed due to thunderstorm wind. Time is radar estimated.
November 2024Tornado (EF1)Duncan$50,000A mobile home was pushed off it's blocks by a tornado northeast of Duncan.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLoco$50,000A mobile home was rolled and destroyed.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLoco$50,000A number of trees and power lines in and near Loco were damaged by thunderstorm wind.
May 1997Tornado (F1)Duncan$50,000A tornado was observed about 3 miles south of Duncan and 1 mile east of Highway 81 by storm spotters. At this location (on "Old Highway 81"), a travel trailer was destroyed, a roof was blown off a large workshop, a brick home was damaged by a falling tree, and a van was damaged. Nearby trees were uprooted, power lines were downed, and a mobile home was destroyed. A puppy that had been inside the damaged mobile home was found 1/4 mile north of the house in someone else's yard. In the same area, 8 empty grain train cars were blown over off a side track.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDuncan Municipal$50,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGeronimo$50,000no account filed
May 1993Tornado (F0)- 4 Wnw$50,000no account filed
August 1997LightningMarlow$40,000Lightning struck and set fire to a house, completely gutting the home.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Duncan$35,000This tornado moved north-northeast between Highway 7 and Old Highway 7. Three houses sustained roof damage. The tornado also heavily damaged 5 barns in this area. A pickup and camper sustained major damage. Power lines, fences, and numerous trees were also downed.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindDuncan$35,000no account filed
April 2025Flash FloodCorum$30,000Images courtesy of The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management show portions of County Road 1860 washed out due to flooding. Event time is approximate.
June 2023Tornado (EF1)Comanche$30,000A spotter reported observing a tornado that moved into the southwestern portion of Comanche. Trees were downed and an outbuilding damaged just southwest of Comanche, then damaged an apartment building in southwest Comanche.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindComanche$30,000At least one home had significant roof damage in Comanche.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindMarlow$30,000Large trees up to 16 inches in diameter snapped. Minor structural damage also occurred to roofs and fences.
October 2000Flash FloodComanche$30,000A bridge was washed out.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindComanche$25,000Severe winds estimated at 75 to 80 mph caused widespread tree, limb, and structural damage in Comanche. Significant damage occurred at the high school gymnasium, where a large window was blown in and northeast portions of the roof were torn off. Damage to the gym was assessed at $22,600. At a city park, the fuel tanks were ripped from a plane on permanent display, and in downtown the siding was torn from a warehouse building. Carports and large trees also suffered major damage throughout town.
April 1978Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1977Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
September 1970Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1955Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1954Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Marlow$20,000Several storm chasers and spotters observed a tornado that developed southeast of Marlow, and moved northeast to between Marlow and Bray. Minor damage to trees and power lines was reported. No injuries or fatalities occurred.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBray$20,000A wall was blown out on a well built building. Several small trees were also broken.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindDuncan$20,000A barn was destroyed at the corner of 42nd and Fuller Streets.
August 2003LightningComanche$20,000Lightning caused a house fire.
October 1999Thunderstorm WindMarlow$20,000no account filed

Mines and quarries

30 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 30 workings inside this county. None of them still produces: all are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction28
Barium-Barite1
Copper1
Flagstone1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Comanche Southeast-1Barium-Barite, CopperOccurrenceStratabound
Unknown Sandstone PitFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

24

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 3 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Duncan, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets and 10 fire insurance atlases, 1894 to 1948

Marlow, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1894 to 1933

Comanche, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1904 to 1933

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.