Acme, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Rush Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73082. The Survey maps it on the Rocky Ford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Cement quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Cement quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Rocky Ford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Rocky Ford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Acme in 2011, burning about 1,500 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,500 acres | Anadarko Agency | WACME |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acme in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Acme | $50,000 | This tornado moved east from Comanche County into Grady County. Immediately upon moving into Grady County, a mobile home was struck and heavily damaged on the east side of County Road 2750 (which is the county line). No other damage is known to have occurred. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Acme | $30,000 | A tornado developed near County Road 1560 and County Street 2770 to the southwest of Rush Springs. The tornado moved generally northeast crossing US Highway 81 about 3 miles north of Rush Springs, then dissipating about 2 miles SSE of Agawam (or 4.5 miles NNW of Rush Springs). One unoccupied mobile home was rolled and destroyed west of Rush Springs, although adjacent tree damage was relatively minor. Otherwise, damage consisted primarily of tree damage along the path as well as minor damage to a few homes. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | Acme (ACME) Mesonet observation. Intermittent severe (>50-knot) wind gusts during the listed event time, with the peak gust of 56 knots at 0250 LST. A heat burst was likely responsible for this event. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | Acme (ACME) Mesonet observation. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | Acme (ACME) Mesonet observation. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | Acme (ACME) Mesonet observation. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Acme | - | MPing report. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Acme | - | Water over Highway 81 near Rush Springs. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Acme | - | NSSL shave report. No damage reported. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Springs | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Rocky Ford | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Farwell | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Agawam | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Ninnekah | 11.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bailey | 13.0 miles | 16 | |
| Norge | 13.1 miles | 17 | |
| Laverty | 13.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100162. 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.
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.





