BlockAgawam, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Alex census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73067. The Survey maps it on the Rush Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1902 USGS Rush Springs quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Rush Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Rush Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Rush Springs SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Rush Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Agawam in 2012, burning about 6,500 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,500 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | NINNEKAH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Agawam in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Agawam | $35,000 | A large tornado developed in southwestern Grady County to the southwest of Ninnekah and moved east-northeast, passing just south of Ninnekah. The tornado dissipated as it crossed state highway 19 to the east of Ninnekah. The tornado damaged at least three homes and destroyed one mobile home south of Ninnekah. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agawam | $1,000 | Medium sized metal constructed shed destroyed on highway 81 north of Agawam. Relayed from twitter. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agawam | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Agawam | - | MPing report. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Agawam | - | MPing report. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Agawam | - | MPing report. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Agawam | - | Reported from Mping. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Agawam | - | Flooding along Highway 81. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Agawam | - | No damage was reported. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Agawam | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farwell | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Ninnekah | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Rush Springs | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Acme | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rocky Ford | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Norge | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Alex | 9.3 miles | 17 | |
| Laverty | 10.6 miles | 13 |
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 Agawam | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q107463206 | 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 1089548. 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.