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Alfalfa, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carnegie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73015. The Survey maps it on the Alfalfa quadrangle. It stands 1,460 feet above sea level.

Alfalfa within Caddo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Alfalfa between 2008 and 2019, burning about 236 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 July 2008Other causes161 acresAnadarko AgencyRUNNING CREEK
16 June 2010Equipment and vehicle use70 acresAnadarko AgencySTUB - 2
9 February 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.2 acresAnadarko AgencyBUICK
22 November 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyALFALFA 1270
11 November 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAnadarko Agency58 SOUTH
11 November 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresAnadarko Agency58 NORTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caddo County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Alfalfa: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Caddo County

Storms near this place

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alfalfa in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2001Tornado (F1)Alfalfa$150,000D3. A single-floor home was unroofed with the debris completely displaced from its foundation. An outer wall of the home was also blown out. Also along the tornado path, sections of irrigation equipment were either toppled or destroyed, and several trees were snapped at the trunk.
May 2004Tornado (F1)Alfalfa$40,000This brief tornado, which was observed by a media helicopter, caused damage to the roof of the Alfalfa Fire Department and a nearby barn on Highway 58.
August 2019Flash FloodAlfalfa$5,000Three to four feet of water over highway 58. Several cars reported stalled.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAlfalfa$3,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAlfalfa-An estimated wind gust. The location is approximate.
May 2019Flash FloodAlfalfa-Flooding from 1/4 to 1/2 mile south of CR 1270 on Hwy 58 north of Carnegie.
April 2013HailAlfalfa-No damage was reported.
April 2013HailAlfalfa-No damage was reported.
April 2013HailAlfalfa-No damage was reported.
May 2019HailAlfalfa-no account filed
May 2014HailAlfalfa-no account filed
April 2013HailAlfalfa-no account filed
April 2009HailAlfalfa-no account filed
June 2008HailAlfalfa-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindAlfalfa-no account filed
July 1998HailAlfalfa-no account filed
October 1997HailAlfalfa-no account filed
May 1996HailAlfalfa-no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindAlfalfa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Caddo County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Swan Lake5.0 miles8
Eakly6.5 miles9
Carnegie8.0 miles8
Nowhere9.7 miles12
Albert10.4 miles12
Three-Way Corner11.5 miles10
Fort Cobb12.4 miles13
Sickles13.0 miles10

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 AlfalfaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4721862The 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 1089581. 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.

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.