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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Carnegie quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Alfalfa quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Anadarko quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2008Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2008 | Other causes | 161 acres | Anadarko Agency | RUNNING CREEK |
| 16 June 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 acres | Anadarko Agency | STUB - 2 |
| 9 February 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.2 acres | Anadarko Agency | BUICK |
| 22 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | ALFALFA 1270 |
| 11 November 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | 58 SOUTH |
| 11 November 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Anadarko Agency | 58 NORTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gypsum Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Alfalfa | $150,000 | D3. 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 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Alfalfa | $40,000 | This 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Alfalfa | $5,000 | Three to four feet of water over highway 58. Several cars reported stalled. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alfalfa | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alfalfa | - | An estimated wind gust. The location is approximate. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Alfalfa | - | Flooding from 1/4 to 1/2 mile south of CR 1270 on Hwy 58 north of Carnegie. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Alfalfa | - | No damage was reported. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Alfalfa | - | No damage was reported. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Alfalfa | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Alfalfa | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Alfalfa | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Alfalfa | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Alfalfa | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Alfalfa | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alfalfa | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Alfalfa | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Alfalfa | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Alfalfa | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alfalfa | - | 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.
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 Alfalfa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4721862 | 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 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.




