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Arapaho, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73620. The Survey maps it on the Clinton quadrangle. 668 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,654 feet above sea level.

Arapaho within Custer County

Population over time

2 figures

Arapaho fell from 796 to 668 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010796
2020668-128 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

32 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Arapaho between 1998 and 2020, burning about 430 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined8
Fireworks6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning1

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
8 September 2000Debris and open burning32 acresConcho Field OfficeCOLONY
9 August 1998Smoking59 acresConcho Field OfficeCONCHO 2
28 August 2000Arson/incendiarism14 acresConcho Field OfficeBESSIE
24 August 2011Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresConcho Field OfficeTURTLE CREEK
5 July 2013Fireworks6.0 acresConcho Field OfficeFINALE
5 July 2008Fireworksunder an acreConcho Field OfficeLUCKY STAR
4 July 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeORPHAN
3 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresConcho Field OfficeTURTLE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Arapaho: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Acme Brick Company Shale PitClayProducer
Harold PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Custer County

Storms near this place

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arapaho in 39 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 25 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2012Thunderstorm WindArapaho$360,000Six power transmission poles were downed at the intersection of county road 1000 and county roads 2230 and 2240. Time estimated by radar.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindArapaho$16,000Six power poles were snapped. The report was relayed by a National Severe Storms Laboratory employee. Monetary damages were estimated.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindArapaho$5,000A barn was destroyed on a county road on the south side of Arapaho.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindArapaho$1,000Shingles were blown off the roof of a home, along with 14 inch diameter tree limbs downed.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindArapaho$1,000Light and power poles were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindArapaho$100Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindArapaho$100A large tree was blown over by the high winds.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindArapaho-Estimated severe wind gust.
June 2022Flash FloodArapaho-Multiple roads closed due to creeks overrunning their banks.
May 2018HailArapaho-Hail lasted for 3 minutes with no damage.
May 2005HailArapaho-Hail was observed on the west side of town.
October 2001Tornado (F0)Arapaho-B2. This was a brief, narrow tornado with no damage.
August 2016HailArapaho-no account filed
May 2013HailArapaho-no account filed
June 2011HailArapaho-no account filed
May 2010HailArapaho-no account filed
July 2009HailArapaho-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindArapaho-no account filed
June 2008HailArapaho-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindArapaho-no account filed
April 2004HailArapaho-no account filed
May 2004HailArapaho-no account filed
May 2004HailArapaho-no account filed
April 2003HailArapaho-no account filed
May 2003HailArapaho-no account filed
September 2002HailArapaho-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindArapaho-no account filed
April 1999HailArapaho-no account filed
April 1999HailArapaho-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindArapaho-no account filed
July 1998HailArapaho-no account filed
October 1998HailArapaho-no account filed
March 1996HailArapaho-no account filed
August 1996HailArapaho-no account filed
March 1996HailArapaho-no account filed
June 1994HailArapaho-no account filed
June 1994HailArapaho-no account filed
March 1994HailArapaho-no account filed
December 1993HailArapaho-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Custer 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
East Junction3.5 miles10
Clinton4.3 miles10
Ralph5.4 miles10
Indianapolis5.7 miles10
Parkersburg6.7 miles10
Custer City7.4 miles10
Stafford8.8 miles10
Foley9.5 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 ArapahoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2432184The 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 1089676. 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.