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.
Population over time
2 figuresArapaho 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 796 | |
| 2020 | 668 | -128 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Clinton SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Watonga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1998Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Concho Field Office | COLONY |
| 9 August 1998 | Smoking | 59 acres | Concho Field Office | CONCHO 2 |
| 28 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Concho Field Office | BESSIE |
| 24 August 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Concho Field Office | TURTLE CREEK |
| 5 July 2013 | Fireworks | 6.0 acres | Concho Field Office | FINALE |
| 5 July 2008 | Fireworks | under an acre | Concho Field Office | LUCKY STAR |
| 4 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Concho Field Office | ORPHAN |
| 3 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Concho Field Office | TURTLE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Brick Company Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Harold Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
39 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arapaho | $360,000 | Six power transmission poles were downed at the intersection of county road 1000 and county roads 2230 and 2240. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arapaho | $16,000 | Six power poles were snapped. The report was relayed by a National Severe Storms Laboratory employee. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arapaho | $5,000 | A barn was destroyed on a county road on the south side of Arapaho. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arapaho | $1,000 | Shingles were blown off the roof of a home, along with 14 inch diameter tree limbs downed. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arapaho | $1,000 | Light and power poles were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arapaho | $100 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arapaho | $100 | A large tree was blown over by the high winds. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arapaho | - | Estimated severe wind gust. |
| June 2022 | Flash Flood | Arapaho | - | Multiple roads closed due to creeks overrunning their banks. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Arapaho | - | Hail lasted for 3 minutes with no damage. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Arapaho | - | Hail was observed on the west side of town. |
| October 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Arapaho | - | B2. This was a brief, narrow tornado with no damage. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| March 1994 | Hail | Arapaho | - | no account filed |
| December 1993 | Hail | Arapaho | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Junction | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Clinton | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Ralph | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Indianapolis | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Parkersburg | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Custer City | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Stafford | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Foley | 9.5 miles | 10 |
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 Arapaho | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2432184 | 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 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.





