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Binger, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Binger-Hinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73009. It stands on Kickapoo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Binger quadrangle. 438 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Binger within Caddo County

Population over time

2 figures

Binger fell from 672 to 438 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
2010672
2020438-234 (-35%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

82 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Binger between 2000 and 2018, burning about 4,658 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural3
Fireworks2
Smoking1

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
21 September 2004Debris and open burning10 acresAnadarko AgencyEXENDINE
2 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyBUZZBROWN
18 September 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAnadarko AgencyBOWLEGS BILLIE
17 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresAnadarko AgencyTYBO
1 September 2010Natural80 acresAnadarko AgencyKEECHI CREEK
8 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyEAST - 2
6 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAnadarko AgencyKANUTER
4 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAnadarko AgencySMITH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caddo County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Binger: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Caddo County

Storms near this place

38 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Binger in 38 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 23 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 wildfire. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 1997Thunderstorm WindBinger1 hurt, $60,000Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at up to 90 mph caused widespread damage and one injury in Binger. One man was injured when his mobile home was overturned, pinning him between a tree and some of the debris from the home. His family, including a wife and 4 children, was also inside the house but escaped uninjured.Elsewhere in the area a tree was blown over onto a pickup truck and several storefront windows were blown out in town. The roof was blown off of the grandstand at the local fairgrounds and steel posts were pulled from concrete at a ranch. A farm implement business sustained major damage to both its building and to some of the equipment. The roof was completely removed from the building and several combines were blown into eachother. A combine and hopper were blown across a highway, about 40 yards from their original location.
August 2000WildfireBinger$200,000A grass fire which started on the 20th spread rapidly out of control and took a week to extinguish. Nearly 5 square miles of open pasture land and 3 homes and a portion of a girl scout lodge burned.
October 2001Tornado (F1)Binger$125,000E3. The Green Acres Fire Station, 7 miles south of Binger, had its sheet-metal roof blown off, with the remaining building partially destroyed. Two brick homes suffered minor damage. A mobile home was completely destroyed, another with minor damage. Several pieces of farm equipment and hundreds of trees were also blown over. Straight-line winds are also believed to have caused most of the widespread tree damage.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Binger$40,000This brief F1 tornado began a quarter of a mile north of Highway 152 on NS267 Road then moved east for a mile dissipating a half a mile south of Highway 152 on NS268 Road. The tornado launched a pickup camper 150 yards, snapped large tree limbs, and blew a cotton silo 50 yards. The tornado crossed Highway 152 and damaged a mobile home. The roof was peeled away to the north and exterior walls were removed with insulation blown around. It was still sitting on cinder blocks and it could not be determined by the survey team whether it was tied down. The mobile home appeared to be abandoned. Large tree limbs were downed towards the end of the path.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindBinger$35,000One large wooden pole barn with metal siding on roof was destroyed. Light poles at the Johnny Bench Baseball Field were knocked down. Several houses were slightly damaged due to flying debris. Monetary damages were estimated.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindBinger$5,000Trees downed across the road. Four power poles snapped. Damages estimated.
October 2012Thunderstorm WindBinger$3,000Trees were reported down 1 mile west of Binger, and also 1 mile south of Binger.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBinger$2,000Powerlines downed.
October 2000Tornado (F0)Binger$2,000This tornado developed east of Binger, about 2 miles south of the Highway 152/Highway 281 intersection and was observed by 4 people. It tracked northward for 4 miles before dissipating, blowing over 2 old, wooden barns, a medium-sized tree, and damaging another medium-sized tree.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindBinger$1,000Branches were downed by the wind, with nickel size hail also reported.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBinger-Social media image showing a 1224-inch diameter tree uprooted. Time is radar estimated.
June 2022Flash FloodBinger-Flooding in Binger along Main Street.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindBinger-No damage reported.
May 2009HailBinger-The hail was reported on West Main Street by the fire department.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Binger-This tornado was observed by several storm chasers 6.5 miles west of Binger in Caddo County just north of State Route 152. During the early stages of its development, the tornado was embedded in rapidly rotating rain curtains believed to have been upwards of 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile wide, however the tornado which eventually emerged was estimated to be only 100 yards wide. As the tornado dissipated, while crossing State Route 152, several vortices formed, which rapidly evolved into one, small, rope-like funnel. No damage was observed or reported, and thus the tornado was rated F0.
May 2018HailBinger-no account filed
May 2016HailBinger-no account filed
October 2014HailBinger-no account filed
May 2013HailBinger-no account filed
May 2013HailBinger-no account filed
January 2008HailBinger-no account filed
March 2008HailBinger-no account filed
March 2008HailBinger-no account filed
March 2008Thunderstorm WindBinger-no account filed
May 2004HailBinger-no account filed
May 2004HailBinger-no account filed
March 2003HailBinger-no account filed
May 2003HailBinger-no account filed
May 2003HailBinger-no account filed
May 2002HailBinger-no account filed
June 1998HailBinger-no account filed
June 1998HailBinger-no account filed
May 1996HailBinger-no account filed
June 1995HailBinger-no account filed
July 1995HailBinger-no account filed
July 1995HailBinger-no account filed
July 1995HailBinger-no account filed
April 1994HailBinger-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
Three-Way Corner3.9 miles10
Lookeba3.9 miles11
Albert6.4 miles12
Sickles6.7 miles10
Spring Creek9.0 miles10
Gracemont9.4 miles13
Swan Lake10.6 miles8
Hinton11.2 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 BingerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q544455The 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 1090145. 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.