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Blair, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Altus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73526. The Survey maps it on the Blair quadrangle. 727 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,463 feet above sea level.

Blair within Jackson County

Population over time

2 figures

Blair fell from 818 to 727 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
2010818
2020727-91 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 9 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

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Blair in 2020, burning about 250 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
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
14 November 2020Equipment and vehicle use250 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryWARREN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Blair: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Unknown Shale PitClayProducer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

60 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blair in 69 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 45 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 5 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
June 1994Thunderstorm WindBlair$50,000Thunderstorms in southwest Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 25th produced hail up to quarter-size and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds broke out plate glass windows and tore the roof off a mobile home in Blair.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Blair$20,000A resident of Blair recorded a video of a tornado just south of Blair. A mobile home, outbuildings and trees were reported to be damaged, although the specific locations are unknown and the tornado location is estimated.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBlair$20,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindBlair$10,000An awning was blown off a convenience store.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindBlair$8,000no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBlair$500no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindBlair-A measured wind gust from a broadcast media storm chaser.
April 2025HailBlair-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025HailBlair-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025HailBlair-The report was relayed through mPING. Event time adjusted based on radar observations and nearby reports.
April 2025FloodBlair-A social media image showing significant flooding in areas near and east of the community of Blair. Event time is approximate.
March 2024HailBlair-MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1800-1805 LST) to report time.
April 2024HailBlair-MPing report.
May 2024HailBlair-MPing report.
May 2024HailBlair-MPing report.
September 2023HailBlair-Image relayed via social media.
October 2018Flash FloodBlair-Nine inches of water flowing over Hwy 283. 5.6 inches of rainfall measured in 3.5 hours.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBlair-Estimated 50 to 60 mph wind gust. No damage reported.
May 2015Flash FloodBlair-Several roads flooded in and around Blair.
May 2015Flash FloodBlair-Several feet of water flowing over area roads. No damage reported.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindBlair-A large grain silo was destroyed. Multiple power lines were downed. Large trees were snapped. A wooden shed was destroyed with debris scattered into the roadway. Multiple houses sustained roof damage of varying degrees. The winds were result of the rear-flank downdraft associated with a supercell moving east of town.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Blair-Storm chasers reported another brief tornado southeast of Blair. This tornado produced no known damage.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Blair-Storm chasers reported a brief tornado southeast of Blair. No damage is known to have occurred.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Blair-Storm chasers reported a tornado east of Blair and just south of state highway 19. The tornado produced no known damage.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindBlair-Several severe wind gusts caused significant damage in around the town of Blair. At least three dozen homes and business sustained damage of various severity. A portion of an apartment building in downtown Blair, as well as at a daycare lost a significant portion of their roofs. Other rooftops sustained minor to moderate damage. Glass was blown out of several buildings. A couple of mobile homes were blown onto their sides. Carports were destroyed. Numerous trees limbs were downed. A large 80 foot by 50 foot barn northeast of Blair, or a half of mile east on Warren Road, was destroyed. Monetary damage estimates were unavailable.
May 2005HailBlair-Hail was reported near the intersection of Highway 62 and Martha Road.
June 1999Flash FloodBlair-Locally heavy rainfall caused portions of Highway 283 near Blair to become covered with water.
July 1997Flash FloodBlair-Rural roads were closed due to high water.
May 2017HailBlair-no account filed
May 2017HailBlair-no account filed
May 2015HailBlair-no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBlair-no account filed
May 2013HailBlair-no account filed
April 2012Thunderstorm WindBlair-no account filed
April 2012HailBlair-no account filed
April 2012HailBlair-no account filed
April 2012HailBlair-no account filed
April 2012HailBlair-no account filed
April 2011HailBlair-no account filed
November 2011HailBlair-no account filed
May 2011HailBlair-no account filed
May 2010HailBlair-no account filed
June 2008HailBlair-no account filed
September 2008HailBlair-no account filed
May 2006HailBlair-no account filed
May 2005HailBlair-no account filed
September 2005HailBlair-no account filed
May 2004HailBlair-no account filed
July 2004HailBlair-no account filed
June 2003HailBlair-no account filed
June 2003HailBlair-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindBlair-no account filed
June 2003HailBlair-no account filed
June 2003HailBlair-no account filed
May 2003HailBlair-no account filed
May 2003HailBlair-no account filed
May 2003HailBlair-no account filed
April 2001HailBlair-no account filed
May 2001HailBlair-no account filed
April 2000HailBlair-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Martha4.6 miles9
Warren6.7 miles9
Friendship8.1 miles8
Welon8.8 miles9
Altus9.8 miles9
Victory10.4 miles9
Hightower11.1 miles9
Ozark11.8 miles8

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 BlairAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2132376The 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 1090245. 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.