Byron, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the North Alfalfa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73722. The Survey maps it on the Amorita quadrangle. 37 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,194 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresByron grew from 35 to 37 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 | 35 | |
| 2020 | 37 | +2 (+6%) |
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 Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Amorita quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alva quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Alva quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Byron: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
37 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Byron in 37 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 23 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byron | $25,000 | A trailer house, wooden barn, and small metal barn were destroyed. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byron | $1,000 | A metal grainery silo was destroyed. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byron | $500 | An eight to ten inch diameter tree was blown over. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byron | $400 | Power poles were blown down by winds up to 70 mph. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byron | $10 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Byron | - | The report was relayed by an Oklahoma City television station. |
| March 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Byron | - | A brief multiple vortex tornado was viewed by storm chasers in open country. No damage was reported. |
| March 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Byron | - | A storm chaser and residents reported a small tornado in northern Alfalfa County. This tornado was in open country with no damage reported. |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Byron | - | This tornado formed about 7.5 miles southeast of Byron and tracked southeast for 2.5 miles, crossing State Route 11 before dissipating. No damage was reported. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Byron | - | Several county roads were under water. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byron | - | Severe thunderstorm winds in northwest Oklahoma reached 65 mph six miles west of Alva in |
| May 2022 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byron | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byron | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byron | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Byron | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byron | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Byron | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amorita | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Driftwood | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Burlington | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ingersoll | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Cherokee | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Vining | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Nescatunga | 12.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ashley | 14.0 miles | 8 |
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 Byron | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2279567 | 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 1090780. 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.
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.




