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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.

Byron within Alfalfa County

Population over time

2 figures

Byron 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.

YearPeople Change
201035
202037+2 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Alfalfa County

Storms near this place

37 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Thunderstorm WindByron$25,000A trailer house, wooden barn, and small metal barn were destroyed.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindByron$1,000A metal grainery silo was destroyed.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindByron$500An eight to ten inch diameter tree was blown over.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindByron$400Power poles were blown down by winds up to 70 mph.
September 1999Thunderstorm WindByron$10no account filed
June 2008HailByron-The report was relayed by an Oklahoma City television station.
March 2005Tornado (F0)Byron-A brief multiple vortex tornado was viewed by storm chasers in open country. No damage was reported.
March 2005Tornado (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 2000Tornado (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 1997Flash FloodByron-Several county roads were under water.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindByron-Severe thunderstorm winds in northwest Oklahoma reached 65 mph six miles west of Alva in
May 2022HailByron-no account filed
April 2013HailByron-no account filed
May 2010HailByron-no account filed
April 2009HailByron-no account filed
March 2005HailByron-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindByron-no account filed
April 2003HailByron-no account filed
May 2002HailByron-no account filed
May 2002HailByron-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindByron-no account filed
March 2000HailByron-no account filed
April 1999HailByron-no account filed
May 1999HailByron-no account filed
May 1999HailByron-no account filed
June 1998HailByron-no account filed
June 1997HailByron-no account filed
June 1997HailByron-no account filed
May 1997HailByron-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindByron-no account filed
June 1996HailByron-no account filed
June 1996HailByron-no account filed
June 1996HailByron-no account filed
June 1996HailByron-no account filed
June 1996HailByron-no account filed
September 1995Thunderstorm WindByron-no account filed
May 1993HailByron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Alfalfa 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
Amorita1.6 miles8
Driftwood3.8 miles8
Burlington6.8 miles8
Ingersoll9.0 miles8
Cherokee10.7 miles8
Vining11.5 miles8
Nescatunga12.7 miles8
Ashley14.0 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 ByronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2279567The 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.