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Canton, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Canton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73724. It stands on Minnehaha Creek. The Survey maps it on the Canton quadrangle. 468 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Canton within Blaine County

On record in Canton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Canton fell from 625 to 468 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
2010625
2020468-157 (-25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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.

Fires near this place

39 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Canton between 2001 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined19
Fireworks8
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresConcho Field OfficeHAIGLER #2
25 August 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreConcho Field OfficeBAREFOOT
21 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresConcho Field OfficeDENTON
10 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresConcho Field OfficeALLISON
7 July 2012Fireworks5.0 acresConcho Field OfficeBLUFF
6 July 2013Fireworks6.0 acresConcho Field OfficeCONTONEMENT
5 July 2012Fireworks3.0 acresConcho Field OfficeWALKER
4 July 2013Fireworks2.0 acresConcho Field OfficeTYRONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Canton: 4 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 and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this place

50 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canton in 50 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 25 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 2001Thunderstorm WindCanton4 hurt, $25,000A trailer was blown over at Canton Lake. Four occupants inside were injured.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCanton$150,000Large trees fell on homes and vehicles. A trailer-home was blown over. The VFW building was destroyed, and numerous storage buildings were blown over.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCanton$25,000Numerous power poles were snapped on Highway 51.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindCanton$20,000no account filed
March 2008HailCanton$15,000The hail caused some minor roof and car window damage. Golfball size hail was also reported one mile northwest of Homestead. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCanton$6,000Large trees were downed blocking State Highway 58 about 4 miles south of Canton. Monetary damage is estimated.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCanton$6,000A barn, damaged by severe thunderstorm winds the day before, was completely destroyed. Also, tin on the front of a mini-mall was damaged.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCanton$5,000Several trees down over the roadway on the south side of Canton. A storm chaser estimated winds of 70 mph. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCanton$3,000Limbs up to 8 inches in diameter were blown down across a widespread area on the north side of town. Trees were also uprooted, a carport was destroyed, and a barn was severely damaged by the severe winds.
September 1998Tornado (F0)Canton$3,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCanton$2,000A large tree was blown down. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCanton$400Severe thunderstorm winds downed power poles.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindCanton$10no account filed
May 2024HailCanton-Social media image with ruler measurement. Evidence that the hailstone had undergone prior melting. Time is radar estimated.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindCanton-No damage reported.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCanton-Numerous large tree limbs were downed. Minor damage to carports and shingles were also reported. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
October 2007HailCanton-The hail was reported along HWY 51.
June 2007HailCanton-The hail was relayed from KWTV-9.
June 2018HailCanton-no account filed
May 2017HailCanton-no account filed
May 2010HailCanton-no account filed
June 2009HailCanton-no account filed
March 2008HailCanton-no account filed
March 2008Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
May 2008HailCanton-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
April 2004HailCanton-no account filed
April 2004HailCanton-no account filed
May 2004HailCanton-no account filed
August 2004HailCanton-no account filed
August 2004HailCanton-no account filed
August 2004HailCanton-no account filed
April 2003HailCanton-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
August 2001HailCanton-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
June 1999HailCanton-no account filed
October 1999HailCanton-no account filed
April 1999HailCanton-no account filed
April 1999HailCanton-no account filed
April 1999HailCanton-no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
September 1998HailCanton-no account filed
August 1997HailCanton-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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
Carleton4.5 miles8
Carlton4.7 miles8
Longdale5.9 miles8
Southard6.0 miles9
Eagle City8.3 miles9
Darrow11.0 miles9
Homestead12.3 miles8
Hitchcock14.0 miles7

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 CantonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3287017The 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 1090931. 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.