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Canute, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Northwest Washita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73626. The Survey maps it on the Canute quadrangle. 494 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,900 feet above sea level.

Canute within Washita County

On record in Canute

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Canute fell from 541 to 494 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
2010541
2020494-47 (-9%)

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.

Photographs

4 photographs, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

If you wonder where you are as you drive by in Canute, Oklahoma, this knight in dull armor holding a sign denoting the historic U.S. route 66 highway will tell you
If you wonder where you are as you drive by in Canute, Oklahoma, this knight in dull armor holding a sign denoting the historic U.S. route 66 highway will tell you
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
A very old, very deteriorated motel sign, with the motel itself nowhere to be found, in Canute, Oklahoma
A very old, very deteriorated motel sign, with the motel itself nowhere to be found, in Canute, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
An old, abandoned, but not so old that it didn't have a satellite dish mounted on it, gas station or repair shop in Canute, Oklahoma
An old, abandoned, but not so old that it didn't have a satellite dish mounted on it, gas station or repair shop in Canute, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Outdoor sign for the old Cotton Boll Motel (the building or buildings themselves are gone) in Canute, Oklahoma
Outdoor sign for the old Cotton Boll Motel (the building or buildings themselves are gone) in Canute, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Canute between 2006 and 2019, burning about 437 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
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 March 2006Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeCHOO CHOO
14 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresConcho Field OfficeFOSS
26 November 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution432 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryMOOREWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washita County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Canute: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washita County

Storms near this place

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canute in 45 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 27 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
April 1999Thunderstorm WindCanute3 hurt, $30,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindCanute1 hurt, $5,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCanute$50,000no account filed
May 2017Tornado (EF2)Canute$20,000The Elk City tornado moved into Washita County and moved northeast about 3 miles before dissipating. Three outbuildings were damaged or destroyed and one house received minor damage. Otherwise, damage was primarily to trees and power lines in Washita County. Damage costs were roughly estimated.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCanute$20,000Two tractor trailer trucks were blown over on Interstate 40, and numerous limbs were broken, trees were snapped, and power lines were downed.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCanute$10,000Relayed image showing roof damage to a mobile home. Time is radar estimated.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCanute$10,000A roof was blown off a barn SW of Canute.
October 2001Tornado (F1)Canute$10,000B1. Washita County portion. This tornado tracked across the northwest corner of Washita County, causing major damage to trees, toppling an older windmill, and blowing over and rolling a truck about 25 yards, before crossing into Custer County.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindCanute$5,000A semi-truck was blown over.
June 1994HailCanute$5,000no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindCanute$4,000Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 75 mph blew signs down in Canute.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindCanute$1,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCanute$600no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCanute$10Large tree limbs were downed.
March 2013HailCanute-Hail accumulated and drifted.
May 2010HailCanute-Hail up to tennis ball size fell for 10 minutes. Wind gusts to 50 mph were also reported at this location.
April 2009HailCanute-The hail covered the ground.
May 2009HailCanute-Nickel- to quarter-size hail was reported.
November 2006HailCanute-Hail was reported covering ground.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindCanute-,,,,,,,,Hail (0.75)
April 2020HailCanute-no account filed
May 2017HailCanute-no account filed
May 2016HailCanute-no account filed
May 2010HailCanute-no account filed
April 2009HailCanute-no account filed
May 2008HailCanute-no account filed
May 2008HailCanute-no account filed
June 2008HailCanute-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindCanute-no account filed
April 2006HailCanute-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindCanute-no account filed
May 2003HailCanute-no account filed
April 2002HailCanute-no account filed
April 2002HailCanute-no account filed
May 2002HailCanute-no account filed
May 2001HailCanute-no account filed
May 2001HailCanute-no account filed
March 2000HailCanute-no account filed
December 1999HailCanute-no account filed
May 1999HailCanute-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindCanute-no account filed
May 1998HailCanute-no account filed
May 1997HailCanute-no account filed
August 1996HailCanute-no account filed
December 1993Thunderstorm WindCanute-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washita 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
Foss6.2 miles11
Burns Flat7.7 miles11
Braithwaite12.2 miles11
Dill City12.6 miles11
Port15.1 miles9
Bessie15.6 miles9
Cordell17.9 miles9
Retrop18.6 miles9

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 CanuteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3287201The 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 1090936. 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.