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.
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
Canute Service Stationlisted 1995
Population over time
2 figuresCanute 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 541 | |
| 2020 | 494 | -47 (-9%) |
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 Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Canute quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
4 photographs, 2020Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional 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 maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 March 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Concho Field Office | CHOO CHOO |
| 14 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Concho Field Office | FOSS |
| 26 November 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 432 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | MOOREWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
45 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | 3 hurt, $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | 1 hurt, $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Canute | $20,000 | The 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | $20,000 | Two tractor trailer trucks were blown over on Interstate 40, and numerous limbs were broken, trees were snapped, and power lines were downed. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | $10,000 | Relayed image showing roof damage to a mobile home. Time is radar estimated. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | $10,000 | A roof was blown off a barn SW of Canute. |
| October 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Canute | $10,000 | B1. 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | $5,000 | A semi-truck was blown over. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Canute | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | $4,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 75 mph blew signs down in Canute. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | $600 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | $10 | Large tree limbs were downed. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Canute | - | Hail accumulated and drifted. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Canute | - | Hail up to tennis ball size fell for 10 minutes. Wind gusts to 50 mph were also reported at this location. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Canute | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Canute | - | Nickel- to quarter-size hail was reported. |
| November 2006 | Hail | Canute | - | Hail was reported covering ground. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | - | ,,,,,,,,Hail (0.75) |
| April 2020 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Canute | - | no account filed |
| December 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canute | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foss | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Burns Flat | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Braithwaite | 12.2 miles | 11 | |
| Dill City | 12.6 miles | 11 | |
| Port | 15.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bessie | 15.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cordell | 17.9 miles | 9 | |
| Retrop | 18.6 miles | 9 |
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 Canute | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3287201 | 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 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.




