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Carnegie, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carnegie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73015. The Survey maps it on the Carnegie quadrangle. 1,430 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Carnegie within Caddo County

Population over time

2 figures

Carnegie fell from 1,723 to 1,430 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
20101,723
20201,430-293 (-17%)

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.

Fires near this place

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Carnegie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,965 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 58 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
Arson/incendiarism58
Debris and open burning53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use26
Fireworks17
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural5
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2015Naturalunder an acreAnadarko AgencyBOLT FIRE
8 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresAnadarko AgencyMICHIEF FIRE
6 September 2020Debris and open burning3.7 acresAnadarko AgencySTOCK TRAILOR
6 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyFLOATY FIRE
6 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use25 acresAnadarko AgencyKIOWA-689
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism87 acresAnadarko AgencyTSOODLE
29 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAnadarko AgencySATOKE 4
28 September 2011Arson/incendiarism30 acresAnadarko AgencySATOKE 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caddo County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Carnegie: 3 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 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 Caddo County

Storms near this place

60 of 86 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carnegie in 86 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 56 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 6 flash flood. The reports record 3 deaths. 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
August 2007Flash FloodCarnegie3 killed, $10,000A van carrying three women was washed off of HWY 58 south of Carnegie as torrential rain fell for several hours. Unfortunately, all three women perished as their vehicle was washed downstream. Another car was washed off the roadway six miles south of Carnegie. No injuries were reported with this accident. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCarnegie$200,000The high school and junior high school roofs were partially blown off. Additional roof damage was observed on homes. Trees four-feet in diameter were also blown down.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindCarnegie$50,000Severe thunderstorm winds removed part of the roof from a junior high school, tossed an irrigation system across a field, snapped utility poles, and severely damaged a business.
May 2015FloodCarnegie$20,000Water rescue from vehicle swept into Washita River. Flooding at corner of Birch and Delaware.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindCarnegie$7,000Roof damage was reported to a barn. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 2019Flash FloodCarnegie$5,000Three to four feet of water over Hwy 58 resulting in several cars stalled.
May 2019Flash FloodCarnegie$5,000Water over roadways in Carnegie. Water reported in one house, and Highway 9 is closed due to water on road.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCarnegie$5,000Minor roof damage reported to several homes with shingles missing.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindCarnegie$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew part of the roof off of a peanut barn and downed 11 power poles. Power was off throughout Carnegie until 10 am that morning.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCarnegie$2,000Reports of many power lines downed in town. Relayed by EM.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindCarnegie$2,000Power poles were downed.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCarnegie$2,000Several tree limbs were downed. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCarnegie$100no account filed
April 2026HailCarnegie-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025HailCarnegie-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2024HailCarnegie-MPing report.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCarnegie-Instrument measurement.
May 2019Flash FloodCarnegie-Flash flooding across highway at the cotton gin about 4-5 miles south of Alfalfa. 6-12 inches of water across road.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCarnegie-Estimated by spotter.
June 2019FloodCarnegie-Water over a portion of Highway 58.
October 2018Flash FloodCarnegie-Flash flooding of up to 3 feet on residential streets.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCarnegie-No damage reported.
April 2015HailCarnegie-Also had estimated 55 mph wind gusts reported.
April 2015HailCarnegie-Quarter to golf ball hail. No damage reports.
May 2015HailCarnegie-No damage reported.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Carnegie-A tornado was observed south of Carnegie and east of state highway 58. The tornado produced no known damage and the location is estimated.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Carnegie-This tornado formed a few miles south of the initial tornado south of Carnegie. No damage is known to have occurred with this brief tornado.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Carnegie-A third tornado developed south-southeast of Carnegie. This tornado also produced no known damage.
November 2011Tornado (EF1)Carnegie-Several storm spotters observed a tornado that moved 13 miles from southwest of Fort Cobb to Fort Cobb Lake to SW of Albert. This tornado was observed to be multiple vortex at times. Near the beginning of the tornado path, a barn and cattle pens were damaged. As the tornado approached Fort Cobb Lake, the Oklahoma Mesonet weather station just south of Fort Cobb Lake reported a wind gust of 91 mph at 5:08 pm CST before a large irrigation pivot from a nearby field knocked the instrument tower down.
November 2011Tornado (EF0)Carnegie-Several storm spotters observed a tornado southeast of Carnegie. This tornado moved about 3 miles to the northeast, but no reports of damage were received.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCarnegie-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
October 2010HailCarnegie-Nickel- to quarter-size hail was reported.
October 2010HailCarnegie-The hail was reported on Highway 58.
July 2010Flash FloodCarnegie-Several streets in Carnegie had to be closed due to very high water. A native American Powwow had to be moved to higher ground.
May 2009HailCarnegie-Up to two inch hail was reported by a NSSL employee.
October 2007HailCarnegie-The hail was reported on the east side of town.
October 2001Tornado (F0)Carnegie-E1. This was a brief tornado with no damage.
February 2023HailCarnegie-no account filed
February 2023HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2019HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2018HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2018HailCarnegie-no account filed
June 2018HailCarnegie-no account filed
October 2018HailCarnegie-no account filed
April 2016HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2015HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2015HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2015HailCarnegie-no account filed
July 2014HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2014HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2013HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2011HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2011HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2011HailCarnegie-no account filed
October 2010HailCarnegie-no account filed
August 2009HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2009HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2009HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2009HailCarnegie-no account filed
May 2009HailCarnegie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Caddo 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
Alfalfa8.0 miles8
Alden8.9 miles12
Fort Cobb8.9 miles13
Nowhere9.4 miles12
Swan Lake10.2 miles8
Pine Ridge10.4 miles13
Broxton13.1 miles11
Albert13.5 miles12

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 CarnegieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1982359The 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 1090977. 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.