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Carrier, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73727. The Survey maps it on the Lahoma quadrangle. 90 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,352 feet above sea level.

Carrier within Garfield County

On record in Carrier

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

3 figures

Carrier grew from 77 to 90 between 2000 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
200077
201085+8 (+10%)
202090+5 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Carrier: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Barnes ProspectCopperOccurrence1900
Enid Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garfield County

Storms near this place

36 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrier in 36 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 17 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 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
April 1999Tornado (F2)Carrier$1,500,000no account filed
May 2015Flash FloodCarrier$50,000Several water rescues in stalled vehicles.
November 2024FloodCarrier$25,000Floodwaters washed out a bridge over a dry creek bed along West Willow Road on the 8th. Event time is approximate.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindCarrier$20,000Approximately 22 utility poles were downed between Sheridan and Stable roads. Some trees were uprooted. Estimated 70 mph winds. Time estimate based on radar.
May 2016Tornado (EF2)Carrier$20,000A tornado was observed to develop approximately 3 miles west-northwest of Carrier and initially moved northeast. Near the beginning of the tornado path, 19 empty rail cars were blown from a siding onto the main line. A very large tree was downed across Great Lakes Road about 3/4 of a mile west of State Highway 132. Otherwise, the tornado traveled over wheat fields and the specific damage path is estimated, but chaser reports suggest the tornado turned north-northeast and then north after the initial northeast movement, and remained west of State Highway 132.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindCarrier$15,000A pole barn was destroyed by severe thunderstorm winds from the east.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCarrier$10,000Several power lines from Carrier to Kremlin were downed by the strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2019LightningCarrier$5,000House struck by lightning between Wheatridge and Garland on Hwy 45.
May 2017HailCarrier$5,000Hail damage reported to roofs and cars. Time estimated by radar.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindCarrier$2,000no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindCarrier$500no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindCarrier$500no account filed
May 2024HailCarrier-Report of golf ball size hail from two miles west towards the center of the community of Carrier. Relayed by emergency management.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Carrier-Spotters and chasers observed a brief tornado estimated to have occurred about 2 miles south-southwest of Carrier.
May 2015HailCarrier-No damage reported.
June 2011HailCarrier-Nickel to quarter-size hail was reported.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCarrier-Several tree limbs three to four inches in diameter were blown down. An arm from a railroad crossing sign was blown off. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
August 2009Flash FloodCarrier-Portions of Highway 45 and 81, as well as numerous county roads north and west of Enid, were closed due to high water. Some of the roads remained through the morning hours.
April 2009Tornado (EF1)Carrier-The tornado began about 3 miles south and 1 mile west of Hillsdale where a barn was destroyed just west of state highway 132. The tornado moved north-northeast through open farmland until it moved into an area southeast and east of Hillsdale where trees were damaged. Barns were damaged about one-half mile east of Hillsdale, with additional tree damage and damage to a house observed north-northeast of Hillsdale.
June 2008Flash FloodCarrier-Highway 123 between Carrier and Hillsdale was closed due to water over the roadway. North State Road on the north side of Lahoma was also closed due to high water.
June 2007HailCarrier-The hail was reported quarter to golfball size.
September 2025HailCarrier-no account filed
May 2018HailCarrier-no account filed
April 2016HailCarrier-no account filed
April 2009HailCarrier-no account filed
April 2009HailCarrier-no account filed
May 2009HailCarrier-no account filed
July 2009HailCarrier-no account filed
August 2009HailCarrier-no account filed
June 2007HailCarrier-no account filed
May 2006HailCarrier-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCarrier-no account filed
April 1999Tornado (F0)Carrier-no account filed
April 1999HailCarrier-no account filed
May 1997HailCarrier-no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindCarrier-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garfield 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
Ituna2.8 miles13
Jonah4.5 miles13
Blanton6.1 miles13
Hillsdale6.2 miles11
Lahoma7.1 miles9
North Enid8.6 miles14
Imo8.8 miles11
Enid9.5 miles13

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 CarrierAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2804472The 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 1090994. 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.