Cartwright, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Colbert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74731. The Survey maps it on the Denison Dam quadrangle. 492 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 666 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCartwright fell from 609 to 492 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 | 609 | |
| 2020 | 492 | -117 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1901 USGS Denison quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Denison Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Denison Dam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Cartwright between 2006 and 2019, burning about 713 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH 91 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | U.S.75 |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SEQUOIA |
| 29 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GATEWAY |
| 25 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 75 |
| 25 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 350 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EISENHOWER- 153 |
| 16 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAKEVIEW FIRE |
| 7 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Cartwright: 13 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cartwright in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cartwright | $25,000 | Relayed images show minor damage to the metal roof of a church in the community of Cartwright. The event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cartwright | $25,000 | Relayed images showing a large tree uprooted, causing significant damage to a mobile home. Time is radar estimated. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cartwright | $10,000 | A carport and chimney were damaged, and power lines were downed. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cartwright | $2,000 | Several tree limbs were downed by the strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cartwright | $500 | Large tree limbs were reported down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cartwright | $500 | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Cartwright | - | MPing report. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cartwright | - | Trees blown down, including a few that were uprooted. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Cartwright | - | The hail was reported near Dennison Dam. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cartwright | - | The winds downed large tree limbs, damaged metal outbuilding and roofs. No damage estimates were available. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cartwright | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Cartwright | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Cartwright | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Cartwright | - | 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.
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 Cartwright | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5047458 | 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 1091012. 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.





