Cement, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cyril-Cement census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73017. The Survey maps it on the Cyril quadrangle. 436 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,457 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCement fell from 501 to 436 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 | 501 | |
| 2020 | 436 | -65 (-13%) |
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.
- 1949 USGS Cement quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Cement quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Cyril quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Cyril quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
83 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Cement between 2004 and 2020, burning about 8,104 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | DOBSON |
| 19 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | 2700 |
| 9 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 83 acres | Anadarko Agency | NORTHERN SPUR |
| 6 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | NEW OWNER |
| 28 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | WEST CEMENT |
| 2 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | WHITFIELD RD. |
| 19 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | CROOKED EYE |
| 18 August 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | WEEDN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cement: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyril Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Harrison Quarry & Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gypsum Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cement in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Cement | $75,000 | Tornado A6 (Caddo County portion). See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cement | $15,000 | Roof was blown off building near Highway 277. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cement | $15,000 | An entire roof of a trailer was blown off and the trailer was moved eight feet. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cement | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down. |
| October 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Cement | $3,000 | Trees were snapped near the intersection of County Roads 1410 and 2720, and again along County Road 1400 just a few hundred yards west of the Caddo-Grady County line. No damage was noted along or east of the county line in Grady County. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cement | $1,000 | Power lines were downed. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Cement | - | MPing report. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Cement | - | MPing report. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Cement | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Cement | - | Spotters reported water over roadways near interstate 44. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Cement | - | Hail was reported by KWTV Ch. 9 in Oklahoma City, OK. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Cement | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cement | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Cement | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Cement | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Cement | - | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Hail | Cement | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyril | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Indian City | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Stecker | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Anadarko | 11.1 miles | 9 | |
| Apache | 12.2 miles | 11 | |
| Squaretop | 13.1 miles | 13 | |
| Apache Wye | 13.8 miles | 13 | |
| Broxton | 14.7 miles | 11 |
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 Cement | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2389036 | 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 1091138. 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.





