Central High, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Marlow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73055. The Survey maps it on the Nellie quadrangle. 1,181 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,181 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCentral High fell from 1,199 to 1,181 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 | 1,199 | |
| 2020 | 1,181 | -18 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Nellie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Nellie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nellie quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Nellie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Central High between 2006 and 2019, burning about 5,877 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | BEAVER CREEK |
| 1 March 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | BETHEL RD. |
| 7 December 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 42 acres | Anadarko Agency | COX STORE 2 |
| 7 December 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.7 acres | Anadarko Agency | COX STORE 3 |
| 7 December 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | COX STORE 4 |
| 7 December 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 65 acres | Anadarko Agency | COX STORE 5 |
| 13 January 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | OVER THE EDGE |
| 12 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,760 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CENTRAL HIGH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Central High: 2 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 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denton | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Nellie | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Oil City | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Marlow | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Duncan | 10.9 miles | 16 | |
| Gas City | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Dixie Park | 12.0 miles | 15 | |
| Oklahoma Hills | 13.0 miles | 15 |
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 Central High | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2076820 | 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 1699802. 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.





