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Ceres, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Noble census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74651. It stands on Hackberry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ceres quadrangle.

Ceres within Noble County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ceres in 2002, burning about 282 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
18 November 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined282 acresOsage AgencyJAKE COMPLEX

Every fire recorded in Noble County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Ceres: 19 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Noble County

Storms near this place

11 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ceres in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2016Thunderstorm WindCeres$10,000Winds overturned a semi. The time of this reported was estimated based on radar data.
April 2011HailCeres$2,000A windshield was busted out by the large hail. Monetary damages were estimated.
March 2025HailCeres-MPing report.
April 2023HailCeres-MPing report.
May 2017Flash FloodCeres-Highway 77 2 miles south of highway 15 closed due to flooding.
May 2017Flash FloodCeres-Flood waters flowing over roadways in several locations.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCeres-Measured by I-35.
May 2015Flash FloodCeres-Highway 15 west of I-35 closed due to high water.
April 2024HailCeres-no account filed
April 2011HailCeres-no account filed
May 2009HailCeres-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Noble 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
Red Rock5.6 miles9
Otoe8.3 miles9
Old Bliss8.8 miles11
Marland9.0 miles11
Billings9.3 miles11
Black Bear10.0 miles9
Drace10.3 miles9
McMahon11.3 miles9

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 CeresAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q96374694The 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 1091189. 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.