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Cheyenne, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cheyenne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73628. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cheyenne quadrangle. 771 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,969 feet above sea level.

Cheyenne within Roger Mills County

On record in Cheyenne

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

2 figures

Cheyenne fell from 801 to 771 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.

YearPeople Change
2010801
2020771-30 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

42 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Cheyenne between 2002 and 2020, burning about 868 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1

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
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCibola National ForestBEAVINS
8 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestMERRICK
7 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestUNIT 103
6 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCibola National Forest33
22 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresCibola National ForestUNIT 102
17 August 2007Natural2.0 acresCibola National ForestISABELLA
8 July 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCibola National ForestCHURCH
5 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreCibola National ForestTRASH BARREL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roger Mills County

Storms near this place

60 of 109 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cheyenne in 109 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 57 thunderstorm wind, 47 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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
February 2023Tornado (EF2)Cheyenne1 killed, 3 hurt, $250,000A tornado touched down just south of State Highway 47 and just southwest of the Cheyenne cemetery. The tornado initially moved east-southeast, then turned northeast moving through the northwestern portion of Cheyenne including a portion of the Washita Battlefield. A number of mobile homes were destroyed both west of Cheyenne and also along US-283 north of Cheyenne. Other homes were also damaged along the path. One fatality occurred in a mobile home that was destroyed. The tornado continued moving northeast damaging trees, power poles and at least one outbuilding southwest of and immediately west of Strong City before dissipating. A photograph from one of the destroyed mobile homes near Cheyenne was recovered near Lambert, OK in Alfalfa County, about 100 miles northeast of Cheyenne.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCheyenne$54,100no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCheyenne$50,000Strong straight-line winds from a developing bow echo caused damage across the Cheyenne area. Several outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. A grain silo had the top ripped off. Several homes sustained shingle and roof damage, especially in southwest sections of town. The Cheyenne airport, Mignon Laird Municipal Airport, had several buildings destroyed or damaged along with six airplanes heavily damaged. The Cheyenne High School also sustained some roof damage.
December 1993Thunderstorm WindCheyenne$50,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCheyenne$10,000Power lines and large trees were downed near the junction of US Highway 283 and State Highway 33. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2002LightningCheyenne$4,000Lightning struck a tree, then traveled along a metal fence, into a water line, and damaged numerous appliances and a computer in a home.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCheyenne$2,500no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindCheyenne$2,000Outbuildings were destroyed.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCheyenne$2,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCheyenne$500Two large doors blown in on a county barn.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCheyenne$500Two to three inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCheyenne$200no account filed
March 2026HailCheyenne-The location is approximate.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Cheyenne (CHEY) Mesonet observation. This event was caused by a probable heat burst.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Cheyenne (CHEY) Mesonet observation. This event was caused by a probable heat burst.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Cheyenne (CHEY) Mesonet observation. This event was caused by a probable heat burst.
April 2026HailCheyenne-The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated based on radar observations.
April 2026HailCheyenne-The location is approximate.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-An estimated wind gust. The location is approximate.
April 2024HailCheyenne-MPing report.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Cheyenne (CHEY) Mesonet observation.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Cheyenne (CHEY) Mesonet observation.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Cheyenne (CHEY) Mesonet observation.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Cheyenne (CHEY) Mesonet observation.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Cheyenne (CHEY) Mesonet observation.
June 2022HailCheyenne-Time estimated from radar.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Estimated severe wind gust.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Also reported tree damage on the south side of town, and power flashes on the north side of town.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-No damage reported.
April 2015HailCheyenne-No known damage.
April 2015HailCheyenne-No known damage.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-No known damage.
April 2015HailCheyenne-No damage reports.
April 2015HailCheyenne-No damage reports.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-No damage occurred with the wind gust.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-No damage occurred with the wind gust.
May 2010Flash FloodCheyenne-Two county roads were closed between Cheyenne and Sweetwater due to very heavy rainfall. Widespread rainfall totals mostly ranged from three to four inches, with isolated totals near five inches.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Another gust to 59 mph was measured at 2125 CDT.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Another wind gust of 59 mph was measured at 2205 CDT.
September 2008Heavy RainCheyenne-The measured rainfall was 3.69 inches, much of it falling in a six to eight hour period.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site
March 1997Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site
September 1994Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-Severe thunderstorms across northwest Oklahoma produced winds over 60 mph and blew tree limbs down 3 miles east of Rosston.
May 1993HailCheyenne-An isolated thunderstorm dumped quarter-size hail five miles south of Cheyenne during the afternoon of the 29th.
June 2022HailCheyenne-no account filed
June 2022HailCheyenne-no account filed
June 2022HailCheyenne-no account filed
June 2022HailCheyenne-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-no account filed
May 2019HailCheyenne-no account filed
June 2019HailCheyenne-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindCheyenne-no account filed
May 2012HailCheyenne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roger Mills 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
Strong City5.4 miles11
Rosehill7.7 miles11
Herring8.1 miles11
Mackie8.2 miles11
Dempsey10.4 miles11
Grimes11.2 miles9
Berlin11.5 miles9
Roll11.6 miles8

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 CheyenneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1019287The 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 1101352. 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.

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.