BlockClear Lake, Oklahoma
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the South Beaver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73932. The Survey maps it on the Clear Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Clear Lake between 2006 and 2016, burning about 5,500 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/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,500 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CLEARLAKE 149/22 |
| 3 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clear Lake: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Caliche Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Caliche Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Caliche Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Caliche Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Caliche Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clear Lake in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clear Lake | $34,000 | Wind damaged four power poles along the road. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clear Lake | $27,000 | Report of shed torn off its foundation and destroyed. The shed was blown onto a car. The car was not badly damaged but supported the weight of the building. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clear Lake | $3,000 | A pickup truck with a trailer was tossed over by the wind. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clear Lake | $1,500 | The Beaver County Emergency Managers Office reported that the south side of a perimeter wood fence had blown down and also heavy lawn furniture was blown across the yard. There were no reports of injuries. |
| August 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Clear Lake | - | The tornado touched down near a rural ranch home. Significant tree damage occurred in that location along with damage to the roof of a barn and the porch and roof of one home in the complex. Another outbuilding was destroyed further along the path. The degree of|damage and lack of damage to power poles along the path supported an EF0 rating. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clear Lake | - | Tree limbs and a dead tree were blown down near the Clear Lake area by thunderstorm winds. This is approximately 10 miles west-northwest of Slapout. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Clear Lake | - | Ping pong ball size hail was reported 12 miles west of Slapout. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Clear Lake | - | A cluster of slow moving thunderstorms brought intense rainfall to southeastern Beaver County during the early morning hours of the 27th. This intense rainfall led to the development of flash flooding on State Highway 1450 southeast of the town of Beaver (Beaver County), and bar ditches in this area were also full as reported by the County Emergency Manager. No reports of stranded motorist were relayed with this report of flash flooding. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Clear Lake | - | An embedded storm within a larger cluster of storms collapsed as it moved near the town of Slapout (Beaver County). The Emergency Manager reported penny size hail (0.75 inch) 7 miles northwest of the town of Slapout. After producing this hail the storm continued to weaken as it moved into western Oklahoma. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Clear Lake | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Knowles (Beaver County), the Emergency Manager reported golf ball size hail (1.75 inches) 11 miles southwest of Knowles (Beaver County). After producing this hail the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Clear Lake | - | A slow moving supercell developed over northern Beaver County during the afternoon hours of the 22nd. As the supercell neared the town of Slapout (Beaver County), County Emergency Manager reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch) eight miles northwest of Slapout (Beaver County). After producing this hail the supercell continued slowly moving to the south across the county. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Clear Lake | - | A slow moving supercell thunderstorm moved southward across the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 22nd. This supercell produced multiple brief tornadoes over the course of several hours. This tornado developed across eastern Beaver County near Slapout (Beaver County). The tornado caused minor damage to an old barn as well as minor roof damage to a manufactured home. A few outbuildings were also damaged as the tornado drifted south across US. Highway 412. The winds were estimated at 80 mph. After producing this tornado, the parent supercell continued moving southward across the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Clear Lake | - | A landspout tornado formed during the afternoon hours of the 28th. Eye-witness accounts described the landspout as a brief spin-up that started from the ground and connected with the base of a developing thunderstorm. Several pictures were taken by the eye-witnesses from U.S. Highway 83 approximately 4 miles south of Beaver (Beaver County). A National Weather Service survey team, using the eye-witness accounts, located the track of this landspout. Very little damage was evident given the landspout formed over grasslands and away from developed real estate. The max estimated wind speed was 60 mph. No injuries or fatalities were associated with this landspout tornado. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Clear Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Clear Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Clear Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Clear Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Clear Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Clear Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Clear Lake | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Clear Lake | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100300. 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.