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Concho, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the El Reno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73036. The Survey maps it on the El Reno quadrangle.

Concho within Canadian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

23 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Concho between 2005 and 2020, burning about 993 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
Fireworks9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
23 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use26 acresConcho Field OfficeTORCHED FENCE FIRE
6 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeBLACKJACK
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresConcho Field OfficeBUFFALO LAKES
5 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreConcho Field OfficeREFORMATORY
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConcho Field OfficeBEAR ROBE
4 July 2019Fireworks2.5 acresConcho Field OfficeHWY 81
4 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreConcho Field OfficeTWO START
4 July 2013Fireworks10 acresConcho Field OfficeCOMPASS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canadian County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Concho: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unknown Sand PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Canadian County

Storms near this place

40 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concho in 40 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 27 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 tornado. 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
August 2000Thunderstorm WindConcho$6,000Numerous barns and outbuildings were blown over, and trees were downed.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindConcho$2,000A barn was destroyed, and windows were blown out of a house.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindConcho$750no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindConcho$500large cedar trees were downed on both sides of a road.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindConcho$300Sheet metal was blown off a roof.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindConcho$10no account filed
March 2023HailConcho-Measured with digital caliper.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindConcho-Believed to be associated with a storm-scale mesovortex on the north side of the bow echo.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindConcho-No damage reported.
April 2013HailConcho-No damage reported.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindConcho-Winds estimated in the 55 to 60 mph range. No damage was reported.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindConcho-Quarter to half dollar sized hail also fell in addition to the winds. No major damage was reported.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindConcho-A downburst occurred at the Lucky Star Casino in Concho, causing a large tent to collapse. Several people were underneath the tent at the time of the high wind, with six of them injured. Two of those had to be taken to the hospital with mostly minor injuries. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Concho-This brief tornado was observed at close range by spotters 2 miles NW of Concho. It likely originated from the same parent circulation that produced the previous two anti-cyclonic tornadoes near Calumet and WNW of Concho, but was likely a separate event. No damage was reported.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
May 2019HailConcho-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
March 2013HailConcho-no account filed
March 2013HailConcho-no account filed
March 2013HailConcho-no account filed
March 2013HailConcho-no account filed
March 2013HailConcho-no account filed
March 2013HailConcho-no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
May 2012HailConcho-no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
October 2011HailConcho-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindConcho-no account filed
August 2000HailConcho-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Canadian 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
Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency (historical)3.3 miles15
El Reno6.1 miles13
Calumet6.7 miles15
Okarche7.7 miles12
Richland10.4 miles13
Banner10.5 miles13
Powers11.7 miles14
Karns12.2 miles14

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 ConchoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5158642The 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 1091603. 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.