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Corn, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Northeast Washita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73024. The Survey maps it on the Corn quadrangle. 592 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,581 feet above sea level.

Corn within Washita County

Population over time

2 figures

Corn grew from 503 to 592 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
2010503
2020592+89 (+18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

6 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Corn between 2005 and 2010, burning about 100 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 use3
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
13 August 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresConcho Field OfficeCUSH
12 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use86 acresConcho Field OfficeRIG
17 June 2010Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresConcho Field OfficeCOBB CREEK
15 February 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresConcho Field OfficeLEWIS
12 December 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresConcho Field OfficePOSSUM HOLLOW
23 January 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeWELDER #2

Every fire recorded in Washita County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Corn: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washita County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corn in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
January 2013Thunderstorm WindCorn$35,000At least one barn destroyed with several other small outbuildings partially damaged or destroyed. One large grain silo was displaced and the roof of an external garage was removed. Several power poles were also snapped.
June 2002Flash FloodCorn$20,000A car was forced off a bridge by fast-flowing water. Seven inches of rain was measured in the area.
March 2008HailCorn$5,000Quarter to golfball size hail was reported. The hail caused minor windshield damage on automobiles. Monetary damages were estimated.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindCorn$5,000A carport roof was blown off. Dime size hail also accompanied the severe winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
October 2001Tornado (F1)Corn$5,000C2. This tornado blew over trees and caused damage to an outbuilding. Hay bales were also moved.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCorn$5,000no account filed
May 2024HailCorn-Time is radar estimated.
March 2021HailCorn-Time radar estimated.
November 2011HailCorn-In addition to the hail, the winds were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCorn-no account filed
May 2013HailCorn-no account filed
March 2009HailCorn-no account filed
March 2009HailCorn-no account filed
June 2008HailCorn-no account filed
May 2004HailCorn-no account filed
June 2003HailCorn-no account filed
May 2003HailCorn-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindCorn-no account filed
May 2000HailCorn-no account filed
May 2000HailCorn-no account filed
May 2000HailCorn-no account filed
October 1999HailCorn-no account filed
May 1997HailCorn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washita 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
Colony5.9 miles9
Cowden Junction7.1 miles9
Cloud Chief9.2 miles9
Cowden9.7 miles8
Bessie10.9 miles9
Cordell12.5 miles9
Indian Village (historical)12.7 miles9
Braithwaite14.7 miles11

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 CornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2247638The 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 1091690. 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.