Cornish, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ringling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73456. The Survey maps it on the Ringling quadrangle. 110 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCornish fell from 172 to 110 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 172 | |
| 2010 | 163 | -9 (-5%) |
| 2020 | 110 | -53 (-33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1901 USGS Addington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Ringling quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Cornish between 2006 and 2019, burning about 533 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Chickasaw Agency | BERMUDA |
| 8 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 85 acres | Chickasaw Agency | ROCK BARN |
| 24 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.1 acres | Chickasaw Agency | COLBALT JUNCTION |
| 20 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 404 acres | Chickasaw Agency | MCCLESKY |
| 19 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.2 acres | Chickasaw Agency | NO SHOW |
| 14 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | RINGLING |
| 12 January 2008 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Chickasaw Agency | GOAT PIT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Cornish: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cornish in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Cornish | $70,000 | This nighttime tornado is the first of three Oklahoma tornadoes produced by a large supercell that moved across south central Oklahoma. The tornado moved east-southeast for six miles before dissipating. Several homes lost all or part of their roofs with several other homes receiving shingle damage. Four barns were damaged or destroyed. One pole barn had the poles, that were buried three feet deep, pulled out of the ground. A cinder block building also collapsed. Many trees and power lines were downed or damaged by the tornado. Two of the trees were over 100 years old. Three horses were also injured by the tornado. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornish | $60,000 | The siding was stripped from the north side of one house. Another house nearby had the porch roof destroyed and sustained some roof damage on the main part of the house. A chicken house was also blown off its foundation. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornish | $10,000 | At least 6 power poles downed along US 70. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Cornish | - | Three feet of standing water on highway 70. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Cornish | - | OK89 closed south of Ringling due to flooding. |
| November 2011 | Flash Flood | Cornish | - | Some county roads were impassable. Pine Street was closed just west of town. Highway 89 near Long Branch Creek was partially underwater 1 mile south of town. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Cornish | - | Tornado #E1. A tornado was observed moving through pastureland to the west-southwest of Cornish. No damage was reported. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Cornish | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Cornish | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Cornish | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Cornish | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Cornish | - | 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.
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 Cornish | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2883210 | The 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 1091692. 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.




