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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.

Cornish within Jefferson County

Population over time

3 figures

Cornish 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.

YearPeople Change
2000172
2010163-9 (-5%)
2020110-53 (-33%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

7 since 2006

Regional 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
17 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use12 acresChickasaw AgencyBERMUDA
8 March 2008Arson/incendiarism85 acresChickasaw AgencyROCK BARN
24 March 2008Debris and open burning6.1 acresChickasaw AgencyCOLBALT JUNCTION
20 March 2019Debris and open burning404 acresChickasaw AgencyMCCLESKY
19 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.2 acresChickasaw AgencyNO SHOW
14 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresChickasaw AgencyRINGLING
12 January 2008Debris and open burning16 acresChickasaw AgencyGOAT PIT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2003Tornado (F2)Cornish$70,000This 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 2004Thunderstorm WindCornish$60,000The 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 2021Thunderstorm WindCornish$10,000At least 6 power poles downed along US 70. Time estimated from radar.
April 2017Flash FloodCornish-Three feet of standing water on highway 70.
June 2015Flash FloodCornish-OK89 closed south of Ringling due to flooding.
November 2011Flash FloodCornish-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 2010Tornado (EF0)Cornish-Tornado #E1. A tornado was observed moving through pastureland to the west-southwest of Cornish. No damage was reported.
May 2019HailCornish-no account filed
May 2015HailCornish-no account filed
June 2014HailCornish-no account filed
May 2013HailCornish-no account filed
April 1994HailCornish-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Ringling1.4 miles14
Atlee4.9 miles14
Asphaltum8.1 miles14
Grady10.2 miles14
Petersburg14.1 miles10
Oscar14.6 miles9
Addington20.5 miles16
Sugden20.9 miles16

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 CornishAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2883210The 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.