BlockCox City, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rush Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73082. The Survey maps it on the Cox City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1902 USGS Rush Springs quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Cox City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Cox City in 2000, burning about 300 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | LINDSAY |
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cox City in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 11 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Cox City | $75,000 | A tornado touched down near Cox City and moved east-northeast. The roof and exterior second floor walls were removed from house and a barn was destroyed near Cox City Road just northwest of town. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Cox City | $5,000 | Up to baseball-size hail occurred off and on from 1855 to 1935 cst. Minor roof damage was reported. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| February 2016 | Hail | Cox City | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Cox City | - | This tornado is labeled #G1.This anticyclonic tornado continued from northeast Stephens County into southeast Grady County. Damage was reported to fences, trees, and around 20 power poles, and several structures were damaged. Minor damage to mobile homes was also reported. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cox City | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Cox City | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Cox City | - | no account filed |
| November 2008 | Hail | Cox City | - | no account filed |
| November 2008 | Hail | Cox City | - | no account filed |
| November 2008 | Hail | Cox City | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Cox City | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Cox City | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Cox City | - | 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 1091793. 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.
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.