Crawford, Oklahoma
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cheyenne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73638. The Survey maps it on the Crawford quadrangle. It stands 2,329 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Crawford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Crawford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Crawford between 2004 and 2019, burning about 838 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | BAIT SHOP |
| 31 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Cibola National Forest | SHAWN |
| 2 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.3 acres | Cibola National Forest | NORTH TANK |
| 6 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | TURLEY |
| 17 June 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | LUCAS |
| 15 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Cibola National Forest | CREEK |
| 15 May 2009 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | OIL |
| 18 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Cibola National Forest | CRAWFORD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Crawford: 3 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 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crawford in 19 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 10 hail, 5 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Hail | Crawford | $5,000 | Hail damaged siding on a house. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crawford | $2,000 | Tree damage and broken windows reported in the community of Crawford. Time is radar estimated. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crawford | $2,000 | Fuel tanks were blown over. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Crawford | - | The report was relayed by emergency management. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Crawford | - | An image was relayed by emergency management. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Crawford | - | A television storm chaser observed a tornado looking west-northwest from the intersection of US-283 and E0720 Road. This tornado was north of the large rain-wrapped tornado moving through northwestern Roger Mills County. No damage was reported and the specific location of this tornado is estimated. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Crawford | - | MPing report. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crawford | - | Trees reported blown down. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Crawford | - | Secondary roadways inundated by water. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Crawford | - | No known damage. |
| November 2012 | Hail | Crawford | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Crawford | - | The hail was reported on the county line between Ellis and Roger Mills counties. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Crawford | - | This tornado developed in far northern Roger Mills County to the northeast of Crawford, before crossing the Canadian River into Ellis County. No known damage occurred in Roger Mills County. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Crawford | - | Reported by various media outlets and storm chasers. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Crawford | - | Storm chasers observed a third tornado from the northern tornadic supercell that developed just south of the Canadian River in northern Roger Mills County, about 4 miles north of Crawford. The tornado moved north-northeast and crossed into Ellis County. No damage was reported along the path of this tornado. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Crawford | - | Storm chasers reported a second tornado from the northern tornadic storm. This tornado was brief and estimated to have occurred about a mile northeast of Dempsey. No damage was reported. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Crawford | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Crawford | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Crawford | - | 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 Crawford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5182805 | 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 1101374. 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.





