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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.

Crawford within Roger Mills County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

17 since 2004

Regional 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 use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
23 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCibola National ForestBAIT SHOP
31 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use15 acresCibola National ForestSHAWN
2 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.3 acresCibola National ForestNORTH TANK
6 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCibola National ForestTURLEY
17 June 2008Natural2.0 acresCibola National ForestLUCAS
15 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use10 acresCibola National ForestCREEK
15 May 2009Natural3.0 acresCibola National ForestOIL
18 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresCibola National ForestCRAWFORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roger Mills County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

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

Every working recorded in Roger Mills County

Storms near this place

19 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003HailCrawford$5,000Hail damaged siding on a house.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCrawford$2,000Tree damage and broken windows reported in the community of Crawford. Time is radar estimated.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindCrawford$2,000Fuel tanks were blown over.
May 2025HailCrawford-The report was relayed by emergency management. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2025HailCrawford-An image was relayed by emergency management. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
June 2025Tornado (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 2024HailCrawford-MPing report.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCrawford-Trees reported blown down.
May 2016Flash FloodCrawford-Secondary roadways inundated by water.
April 2015HailCrawford-No known damage.
November 2012HailCrawford-No damage was reported.
May 2010HailCrawford-The hail was reported on the county line between Ellis and Roger Mills counties.
April 2009Tornado (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 2009Tornado (EF0)Crawford-Reported by various media outlets and storm chasers.
May 2007Tornado (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 2007Tornado (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 2022HailCrawford-no account filed
May 2011HailCrawford-no account filed
July 2003HailCrawford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roger Mills 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
Roll5.7 miles8
Durham6.7 miles8
Mackie9.7 miles11
Reydon13.5 miles11
Strong City15.1 miles11
Rankin15.5 miles11
Cheyenne16.2 miles11
Herring21.1 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 CrawfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5182805The 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.