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Crescent, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Crescent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73028. The Survey maps it on the Crescent quadrangle. 1,299 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,142 feet above sea level.

Crescent within Logan County

Population over time

2 figures

Crescent fell from 1,411 to 1,299 between 2010 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
20101,411
20201,299-112 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

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 Crescent: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer
Crescent Sand Co Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
John McconnellSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel 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

Every working recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crescent in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 26 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 26 injuries. 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 1999Tornado (F4)Crescent1 killed, 13 hurt, $10,000,000Tornado B20 (Logan County portion). On January 10,2001 tornadoes B20 and B21 were combined and will be identified as B20. Tornado B21 no longer exists. Please see summary at end of May 3rd storm reports for more information.
May 1999Tornado (F3)Crescent13 hurt, $10,000,000Tornado G5. The beginning and ending times for this tornado were incorrectly listed in the original version of May Storm Data. The beginning time should be 2156 CST rather than 2150 CST, and the ending time should be 2218 CST rather than 2240 CST. Refer to the summary portion at the end of the May 3, 1999 storm reports of the original version of May Storm Data for more information.
April 1994HailCrescent$50,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCrescent$25,000Relayed image showing a detached metal garage destroyed. Time is radar estimated.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCrescent$25,000The east side of town was hardest hit by severe thunderstorm winds. Several homes and businesses were damaged by falling trees, a railroad crossing light was blown down, a gas pump was blown over, and a carwash canopy was destroyed by the severe thunderstorm winds. Numerous trees and power lines were also blown down.
September 1999Thunderstorm WindCrescent$22,000no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCrescent$10,000Tree damage in Crescent with some roof and siding damage on the northeast side of town. Time estimated by radar.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCrescent$5,000Power poles blown down along State Highway 74C near the community of Cresent. Time is radar estimated.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindCrescent$5,000Damage to power lines.
May 2019Tornado (EF1)Crescent$3,000Oklahoma City television coverage broadcast a tornado that developed 3 miles west of Crescent and moved north-northeast to 5 miles north of Crescent. Emergency Management officials reported that the roof was blown off a barn near County Road 72 and Rockwell Avenue. No other damage was reported.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCrescent$2,000Power pole blown over, leaning on adjacent poles. Time is radar estimated.
September 2012HailCrescent$2,000COOP observer reported 1.75 hail near Crescent Park. Some damage was reported to automobiles.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Crescent$2,000Tornado B19. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindCrescent$1,000Shingles blown off a roof.
September 1998Tornado (F0)Crescent$1,000no account filed
May 1999Tornado (F0)Crescent$500Tornado G3 (Logan County portion). See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindCrescent$500no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindCrescent$10no account filed
May 2023HailCrescent-MPing report.
May 2023HailCrescent-MPing report.
May 2019Flash FloodCrescent-Bar ditches are full of water on Hwy 74 just south of Crescent. Also along Hwy 74C, but is passable.
May 2019Tornado (EFU)Crescent-A well-developed tornado formed south of the ongoing tornado to the northwest of Crescent. No damage was reported and the path was estimated.
May 2010HailCrescent-The Logan county emergency manager reported hail from 2.75 to 3.5 inches. He reported the hail was located from 4 miles north of Crescent to 5 miles south of Crescent. Numerous windows were broken at homes on the north side of Crescent, as well as numerous car windows. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
July 2009HailCrescent-The hail was reported on Highway 74.
October 1994HailCrescent-Severe thunderstorms in portions of northwest, north central, and central Oklahoma produced hail as large as golf balls and isolated wind gusts up to 70 mph. After several storms tracked across northcentral Oklahoma, flash flooding developed in Garfield and Kingfisher Counties. In Garfield County, water covered US Highway 81 two miles north of Bison and State Highway 132, 4 miles south of Drummond, causing several vehicles to stall. Three miles south of Waukomis US Highway 81 was closed while crews cleared 18 inches of hail and water from the roadway. In Kingfisher County, US Highway 81 was flooded 1 mile south of Hennessey.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCrescent-no account filed
May 2017HailCrescent-no account filed
March 2012HailCrescent-no account filed
May 2011HailCrescent-no account filed
April 2010HailCrescent-no account filed
May 2006HailCrescent-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCrescent-no account filed
April 2004HailCrescent-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindCrescent-no account filed
May 2002HailCrescent-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCrescent-no account filed
March 2001HailCrescent-no account filed
July 2001HailCrescent-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCrescent-no account filed
April 1998HailCrescent-no account filed
July 1997HailCrescent-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindCrescent-no account filed
May 1996HailCrescent-no account filed
October 1996HailCrescent-no account filed
June 1995HailCrescent-no account filed
April 1994HailCrescent-no account filed
April 1994HailCrescent-no account filed
April 1994HailCrescent-no account filed
April 1994HailCrescent-no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindCrescent-no account filed
April 1994HailCrescent-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Logan 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
Crescent Springs3.9 miles13
Indian Springs4.1 miles13
Cimarron City4.4 miles13
Cedar Valley6.3 miles13
Lovell7.5 miles9
Midway8.9 miles9
Lawrie9.1 miles10
Guthrie10.3 miles10

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 CrescentAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2355030The 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 1091814. 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.

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.