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Custer City, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Custer City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73639. The Survey maps it on the Custer City quadrangle. 367 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,791 feet above sea level.

Custer City within Custer County

On record in Custer City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Custer City fell from 375 to 367 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
2010375
2020367-8 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Custer City between 2006 and 2008, burning about 62 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/undetermined1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
19 July 2006Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresConcho Field OfficeRON
1 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresConcho Field OfficeBRIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Custer City: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. 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
Franolite Minerals Volcanic Ash PitPumicePast Producer
Unknown Volcanic Ash PitPumicePast 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
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Custer County

Storms near this place

54 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Custer City in 54 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 32 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Custer City$200,000This tornado developed near County Road N2370 north of County Road E0960. It moved southeast and then east crossing State Highway 54 about 6 miles north of Weatherford. One home east of SH-54 suffered significant roof damage and at least two others had some damage to shingles. One mobile home had roof and siding damage, a few outbuildings were damaged or destroyed, and numerous trees and power poles were damaged.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Custer City$150,000While the large multiple-vortex tornado was approaching US-183 to the south, another tornado developed to the north along E0900 Road. It moved east along E0900 Road and then turned east-northeast after crossing US-183. The tornado was observed to dissipate north of Custer City by a meteorologist in the field. At least a half dozen outbuildings were significantly damaged and at least two of these were destroyed. In addition, tree and power pole damage was observed along the path.
June 2019Tornado (EF2)Custer City$80,000A tornado developed along US Highway 183 near County Road E0860 Road and moved south along US-183. The roof of one house was removed and more than a dozen power poles were downed between E0870 Road and E0880 Road. The tornado continued south and then turned generally southeast dissipating near E0910 Road about 1.25 miles east of US-183. The RaXPol mobile research radar observed the last portion of the tornado life cycle and preliminary investigations noted that the tornadic circulation weakened at 9:13:55 pm CDT.
June 2019Tornado (EF1)Custer City$50,000A fourth tornado occurred along US-183, moving generally south from just north of of E0920 Road to SW of the US-183/Oklahoma Highway 33 intersection. An outbuilding was destroyed with pieces of tin blown for several hundred yards. One house had roof damage and a number of trees were damaged.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCuster City$25,000Relayed image showing the upper portion of a brick exterior wall collapsed due to thunderstorm wind. Time is radar estimated.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindCuster City$10,000A mobile home was destroyed on Highway 33.
April 1999Tornado (F0)Custer City$5,000no account filed
May 1994Thunderstorm WindCuster City$5,000no account filed
May 1994HailCuster City$5,000no account filed
June 2019Tornado (EF0)Custer City$2,000The RaXPol mobile research radar observed a second tornado from 9:16:06 to 9:17:20 pm CDT northwest of where the previous tornado had dissipated. This radar signature likely corresponds to tree damage noted along County Roads E0880 and N2250 to the west of US-183.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCuster City$2,000Windows blown out of a house.
June 2019Tornado (EF1)Custer City$1,000This tornado crossed into Custer County from Dewey County breaking a wooden cross member on a power pole on the county line. The tornado moved south less than one quarter of a mile before dissipating.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCuster City$10Tree limbs were blown down.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCuster City-Personal weather station measurement.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCuster City-Social media image showing a 612-inch diameter tree limb blown down. Time is radar estimated.
July 2019HailCuster City-Picture on twitter of quarter to ping pong sized hail. Time estimated from radar.
April 2015HailCuster City-No damage reports.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindCuster City-Nickel sized hail also fell with the winds. No damage was reported.
September 2012HailCuster City-Public reported quarter size hail.
March 2004Tornado (F0)Custer City-Many storm chasers observed a brief, narrow tornado in open country, with no known damage.
July 2004HailCuster City-Hail was reported by KWTV Channel 9.
October 2001Tornado (F0)Custer City-B3. This was a brief tornado with no damage.
May 2024HailCuster City-no account filed
May 2022HailCuster City-no account filed
June 2019HailCuster City-no account filed
June 2019HailCuster City-no account filed
May 2014HailCuster City-no account filed
May 2014HailCuster City-no account filed
May 2010HailCuster City-no account filed
April 2009HailCuster City-no account filed
June 2008HailCuster City-no account filed
June 2008HailCuster City-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindCuster City-no account filed
May 2006HailCuster City-no account filed
May 2006HailCuster City-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindCuster City-no account filed
September 2005HailCuster City-no account filed
May 2004HailCuster City-no account filed
May 2004HailCuster City-no account filed
June 2004HailCuster City-no account filed
May 2004HailCuster City-no account filed
May 2004HailCuster City-no account filed
May 2004HailCuster City-no account filed
July 2004HailCuster City-no account filed
May 2003HailCuster City-no account filed
October 2001HailCuster City-no account filed
April 1999HailCuster City-no account filed
April 1999HailCuster City-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindCuster City-no account filed
April 1999HailCuster City-no account filed
November 1996HailCuster City-no account filed
August 1996HailCuster City-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindCuster City-no account filed
May 1994Thunderstorm WindCuster City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Custer 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
Foley2.2 miles10
Independence4.9 miles10
Arapaho7.4 miles10
Sunset7.7 miles9
Indianapolis7.9 miles10
Anthon8.6 miles10
Thomas9.0 miles8
East Junction10.5 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 Custer CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2450699The 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 1091900. 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.