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Davidson, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Davidson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73530. The Survey maps it on the Davidson quadrangle. 241 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,168 feet above sea level.

Davidson within Tillman County

Population over time

2 figures

Davidson fell from 315 to 241 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
2010315
2020241-74 (-23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Davidson between 2011 and 2013, burning about 201 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
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 June 2013Equipment and vehicle use200 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1763 FREELING FIRE
1 March 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROTH FIRE

Every fire recorded in Tillman County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Davidson: 2 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tillman County

Storms near this place

60 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davidson in 64 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 47 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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
August 2019Thunderstorm WindDavidson$10,000Several power poles blown down.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindDavidson$10,000Twenty powerpoles were snapped in half. Time was estimated from radar.
May 2018Tornado (EF1)Davidson$5,000A tornado moved southeast in an area east-southeast of Davidson. Light roof damage was observed to a house near the beginning of the tornado path with tree damage noted along the path.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindDavidson$4,500Fourteen power poles were snapped.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindDavidson$1,500A small barn was blown over, one and a quarter miles west of the intersection of Highway 54 and Highway 70.
June 2001HailDavidson$500House windows were broken by hail.
April 2026HailDavidson-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2020Tornado (EFU)Davidson-A storm chaser photographed a tornado east of Davidson. The specific location is estimated based on the spotter's location and viewing angle and radar. No damage was reported.
May 2018Tornado (EFU)Davidson-A brief tornado was observed by storm chasers just north of Davidson and west of US Highway 183. No known damage occurred.
April 2016HailDavidson-Hail fell for over four minutes.
April 2008HailDavidson-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported.
October 2006FloodDavidson-Storm total precipitation amounts of 3 to 7 inches over western north Texas and southwestern Oklahoma generated heavy runoff along the Red River mainstem and its tributaries, and produced minor flooding along the Red River in the vicinity of Burkburnett, TX on October 17-19. The Red River crested at 10.5 feet, 1.5 feet above flood stage, at 9:00 am CST on October 18, and remained above flood stage from approximately 6:00 am CST on October 17 until 12:00 am CST on October 19. Low-lying areas and agricultural lands along the Red River were inundated during this period.
April 1995HailDavidson-Early morning thunderstorms in southern Oklahoma produced nickel-size hail in Davidson in Tillman County. Lightning struck and set fire to a hotel in Ardmore in Carter County and did about $7,500 in damage.
March 1994HailDavidson-Thunderstorms in southwest, south-central, and central Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 7th and the early morning hours on the 8th produced hail up to baseball-size and damaging winds. Strong thunderstorm winds downed three telephone poles five miles south-southwest of Randlett. Nickel-size hail covered the ground three miles west-northwest of Will Rogers Airport. Dime-size hail covered the ground just south of Pocasset and seven miles northwest of Chickasha. Quarter-size hail accumulated to a depth of two inches in Davidson.
April 2024HailDavidson-no account filed
May 2023HailDavidson-no account filed
March 2023HailDavidson-no account filed
May 2022HailDavidson-no account filed
April 2022HailDavidson-no account filed
May 2020HailDavidson-no account filed
May 2020HailDavidson-no account filed
May 2020HailDavidson-no account filed
May 2017HailDavidson-no account filed
May 2017HailDavidson-no account filed
October 2016HailDavidson-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDavidson-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDavidson-no account filed
May 2015HailDavidson-no account filed
April 2013HailDavidson-no account filed
May 2012HailDavidson-no account filed
May 2012HailDavidson-no account filed
May 2011HailDavidson-no account filed
March 2008HailDavidson-no account filed
October 2007HailDavidson-no account filed
June 2006HailDavidson-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindDavidson-no account filed
April 2004HailDavidson-no account filed
April 2004HailDavidson-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindDavidson-no account filed
November 2004HailDavidson-no account filed
November 2004HailDavidson-no account filed
May 2003HailDavidson-no account filed
June 2001HailDavidson-no account filed
April 2000HailDavidson-no account filed
June 1998HailDavidson-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDavidson-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDavidson-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindDavidson-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindDavidson-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindDavidson-no account filed
June 1995HailDavidson-no account filed
June 1995HailDavidson-no account filed
June 1995HailDavidson-no account filed
June 1995HailDavidson-no account filed
April 1995HailDavidson-no account filed
March 1994HailDavidson-no account filed
March 1994HailDavidson-no account filed
March 1994HailDavidson-no account filed
May 1994HailDavidson-no account filed
April 1994HailDavidson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tillman 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
Taylor Corner Gin8.2 miles9
Frederick10.9 miles9
Hollister12.9 miles8
Burt14.5 miles9
Loveland16.7 miles8
Tipton18.4 miles9
Manitou19.0 miles11
Grandfield20.7 miles9

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 DavidsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3287263The 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 1091944. 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.