Dempsey, Oklahoma
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the South Roger Mills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73628. The Survey maps it on the Dempsey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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
- 1961 USGS Reydon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Dempsey quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Dempsey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Dempsey between 2003 and 2018, burning about 22,124 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | THURMOND |
| 11 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | 76 |
| 22 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Cibola National Forest | COLBY |
| 9 April 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | COKER |
| 7 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,400 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CHEYENNE FIRE |
| 17 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Cibola National Forest | SMITH 2 |
| 3 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Cibola National Forest | PARKHURST |
| 4 December 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | JACK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
43 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dempsey in 43 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 28 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | $10 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Dempsey | - | The report was relayed by emergency management. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Dempsey | - | The location is approximate. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Dempsey | - | The report was relayed by emergency management. The location is approximate. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Dempsey | - | Social media image. Time is radar estimated. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Dempsey | - | No damage reports. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Dempsey | - | Reports of many broken car windows. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | - | Location 3N of Grimes. No damage reports. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | - | Mesonet site at Cheyenne measured a gust to 64 mph. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | - | Mesonet site SW of Cheyenne measured a gust to 64 mph. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | - | Public estimated wind gusts of 60 mph. No damage reported. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Dempsey | - | Public reported 1.75 hail. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Dempsey | - | This is the second Oklahoma tornado from the southern tornadic supercell. A church about one mile suffered minor damage about 1 mile north of Dempsey. Three outbuildings were destroyed near Dempsey. Trees, fences and utility poles were destroyed along the entire path of the tornado. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Dempsey | - | Hail was reported covering the ground near the intersection of Dempsey Road and Highway 283. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | - | Five to six-inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Dempsey | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dempsey | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1101394. 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.
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.






