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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.

Dempsey within Roger Mills County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

10 since 2003

Regional 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
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
24 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCibola National ForestTHURMOND
11 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCibola National Forest76
22 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresCibola National ForestCOLBY
9 April 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCibola National ForestCOKER
7 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined21,400 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryCHEYENNE FIRE
17 March 2003Debris and open burning100 acresCibola National ForestSMITH 2
3 February 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresCibola National ForestPARKHURST
4 December 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCibola National ForestJACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roger Mills County

Storms near this place

43 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Thunderstorm WindDempsey$10no account filed
June 2025HailDempsey-The report was relayed by emergency management. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
June 2025HailDempsey-The location is approximate.
September 2025HailDempsey-The report was relayed by emergency management. The location is approximate.
June 2023HailDempsey-Social media image. Time is radar estimated.
April 2015HailDempsey-No damage reports.
April 2015HailDempsey-Reports of many broken car windows.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindDempsey-Location 3N of Grimes. No damage reports.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDempsey-Mesonet site at Cheyenne measured a gust to 64 mph.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDempsey-Mesonet site SW of Cheyenne measured a gust to 64 mph.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindDempsey-Public estimated wind gusts of 60 mph. No damage reported.
September 2012HailDempsey-Public reported 1.75 hail.
May 2007Tornado (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 2006HailDempsey-Hail was reported covering the ground near the intersection of Dempsey Road and Highway 283.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindDempsey-Five to six-inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDempsey-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDempsey-no account filed
April 2019HailDempsey-no account filed
May 2018HailDempsey-no account filed
May 2016HailDempsey-no account filed
May 2016HailDempsey-no account filed
May 2016HailDempsey-no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDempsey-no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDempsey-no account filed
May 2012HailDempsey-no account filed
June 2012HailDempsey-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDempsey-no account filed
May 2010HailDempsey-no account filed
June 2008HailDempsey-no account filed
September 2007HailDempsey-no account filed
June 2006HailDempsey-no account filed
May 2006HailDempsey-no account filed
March 2003HailDempsey-no account filed
September 1999HailDempsey-no account filed
May 1998HailDempsey-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindDempsey-no account filed
September 1997HailDempsey-no account filed
March 1995HailDempsey-no account filed
March 1995HailDempsey-no account filed
March 1995HailDempsey-no account filed
September 1995Thunderstorm WindDempsey-no account filed
March 1993HailDempsey-no account filed
September 1993Thunderstorm WindDempsey-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
Grimes4.8 miles9
Rosehill5.6 miles11
Meridian8.3 miles9
Rankin9.1 miles11
Cheyenne10.4 miles11
Reydon10.7 miles11
Berlin11.4 miles9
Mackie11.7 miles11

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.