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Dickson, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Ardmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73401. The Survey maps it on the Mannsville quadrangle. 1,331 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 817 feet above sea level.

Dickson within Carter County

Population over time

2 figures

Dickson grew from 1,207 to 1,331 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
20101,207
20201,331+124 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Dickson between 2001 and 2017, burning about 279 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
20 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryNORTH 5600 COMPLEX
29 July 2006Debris and open burning8.0 acresChickasaw AgencyPONDEROSA
15 March 2008Equipment and vehicle use11 acresChickasaw AgencyDURWOOD RANCH
10 March 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreChickasaw AgencyBASS CAT
16 February 2006Arson/incendiarism30 acresChickasaw AgencyELMWOOD
12 December 2017Debris and open burning10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
14 January 2008Debris and open burning6.1 acresChickasaw AgencyPIG PEAR
13 January 2010Recreation and ceremony11 acresChickasaw AgencySMOKEY RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Dickson: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand 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
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

28 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dickson in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 hail, 8 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
April 2024Tornado (EF2)Dickson$1,000,000The Marietta-Lake Murray-Dickson Tornado moved from Love County into Carter County near Scott Road just east of Lake Murray. The tornado destroyed one mobile home, heavily damaged another and damaged many trees and power poles between the county line and where it crossed US Highway 70. The tornado turned north-northeast destroying one mobile home and damaging at least two others as it approached the town of Dickson. North of Dickson, at least one other home had significant roof damage and another mobile home was rolled in addition to continued tree and power pole damage. The tornado finally dissipated near US Highway 177 near the community of Baum.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDickson$1,000Tree limbs, three inches in diameter, were downed. Shingles were also blown off a house.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindDickson$500Tree limbs up to 4 in diameter snapped off.
March 2025HailDickson-Relayed image. Location is approximate and event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDickson-Trees downed on the south side of town.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDickson-Estimated gust of 65 mph.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDickson-Estimated gust to 65 mph.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindDickson-Power poles and lines were blown down. A few outbuildings were damaged and a utility trailer rolled.
March 1998HailDickson-accompanied by west winds of 45 to 50 mph
April 1995HailDickson-Severe thunderstorms moved across southern and central Oklahoma during the evening, dropping large hail in several areas and producing damaging winds in Carter County. Hail as large as golf balls was reported in Graham in Carter County, in Walters in Cotton County, five miles southwest of Madill in Marshall County, in Waurika in Jefferson County, and one mile southeast of Taylor in Cotton County. Severe thunderstorm winds in Dickson in Carter County downed three inch tree limbs.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindDickson-Severe thunderstorms moved across southern and central Oklahoma during the evening, dropping large hail in several areas and producing damaging winds in Carter County. Hail as large as golf balls was reported in Graham in Carter County, in Walters in Cotton County, five miles southwest of Madill in Marshall County, in Waurika in Jefferson County, and one mile southeast of Taylor in Cotton County. Severe thunderstorm winds in Dickson in Carter County downed three inch tree limbs.
March 2016HailDickson-no account filed
May 2016HailDickson-no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindDickson-no account filed
May 2015HailDickson-no account filed
April 2011HailDickson-no account filed
May 2010HailDickson-no account filed
May 2008HailDickson-no account filed
May 2008HailDickson-no account filed
June 2003HailDickson-no account filed
April 2001HailDickson-no account filed
April 2001HailDickson-no account filed
April 2001HailDickson-no account filed
May 2001HailDickson-no account filed
March 1998HailDickson-no account filed
June 1996HailDickson-no account filed
April 1994HailDickson-no account filed
April 1994HailDickson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
Durwood1.3 miles14
Caldwell Hill1.7 miles18
Dripping Springs2.9 miles18
Provence3.2 miles18
Baum5.6 miles14
Gene Autry7.2 miles17
Ardmore8.5 miles17
Springer12.1 miles17

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 DicksonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2921614The 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 1092086. 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.