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Dougherty, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Murray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73032. It stands on Deel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dougherty quadrangle. 199 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 774 feet above sea level.

Dougherty within Murray County

Population over time

3 figures

Dougherty fell from 224 to 199 between 2000 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
2000224
2010215-9 (-4%)
2020199-16 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Dougherty between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,408 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 were 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
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
21 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChickasaw National Recreation AreaSQUIRREL
18 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresChickasaw AgencyMARRIS
6 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreChickasaw National Recreation AreaSHADY OAKS
18 August 2011Natural10 acresChickasaw National Recreation AreaDOUGHERTY #1
14 August 2006Smoking1.0 acresChickasaw Agency77 WEST
23 July 2006Smoking5.3 acresChickasaw AgencyHARLEY
24 June 2011Debris and open burning20 acresChickasaw National Recreation AreaWATSON
13 June 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChickasaw National Recreation AreaDOUBLE L

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Murray County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Dougherty: 16 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Southern Rock Asphalt Co Limest PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Murray County

Storms near this place

44 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dougherty in 44 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 26 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 1 flash 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
May 2001Thunderstorm WindDougherty$1,500,000Fourteen buildings sustained structural damage, and 2 cars were overturned. Two mobile homes were destroyed.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Dougherty$200,000This tornado developed about 1 miles west-southwest of Drake, or about 4.5 miles east of Dougherty. It moved erratically northeast and crossed US Highway 77 about a mile and half north of Drake. Near US-77, it caused roof damage to one home and blew out windows in another. Some metal buildings were also damaged in this area. Otherwise the damage was primarily to trees with some large trees snapped along the path.
March 1999Flash FloodDougherty$30,000Between 3 and 5 inches of rain fell between 0300 CST and 0600 CST near Dougherty and Turner Falls Park. Four businesses and 2 homes were flooded in Dougherty, and numerous picnic tables were swept down Honey Creek when a dike broke north of Dougherty School. Falls Creek near Turner Falls Park also overflowed its banks, washing away trash dumpsters and park benches. A few cabins were damaged, and several parked cars were moved by swift water. Kay Starr Rd. was also flooded for most of the 12th and 13th.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Dougherty$2,000A tornado developed southeast of Dougherty and moved north-northeast likely dissipating as a waterspout over the southeast portion of Lake Of The Arbuckles. Tree damage was noted both along Big Canyon Road southeast of Dougherty near the beginning of the path, and along Goddard Youth Camp Road in the southern portion of the Chickasaw National Recreation area just south of Lake Of The Arbuckles.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindDougherty$10no account filed
April 2026Tornado (EFU)Dougherty-A storm chaser observed what was described as a brief, multiple-vortex tornado in an area east of Lake Of The Arbuckles and south of Sulphur. No damage was reported and the specific location of the tornado was estimated.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindDougherty-Numerous large tree limbs were snapped along Goddard Youth Camp Road, on the south edge of Lake of the Arbuckles. The event time is estimated based on radar observations.
April 2025Tornado (EFU)Dougherty-A storm chaser on U.S. Highway 177 photographed a tornado to the west. This tornado occurred in inaccessible areas of the Arbuckle Mountains and is estimated to have been about 4 to 5 miles south-southeast of Dougherty.
September 2024HailDougherty-Report relayed through Spotter Network. Time is radar estimated.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDougherty-A fisherman took video of a gustnado that developed on Lake Of The Arbuckles and damaged trees as it moved onshore.
August 2023HailDougherty-Relayed image.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDougherty-Image showing a large (1224-inch diameter) tree limb blown down. Time is radar estimated.
May 2021HailDougherty-Time estimated from radar.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindDougherty-Four inch diameter trees broken.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Dougherty-Damage from a large tornado was observed in high-resolution satellite imagery from a tornado that occurred in areas of the southern Arbuckle Mountains inaccessible to ground survey teams. The large tornado developed in northern Carter County northeast of Springer then moved into Murray County south-southwest of Dougherty where tree damage was observed in satellite imagery. The damage path in Murray County was less than one-quarter of a mile before the tornado dissipated.
April 2019Tornado (EFU)Dougherty-A storm chaser observed a brief tornado estimated to have been located about 6 miles east of Dougherty. No damage is know to have occurred with this tornado.
May 2017Tornado (EFU)Dougherty-A television storm chaser observed a tornado develop about 3 miles south-southeast of Dougherty. The tornado is believed to have moved into Murray County after touching down in Carter County and crossing the Washita River. No damage was reported in the area.
May 2022HailDougherty-no account filed
October 2022HailDougherty-no account filed
October 2022HailDougherty-no account filed
October 2022HailDougherty-no account filed
May 2022HailDougherty-no account filed
May 2021HailDougherty-no account filed
May 2021HailDougherty-no account filed
August 2020HailDougherty-no account filed
May 2011HailDougherty-no account filed
May 2008HailDougherty-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDougherty-no account filed
April 2004HailDougherty-no account filed
June 2001HailDougherty-no account filed
September 2001HailDougherty-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindDougherty-no account filed
March 1998HailDougherty-no account filed
April 1996HailDougherty-no account filed
November 1996HailDougherty-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindDougherty-no account filed
November 1996HailDougherty-no account filed
March 1996HailDougherty-no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindDougherty-no account filed
April 1995HailDougherty-no account filed
April 1995HailDougherty-no account filed
May 1995HailDougherty-no account filed
April 1994HailDougherty-no account filed
April 1993HailDougherty-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Murray 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
Rayford3.2 miles17
Falls Creek Assembly3.5 miles17
Crusher3.6 miles17
Cedar Village5.1 miles16
Drake5.6 miles14
Jollyville5.8 miles16
Nebo6.0 miles14
Davis8.0 miles15

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 DoughertyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2010728The 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 1092160. 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.