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Douglas, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the South Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73733. The Survey maps it on the Fairmont quadrangle. 51 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,142 feet above sea level.

Douglas within Garfield County

Population over time

2 figures

Douglas grew from 32 to 51 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
201032
202051+19 (+59%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Douglas: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garfield County

Storms near this place

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Douglas in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 13 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
April 1994Thunderstorm WindDouglas$500,000no account filed
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Douglas$20,000Damage to a couple of large, metal transmission towers was the only known damage with this tornado. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindDouglas$2,000Power lines were blown down near the intersection of South 90th Street and Osborne Road. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
April 2026HailDouglas-The location is approximate.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindDouglas-An estimated wind gust just east of Douglas. The location is approximate.
April 2024HailDouglas-Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1640-1645 LST) to report time.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Douglas-NWS survey teams found evidence of an EF1 tornado that began in Douglas where at least two outbuildings and trees were damaged. The tornado moved east along Flynn Road then to the east-northeast damaging trees and power poles and crossing State Highway 74 about 2.5 miles south of Covington. The last damage was observed just east of Wood Road and County Road N3050.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDouglas-Estimated wind gust.
April 2020HailDouglas-Report from Mping.
April 2020HailDouglas-Report from Mping.
October 2016Flash FloodDouglas-Water was over the road at 66th and Flynn Rd.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDouglas-Reported near zero visibility in blowing dust. No damage reported.
May 2008Tornado (EF2)Douglas-Per spotter reports and damage survey, this tornado was a large multi-vortex tornado initially moving southeast, doing damage at inconsistent points along the entire width. However, the tornado did at times form a very wide single vortex which did consistent damage across the entire width. At two points in the path, there were several snapped/downed power poles with a width of 0.5-0.6 miles. However, at one of those points two outbuildings were destroyed and significant tree damage occurred, yet the house on the property sustained no visible damage. Significant damage occurred across the entire width starting at Highway 74 going east possibly signaling a change from multiple vorticies to a single vortex. At Highway 74 and Bison Rd., a single wide mobile home that was anchored down was thrown onto Highway 74. The tornado tracked east along Bison Rd, destroying outbuildings and a false roof at one property. A horse trailer at the property was thrown about 300 yards. Significant tree damage and snapped power poles occurred along Bison Rd. Monetary damages were not available.
May 2024HailDouglas-no account filed
January 2013HailDouglas-no account filed
April 2012HailDouglas-no account filed
May 2008HailDouglas-no account filed
May 2008HailDouglas-no account filed
April 2006HailDouglas-no account filed
September 2001HailDouglas-no account filed
February 1999HailDouglas-no account filed
June 1995HailDouglas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garfield 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
Covington5.5 miles10
Callahan5.8 miles10
Fairmont6.8 miles10
Hayward8.4 miles10
Etna8.6 miles10
Shea10.4 miles14
Waukomis12.2 miles11
Cropper12.5 miles10

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 DouglasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1868565The 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 1092162. 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.

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.