BlockDriftwood, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the North Alfalfa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73728. It stands on Stink Creek. The Survey maps it on the Amorita quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Amorita quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alva quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Alva quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Driftwood: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Driftwood in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2017: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driftwood | $20,000 | Sheriff's department reported some minor structural damage across the county including a mobile home with the roof removed in Burlington, 3 homes that sustained minor damage in Amorita, one home with minor damage in Byron, and another mobile home with minor damage in the eastern portion of the county. Tree limbs are down all across Cherokee. Time of occurrence based on radar ranged from shortly before 1am in the western part of the county to around 130am in the eastern part of the county. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Driftwood | $10 | Several tree limbs were blown down by severe winds. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Driftwood | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Driftwood | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Driftwood | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Driftwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Flash Flood | Driftwood | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Driftwood | - | 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 1092189. 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.