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Faxon, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Southwest Comanche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73540. It stands on Blue Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Faxon quadrangle. 114 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.

Faxon within Comanche County

Population over time

2 figures

Faxon fell from 136 to 114 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
2010136
2020114-22 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

23 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Faxon between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,352 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
19 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAnadarko AgencyBLUEBEAVER
4 August 2010Arson/incendiarism13 acresAnadarko AgencyBLUE BEAVER CREEK
2 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use6.5 acresAnadarko AgencyFAITH
31 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAnadarko AgencyWALDO-2
3 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use11 acresAnadarko AgencySOUTH FAXON
27 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAnadarko AgencyWALDO
25 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use9.5 acresAnadarko AgencyCF BEAVER
22 July 2004Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAnadarko AgencyFAXON SCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comanche County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Faxon: 11 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Comanche County

Storms near this place

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Faxon in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 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 2015Flash FloodFaxon$100,000Numerous vehicles stranded in high water. Up to two feet of water over area roads.
April 1995Tornado (F1)Faxon$50,000no account filed
August 2008Flash FloodFaxon$15,000Numerous county roads were washed out and impassable due to very high water.
June 2023Tornado (EF0)Faxon$10,000This tornado developed near State Highway 36 and Deyo Mission Road, and produced tree and shingle damage as it moved southeast. It dissipated just north of the Cotton County line.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindFaxon$5,000no account filed
April 2016Thunderstorm WindFaxon$1,000Winds caused fence and tree damage.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindFaxon$500A 35-foot power pole was downed.
May 2024HailFaxon-MPing report.
May 2024Tornado (EFU)Faxon-A Tornado Debris Signature (TDS) was observed on KFDR radar just northwest of Faxon in association with a strengthening velocity signature. With the TDS, tree damage likely occurred but could not be observed from the roads by investigators, so the specific location of this path is estimated.
May 2019HailFaxon-At the corner of Paint Rd and Tinney Rd, a few ping pong ball size hailstones mixed in with half dollars.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Faxon-A brief tornado developed near Faxon. Very minor damage occurred to pato furniture and small outbuildings. Damage information provided by KSWO.
May 2013HailFaxon-The hail was reported via the SHAVE project.
April 2013HailFaxon-No damage was reported.
May 2016HailFaxon-no account filed
May 2012HailFaxon-no account filed
April 2006HailFaxon-no account filed
May 2004HailFaxon-no account filed
May 2003HailFaxon-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindFaxon-no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindFaxon-no account filed
June 1999HailFaxon-no account filed
June 1999HailFaxon-no account filed
May 1999HailFaxon-no account filed
June 1998HailFaxon-no account filed
May 1995HailFaxon-no account filed
October 1994HailFaxon-no account filed
October 1994HailFaxon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Comanche 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
Chattanooga4.7 miles9
Geronimo10.5 miles9
Taupa10.8 miles17
Cache12.2 miles24
Lawton14.5 miles13
Indiahoma14.5 miles12
Kiowa and Commanche Agency (historical)15.0 miles13
Artillery Village15.3 miles16

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 FaxonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2613293The 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 1092779. 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.