Fox, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Healdton North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73435. The Survey maps it on the Fox quadrangle. 92 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 965 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1901 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1918 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Fox quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Fox between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,533 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | NAPA |
| 8 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | 2 HOG HEAD |
| 9 April 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 500 acres | Chickasaw Agency | FOX GRAHAM |
| 8 April 2005 | Natural | 1,000 acres | Chickasaw Agency | CLEMSCOTT |
| 15 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 87 acres | Chickasaw Agency | FOXBRUSH |
| 22 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,300 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CONVICT HILL |
| 22 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Chickasaw Agency | FOX |
| 22 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | SHOVELHEAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fox: 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
Storms near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fox in 17 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fox | $25,000 | A social media image showing metal roof decking of a building blown off. Event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Fox | $15,000 | Lightning damaged an oil tank battery. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fox | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fox | $3,000 | Trees snapped and uprooted. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Fox | - | An image was shared on social media. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Fox | - | Time is radar estimated. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Fox | - | Hail was reported on Highway 76. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Fox | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Fox | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Fox | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Fox | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Fox | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Fox | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Hail | Fox | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Fox | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Fox | - | no account filed |
| March 1994 | Hail | Fox | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pike City (historical) | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Clemscott | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Old Scott | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Graham | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Pruitt City | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ratliff City | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Pooleville | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Oil City | 7.3 miles | 15 |
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 Fox | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5476519 | The 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 1093003. 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.





