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Freedom, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the West Woods census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73842. It stands on Houston Creek. The Survey maps it on the Freedom quadrangle. 174 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,529 feet above sea level.

Freedom within Woods County

Population over time

2 figures

Freedom fell from 289 to 174 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
2010289
2020174-115 (-40%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Freedom: 1 producer, 1 past 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Woods County

Storms near this place

60 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freedom in 75 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 54 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
July 1995Thunderstorm WindFreedom4 hurtEvening and late night thunderstorms in northwest Oklahoma dropped hail as large as quarters one mile east of Catesby in Ellis County. A few hours later a wind gust was measured at 84 mph at the Oklahoma Mesonet site in west of Freedom in Woodward County. Some damage from the strong winds was reported in Freedom, including highline poles downed, windows blown out of a house, and a large tree downed onto a camper.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFreedom$20,000The wind damage was reported from one to five miles north of town. Numerous power lines were blown down. A roof was blown off of a barn and off of two houses. Monetary damages were estimated.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindFreedom$5,000Power poles/lines were downed.
October 1998LightningFreedom$3,000Lightning struck the basement of a house blowing a hole in the concrete and destroying a television, VCR, satellite, telephones, and all of the electrical wiring in the house.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindFreedom$1,500An eight to ten inch diameter tree trunk was split into two pieces.
April 2015HailFreedom-No damage reports.
April 2015HailFreedom-No damage reports.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindFreedom-The public estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindFreedom-The wind gust was measured at the May Ranch mesonet site.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindFreedom-The wind gust was measured at the May Ranch mesonet site.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindFreedom-The wind gust was measured at the May Ranch mesonet site.
September 2008Heavy RainFreedom-The measured rainfall was 3.74 inches, much of it falling in a six to eight hour period.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind gust was measured by the Mays Ranch Oklahoma mesonet station.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma Mesonet.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma Mesonet.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma Mesonet.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Winds between 58 mph and 67 mph were measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Measured by Oklahoma Mesonet.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFreedom-Measured by Oklahoma Mesonet.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindFreedom-measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site
July 1997Thunderstorm WindFreedom-measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site.
September 1995Thunderstorm WindFreedom-A severe thunderstorm in Woods County downed two-inch tree limbs eight miles north of Freedom.
June 2022HailFreedom-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
June 2017HailFreedom-no account filed
February 2012HailFreedom-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
October 2008Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
October 2008Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
March 2008HailFreedom-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
May 2007HailFreedom-no account filed
August 2005HailFreedom-no account filed
May 2004HailFreedom-no account filed
April 2004HailFreedom-no account filed
May 2003HailFreedom-no account filed
April 2002HailFreedom-no account filed
June 2002HailFreedom-no account filed
June 2001HailFreedom-no account filed
August 2001HailFreedom-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindFreedom-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Woods 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
Fairvalley5.2 miles8
Edith5.7 miles8
Tegarden7.8 miles8
Plainview8.4 miles8
Cora10.6 miles8
Avard17.8 miles8
Waynoka17.8 miles9
Heman18.5 miles9

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 FreedomAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1919722The 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 1093038. 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.