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Gene Autry, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ardmore North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73436. The Survey maps it on the Gene Autry quadrangle. 154 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 732 feet above sea level.

Gene Autry within Carter County

Population over time

2 figures

Gene Autry fell from 158 to 154 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
2010158
2020154-4 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Gene Autry between 1996 and 2010, burning about 1,059 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 August 2006Arson/incendiarism17 acresChickasaw AgencyMOUNT WASHINGTON
2 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.1 acresChickasaw AgencyJOHNSON
29 July 2006Debris and open burning8.0 acresChickasaw AgencyPONDEROSA
27 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresChickasaw AgencyPECAN TREE
9 March 2008Debris and open burning4.3 acresChickasaw AgencyCOCO GROVE
8 March 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreChickasaw AgencyTIRES AGAIN
17 March 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreChickasaw AgencyTUMBLEWEED
26 February 1996Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresChickasaw AgencyCHELSY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Gene Autry: 15 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gene Autry in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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
September 1999Thunderstorm WindGene Autry$2,000,000no account filed
March 2025Tornado (EF0)Gene Autry$100,000This tornado developed on the northern edge of the community of Gene Autry where a mobile home suffered roof damage and a camper was blown over. The tornado moved east-northeast crossing State Highway 53 and moving into the southern portion of Ardmore Municipal Airport. A barn was damaged along Highway 53, and windows were damaged in on outbuilding on the airport grounds.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindGene Autry$50,000The roof was blown off at Dollar General Store Distribution Warehouse.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindGene Autry$25,000Roof blown off of Old Gene Autry Gym.
May 2003HailGene Autry$10,000Several vehicles were damaged.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindGene Autry$3,000no account filed
May 2025FloodGene Autry-A portion of Aldine Road was closed due to flooding along the Washita River. The event time is approximate.
April 2025HailGene Autry-The report was relayed by amateur radio.
September 2012HailGene Autry-Fire department reported 1.75 hail in Gene Autry.
June 1994HailGene Autry-Thunderstorms developed in northern, western, and central Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 5th and spread into portions of southern Oklahoma. These storms produced hail up to quarter-size, damaging winds and damaging lightning. Thunderstorm winds tore the roof off a large metal hay shed seven miles northwest of Alva, blew a grain bin 75 feet, and downed numerous tree limbs one mile north of Renfrow, knocked down power lines in Enid, knocked down three-inch-diameter tree limbs three miles east of Renfrow and broke off tree limbs eight miles west-southwest of Davis. Lightning started a fire in a home in the 5700 block of Irvine Drive in the Oak Tree Addition in Edmond that caused an estimated $100,000 in damage. Lightning started a fire which produced minor damage to a warehouse on north Santa Fe in Oklahoma City. Lightning started two oil tank battery fires northwest of Enid. Lightning started a small fire in a house in Alva. Lightning killed two horses in Lexington. The horses were worth around $5,000 each.
May 2022HailGene Autry-no account filed
October 2018Thunderstorm WindGene Autry-no account filed
June 2014HailGene Autry-no account filed
April 2011HailGene Autry-no account filed
April 2011HailGene Autry-no account filed
May 2011HailGene Autry-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindGene Autry-no account filed
April 2002HailGene Autry-no account filed
February 1998HailGene Autry-no account filed
April 1997HailGene Autry-no account filed
July 1995HailGene Autry-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindGene Autry-no account filed
July 1995HailGene Autry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
Baum3.2 miles14
Springer5.9 miles17
Dripping Springs6.7 miles18
Caldwell Hill6.7 miles18
Dickson7.2 miles14
Durwood8.3 miles14
Glenn8.7 miles17
Provence9.2 miles18

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 Gene AutryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3293282The 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 1093157. 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.