Gerty, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the South Hughes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74531. The Survey maps it on the Gerty quadrangle. 92 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresGerty fell from 101 to 92 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 101 | |
| 2010 | 118 | +17 (+17%) |
| 2020 | 92 | -26 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1896 USGS Coalgate quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Coalgate quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Coalgate quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Gerty quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Gerty between 2005 and 2010, burning about 1,082 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 235 acres | Chickasaw Agency | COUNTY LINE |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | YETI |
| 18 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 85 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | DAVIS PILES |
| 13 March 2006 | Natural | 69 acres | Talihina Agency | CRAWDAD |
| 12 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 210 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | CAL ATWOOD |
| 9 January 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.2 acres | Talihina Agency | DISTRESSED PUBLIC |
| 16 January 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 473 acres | Talihina Agency | CAMP WOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Gerty: 9 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 | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| 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 | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gerty in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 13 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gerty | $5,000 | Report of a roof blown off and tree damage. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gerty | - | Nickel hail was reported as well. No damage reported. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Gerty | - | The hail lasted for about 10 minutes. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Gerty | - | Streams overflowed and water covered county roads. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Gerty | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Gerty | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Gerty | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Gerty | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Gerty | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Gerty | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Gerty | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Gerty | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Gerty | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Gerty | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Gerty | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gerty | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Gerty | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Gerty | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Citra | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rock Creek | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Atwood | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Calvin | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Stuart | 11.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cross Roads | 11.9 miles | 12 | |
| Spaulding | 14.6 miles | 12 |
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 Gerty | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3287256 | 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 1093171. 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.






