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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.

Gerty within Hughes County

Population over time

3 figures

Gerty 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.

YearPeople Change
2000101
2010118+17 (+17%)
202092-26 (-22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

7 since 2005

Regional 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/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
8 April 2006Arson/incendiarism235 acresChickasaw AgencyCOUNTY LINE
2 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeYETI
18 March 2010Arson/incendiarism85 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeDAVIS PILES
13 March 2006Natural69 acresTalihina AgencyCRAWDAD
12 November 2005Arson/incendiarism210 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeCAL ATWOOD
9 January 2008Debris and open burning6.2 acresTalihina AgencyDISTRESSED PUBLIC
16 January 2006Arson/incendiarism473 acresTalihina AgencyCAMP WOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hughes County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 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, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hughes County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017Thunderstorm WindGerty$5,000Report of a roof blown off and tree damage.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindGerty-Nickel hail was reported as well. No damage reported.
March 2013HailGerty-The hail lasted for about 10 minutes.
June 1997Flash FloodGerty-Streams overflowed and water covered county roads.
September 2023HailGerty-no account filed
May 2022HailGerty-no account filed
March 2017HailGerty-no account filed
March 2017HailGerty-no account filed
October 2011HailGerty-no account filed
May 2011HailGerty-no account filed
March 2006HailGerty-no account filed
May 2003HailGerty-no account filed
June 1997HailGerty-no account filed
April 1997HailGerty-no account filed
April 1996HailGerty-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindGerty-no account filed
April 1994HailGerty-no account filed
April 1994Tornado (F0)Gerty-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hughes 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
Non4.8 miles14
Citra5.4 miles13
Rock Creek8.6 miles14
Atwood8.6 miles12
Calvin9.3 miles13
Stuart11.1 miles13
Cross Roads11.9 miles12
Spaulding14.6 miles12

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 GertyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3287256The 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.