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Grady, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ringling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73569. The Survey maps it on the Grady quadrangle.

Grady within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

14 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Grady between 2005 and 2013, burning about 514 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
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
23 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010060
2 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2011083
2 August 2008Arson/incendiarism15 acresChickasaw AgencyFROG LEGS
10 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2013048
29 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 May 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011052
14 April 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Grady: 5 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

15 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grady in 15 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2025Flash FloodGrady-Portions of Oklahoma State Highway 32, approximately two miles west of the Oklahoma State Highway 32 and 89 intersection, were impassable due to flooding. Event time is approximate.
May 2015Flash FloodGrady-Portions of Highway 89 underwater and impassable.
February 2009Tornado (EF1)Grady-The thunderstorm that produced this tornado began near Breckenridge and Graham, TX. A long-track tornado developed over far southeast Jefferson County, near the Red River. The tornado continued northeast into Love County crossing through rural farmland north of Courtney, Rubottom and Oswalt. Sporadic structural damage was noted in both Jefferson and Love counties, with tree damage also seen. The tornado then crossed into Carter County, where it did its most significant damage in and around the Lone Grove area. The tornado continued northeast, with major damage reported in the Majestic Hills addition and crossing Interstate 35 about a mile and a half north of the Prairie Valley Road exit. At least eight homes and a small private school were destroyed in the Majestic Hills neighborhood. It moved through rural areas of Northeast Carter County to the east of Springer. Approximately 46 people were injured, with 14 seriously injured. Eight people died in the Lone Grove area. At least 114 homes were damaged or destroyed, with at least 3500 losing power in and around Carter county. Debris from this tornado was carried as far away as Sulphur. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2009HailGrady-Quarter- to half dollar-size hail was reported.
August 2005Flash FloodGrady-Flash flooding occurred along Mud Creek and its tributaries in Jefferson County during the late evening of August 14 and early morning of August 15. Numerous secondary roads were damaged by floodwaters northeast of Grady, OK.
April 2004HailGrady-Hail was reported by KWTV Channel 9 in Oklahoma City.
March 2024HailGrady-no account filed
May 2010HailGrady-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindGrady-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindGrady-no account filed
May 2004HailGrady-no account filed
August 2004HailGrady-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindGrady-no account filed
May 2003HailGrady-no account filed
May 2003HailGrady-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Oscar5.3 miles9
Atlee5.3 miles14
Petersburg6.8 miles10
Cornish10.2 miles14
Ringling11.6 miles14
Fleetwood13.0 miles9
Ryan15.5 miles16
Asphaltum16.5 miles14

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 GradyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5592106The 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 1093288. 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.