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Granite, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Granite census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73547. It lies near Headquarters Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Granite quadrangle. 1,628 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,614 feet above sea level.

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Granite within Greer County

Population over time

2 figures

Granite fell from 2,065 to 1,628 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
20102,065
20201,628-437 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Granite in 2001, burning about 750 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Natural1

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
17 July 2001Natural750 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryQUARTZ MTN

Every fire recorded in Greer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Granite: 9 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, 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
Coffman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Granite 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
Chapel Rose Quarry No 2GraniteProducer
Okla State Reformatory Granite QuarGraniteProducer
Regal RedGraniteProducer
Unknown Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Unknown Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Greer County

Storms near this place

60 of 83 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granite in 83 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 44 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado, 5 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
August 1996Thunderstorm WindGranite$150,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindGranite$50,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindGranite$50,000no account filed
December 1993Thunderstorm WindGranite$50,000no account filed
June 2003LightningGranite$40,000Lightning caused a house fire.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGranite$30,000Multiple barns and portable buildings were damaged. Also, shingle damage to homes.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGranite$25,000Numerous power poles blown down along Oklahoma Highway 9. Location is approximate. Time is radar estimated.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindGranite$15,000A pickup truck was blown over.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGranite$5,000Several tree limbs were downed, which caused sporadic power outages. Monetary damages were estimated.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindGranite$5,000A portion of the roof of the Granite City Hall was peeled off.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindGranite$5,000Thunderstorms in western Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours on the 30th produced hail up to quarter-size and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds broke off 3-inch diameter tree limbs 8.5 miles north-northwest of Indiahoma, blew out windows, ripped shingles from a roof, overturned a stock trailer, and blew down trees 1.5 miles southwest of Granite.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindGranite$5,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindGranite$2,000Fifteen to twenty power poles along Highway 9 were snapped.
August 1998Tornado (F0)Granite$500no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGranite$500no account filed
April 2024HailGranite-Relayed through Spotter Network.
April 2024HailGranite-Relayed image. Time is radar estimated.
November 2024Tornado (EFU)Granite-A Tornado Debris Signature was observed on KFDR radar. No specific damage locations were reported so this path is estimated.
June 2023HailGranite-Measured with digital calipers.
June 2023HailGranite-MPing report.
June 2021Flash FloodGranite-Roads flooding.
May 2020HailGranite-Time estimated from radar.
May 2019Tornado (EFU)Granite-Multiple storm chasers reported a brief tornado estimated to be about 1 mile southwest of Granite. No damage was reported.
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Granite-TV coverage showed an rain-wrapped tornado that developed southeast of Granite. This tornado moved over the north part of Lake Altus-Lugert into Greer County. Only light tree damage was reported along the shore of the lake in Quartz Mountain State Park.
May 2018HailGranite-Time is approximate.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGranite-Two inch tree limbs were downed by winds.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindGranite-No damage reported.
May 2008HailGranite-Quarter to half dollar-size hail was reported by a Lawton television station.
May 2004HailGranite-Hail was observed at the Oklahoma State Reformatory.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindGranite-A small car was blown off the road.
April 2000HailGranite-Hail fell on Highway 9.
June 1998HailGranite-Hail up to 2 inches in diameter damaged several vehicles.
August 1997Flash FloodGranite-Several roads were flooded, including State Highway 9 from its intersection with US Hwy 283 to just west of Granite.
July 1994HailGranite-Thunderstorms in western Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours on the 30th produced hail up to quarter-size and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds broke off 3-inch diameter tree limbs 8.5 miles north-northwest of Indiahoma, blew out windows, ripped shingles from a roof, overturned a stock trailer, and blew down trees 1.5 miles southwest of Granite.
October 1994HailGranite-An isolated severe thunderstorm in southwest Oklahoma produced dime-sized hail in Greer County.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindGranite-Strong thunderstorm winds damaged numerous trees and destroyed a shed in Hooker, blew over trees and antennas in Balko and downed trees 6 miles north of Sweetwater, 4.5 miles northwest of Sweetwater, just south of Sweetwater, 8.5 miles south-southwest of Sayre and in Granite. Strong thunderstorm winds blew a trampoline 0.25 miles including over a house 6 miles north of Sweetwater. Lightning set bales of hay on fire 2 miles north of Reydon and knocked out the cable system and damaged a house in Erick.
June 2023HailGranite-no account filed
May 2020HailGranite-no account filed
May 2020HailGranite-no account filed
May 2019HailGranite-no account filed
May 2017HailGranite-no account filed
May 2017HailGranite-no account filed
May 2017HailGranite-no account filed
May 2017HailGranite-no account filed
August 2017Flash FloodGranite-no account filed
May 2017HailGranite-no account filed
May 2016HailGranite-no account filed
May 2013HailGranite-no account filed
April 2012HailGranite-no account filed
March 2008HailGranite-no account filed
April 2004HailGranite-no account filed
June 2003HailGranite-no account filed
June 2003HailGranite-no account filed
May 2003HailGranite-no account filed
April 2002HailGranite-no account filed
May 2002HailGranite-no account filed
April 2001HailGranite-no account filed
April 2001HailGranite-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindGranite-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindGranite-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greer 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
Lake Creek5.0 miles9
Brinkman7.9 miles9
City View8.5 miles9
Mangum9.0 miles8
Willow9.2 miles9
Hester11.5 miles8
Moravia12.8 miles9
Bloomington13.5 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 GraniteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2324753The 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 1093311. 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.