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Gray, Oklahoma

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the South Beaver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73931. The Survey maps it on the Bryans Corner quadrangle.

Gray within Beaver County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Gray in 2008, burning about 75 acres in total. None 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
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
9 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Beaver 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 Gray: 4 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Beaver County

Storms near this place

22 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gray in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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
May 1995Thunderstorm WindGray$10,000no account filed
May 2023Flash FloodGray-Storm chaser reports flowing water over multiple roadways with these roads impassable. Additionally, multiple homes had yards that were flooded.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindGray-Semi blown over on U.S. HWY 83, along with trees blown down closer to the OK/TX state line.
April 2015HailGray-Quarter size hail was reported 4 miles south-southeast of Gray, Oklahoma in Southwest Beaver County.
April 2015HailGray-Quarter size hail was reported 3 miles south of Gray, Oklahoma in Southwest Beaver County.
April 2010Tornado (EF0)Gray-The tornado touched down about eight miles south of Bryans Corner in Beaver County at 1651 CST and lifted at 1652 CST. The tornado remained over open country and was on the ground with a path length of approximately one quarter of a mile and a path width of about twenty-five yards. No damage or injuries were reported.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindGray-Tree limbs reported blown down.
June 2025HailGray-no account filed
June 2025HailGray-no account filed
May 2023HailGray-no account filed
May 2019HailGray-no account filed
May 2018HailGray-no account filed
May 2017HailGray-no account filed
August 2009HailGray-no account filed
June 2008HailGray-no account filed
June 2008HailGray-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGray-no account filed
May 2005HailGray-no account filed
May 2004Funnel CloudGray-no account filed
June 2003HailGray-no account filed
September 1993HailGray-no account filed
September 1993HailGray-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Beaver 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
Bryans Corner4.0 miles7
Balko8.9 miles7
Boyd10.0 miles7
Elmwood16.5 miles7
Turpin21.5 miles7
Floris22.3 miles7
Sophia22.7 miles8
Beaver24.0 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100460. 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.