Gray Horse, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fairfax census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74637. It stands on Lucy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairfax quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1932 USGS Fairfax quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fairfax quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
82 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Gray Horse between 1999 and 2020, burning about 15,139 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Osage Agency | BENNIE |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Osage Agency | BOWMAN |
| 5 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Osage Agency | WEST MASON |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Osage Agency | LINN |
| 23 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Osage Agency | HARP |
| 10 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Osage Agency | OLD SCHOOL |
| 9 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.3 acres | Osage Agency | ELECTRIC |
| 4 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Osage Agency | HOLLOWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gray Horse: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralston Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gray Horse in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2016: 3 tornado, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Gray Horse | $20,000 | A tornado snapped or uprooted a number of large trees and snapped power poles. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 115 mph. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Gray Horse | $8,000 | A tornado uprooted hardwood trees, snapped large tree limbs, and downed four power poles. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was 85 to 95 mph. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Gray Horse | - | This tornado uprooted trees and snapped large tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 85 to 95 mph. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Gray Horse | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Gray Horse | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Osage Junction | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Remington | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Doga | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Little Chief | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Strohm | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Burbank | 11.0 miles | 13 | |
| Carter Nine | 13.5 miles | 13 |
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 Gray Horse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5598192 | 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 1093342. 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.




