Griggs, Oklahoma

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Keyes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73949. The Survey maps it on the Griggs quadrangle. It stands 3,822 feet above sea level.

Griggs within Cimarron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1954 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Griggs quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Boise City quadrangle1:100000

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Griggs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
	Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Producer

Every working recorded in Cimarron County

Storms near this place

32 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Griggs in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 22 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Griggs	$4,000	The public reported that the thunderstorm wind gusts sheared off three power poles in the middle and a large tree was uprooted. Also...a few dumpsters had been blown over by the strong winds. No injuries were reported.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Griggs	-	Tree branches around 5 in diameter were taken down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Griggs	-	Three limbs snapped and shed was shifted off its foundation and relocated.
May 2018	Hail	Griggs	-	Trained spotter measured a 1.2 inch maximum hail size.
September 2017	Hail	Griggs	-	Lots of pea size hail with some nickel size hail mixed in.
September 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Griggs	-	Five power poles downed.
April 2016	Hail	Griggs	-	Hail up to 2 inches in diameter was reported along state Highway 171 north of Kerrick,or about 10 miles south-southwest of Keyes.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Griggs	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Keyes (Cimarron County), a member of the public reported that an estimated 70 mph downburst gust blew several trees down and broke off several branches 10 miles southeast of Keys (Cimarron County). After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Griggs	-	A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over the northeastern New Mexico Plains and moved to the east into the western Oklahoma Panhandle. As it moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle it intensified as a result of a more unstable environment. As this thunderstorm neared Griggs (Cimarron County), a trained spotter 5 miles west of Griggs (Cimarron County) reported a 60 mph wind gust from this thunderstorm. After producing this gust the supercell continued moving to the east across the southern portion of the county.
June 2013	Hail	Griggs	-	A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over the northeastern New Mexico Plains and moved to the east into the western Oklahoma Panhandle. As it moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle it intensified as a result of a more unstable environment. As this thunderstorm neared Griggs (Cimarron County), the Griggs Fire Department 2 miles west of Griggs (Cimarron County) reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch). After producing this hail the supercell continued moving to the east across the southern portion of the county.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Griggs	-	The public estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts to be between forty-eight and fifty-two knots. There was no damage and no injuries or fatalities reported.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Griggs	-	A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of fifty-two knots about thirteen miles south of Keyes Oklahoma in Cimarron County. No damages or injuries were reported.
May 2003	Tornado (F0)	Griggs	-	The tornado path length and path width were estimated. No damage or injuries were reported.
October 2002	Hail	Griggs	-	The hail covered the ground three to four inches deep.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Griggs	-	The Boise City Sheriff's Office reported tree limbs and power poles down.
May 1994	Hail	Griggs	-	A severe thunderstorm produced dime-size hail, reported by Griggs Fire Department.
April 2022	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
May 2022	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
May 2019	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
April 2012	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
October 2002	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
September 2002	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
March 2001	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Griggs	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cimarron 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Conrad	13.3 miles	7
Burton	13.7 miles	7
Hopkins	13.7 miles	8
Keyes	15.9 miles	7
Sturgis	20.3 miles	7
Boise City	22.5 miles	8
Castaneda	28.6 miles	7
Felt	35.7 miles	8

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 Griggs	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5608967	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 1100466. 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.

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.