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Hardy, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kaw City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74647. It stands on Myers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hardy quadrangle.

Hardy within Kay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hardy between 2006 and 2020, burning about 560 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
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
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
7 March 2020Debris and open burning553 acresOsage AgencyBURGER
25 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresPawnee AgencyVALLEY HOPE
14 February 2006Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOsage AgencyPOINTER
8 December 2016Naturalunder an acreOsage AgencyBLEDSOE

Every fire recorded in Kay County

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 Hardy: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kay County

Storms near this place

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardy in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHardy$10,000Numerous trees and tree limbs were downed by strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindHardy$100Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHardy-Newkirk (NEWK) Mesonet observation.
May 2025HailHardy-The event time is estimated from radar observations.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHardy-Newkirk (NEWK) Mesonet observation.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHardy-Newkirk (NEWK) Mesonet observation.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHardy-Newkirk (NEWK) Mesonet observation.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHardy-Newkirk (NEWK) Mesonet observation.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHardy-Newkirk (NEWK) Mesonet observation.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHardy-Newkirk (NEWK) Mesonet observation.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindHardy-No damage reported.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHardy-Large branch downed from strong winds.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHardy-No damage was reported.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Hardy-A storm chaser took a photograph of this very thin, but fairly well developed tornado.
August 1994HailHardy-Isolated severe thunderstorms in Kay County early on the 7th produced dime size hail 8.5 mile south-southeast of Hardy and downed tree limbs 6 miles south of Hardy.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindHardy-Isolated severe thunderstorms in Kay County early on the 7th produced dime size hail 8.5 mile south-southeast of Hardy and downed tree limbs 6 miles south of Hardy.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindHardy-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHardy-no account filed
May 2011HailHardy-no account filed
April 1996HailHardy-no account filed
September 1993HailHardy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kay 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
Kaw Agency (historical)12.6 miles14
Washunga13.1 miles14
Uncas14.0 miles12
Chilocco14.4 miles11
Kaw City14.6 miles14
Newkirk14.8 miles11
Middleton16.8 miles11
Kildare17.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100476. 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.