BlockBefore

Hayward, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the South Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73730. The Survey maps it on the Covington quadrangle. It stands 1,197 feet above sea level.

Hayward within Garfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

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 Hayward: 1 past producer. None of them 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

Every working recorded in Garfield County

Storms near this place

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hayward in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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 2024Thunderstorm WindHayward$25,000Relayed image showing roof damage to a house and a barn. Time is radar estimated.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHayward$2,400A few tree limbs were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated.
April 1994HailHayward$500no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHayward-Personal weather station measurement.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHayward-Large barn was destroyed.
May 2019FloodHayward-Four to 6 inches of rainfall across Garfield County. Portions of SH-15, and SH-74 are closed due to flooding.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Hayward-A spotter reported a tornado developing near Bison Road and Eason Road in southeasten Garfield County, then moved northeast into Noble County. No damage was reported in Garfield County.
June 2010HailHayward-The hail was reported near Lucien.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Hayward-This tornado destroyed a 100-year old church, damaged a homes roof, and ripped apart many trees along its path. It also knocked over oil storage equipment. Monetary damages were not available.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Hayward-A large, southward moving tornado occurred along this path. A wide area of trees were severely damaged and oil storage tanks were damaged towards the beginning of the path. The very large tornado moved over open terrain before dissipating. Monetary damages were not available.
May 2005HailHayward-no account filed
June 2005HailHayward-no account filed
September 2005HailHayward-no account filed
July 2004HailHayward-no account filed
July 2004HailHayward-no account filed
July 2004HailHayward-no account filed
March 2003HailHayward-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindHayward-no account filed
May 2000HailHayward-no account filed
April 1999HailHayward-no account filed
April 1994HailHayward-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garfield 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
Callahan3.2 miles10
Covington4.4 miles10
Douglas8.4 miles10
Fairmont11.6 miles10
Garber11.6 miles10
Etna14.0 miles10
Cropper14.7 miles10
Breckinridge16.0 miles10

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 HaywardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14708432The 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 1093623. 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.