BlockHugo, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hugo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74743. The Survey maps it on the Hugo quadrangle. 5,166 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 545 feet above sea level.
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On record in Hugo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 6 records
Hugo Armorylisted 1988
Hugo Frisco Railroad Depotlisted 1980
Hugo Historic Districtlisted 1980- Everidge Cabin and Cemeterylisted 1982
- Hugo Public Librarylisted 1988
- Speer Schoollisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresHugo fell from 5,310 to 5,166 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,310 | |
| 2020 | 5,166 | -144 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Hugo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hugo between 2001 and 2017, burning about 968 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20384 |
| 7 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | FORNEY |
| 4 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20296 |
| 14 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20325 |
| 9 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 85 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20138 |
| 9 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20137 |
| 22 March 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 640 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | LONG CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hugo: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idabel Stone Co. Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wray Wible Materials Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 83 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hugo in 83 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 40 thunderstorm wind, 30 hail, 9 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $325,000 | Thunderstorm wind estimated at 80 miles an hour produced a large amount of damage in the Hugo area. Several businesses including a radio station, lumber company, sale barn, veterinary clinic and a feed lot received damage. Three homes had large trees fall on them. Numerous power poles and power lines were blown down. In addition several trees and large tree limbs blocked roads. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $75,000 | Thunderstorm wind resulted in at least $75,000 in debris removal and damage to the utility infrastructure across the county during this severe thunderstorm. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $50,000 | Severe thunderstorms developed and moved eastward across central and southern Oklahoma during the morning, producing damaging winds across much of the area and hail as large as golf balls at SE 29th and Luther Road in Oklahoma City. In Cushing in Payne County winds up to 63 mph took part of the roof off a metal building, blew a tree down, and blew windshields out of cars. In Agra in Lincoln County a barn was destroyed. Severe thunderstorm winds in Hugo in Choctaw County downed numerous trees and power poles, landing on several mobile homes and barns. Roofs were also blown off a shed and a mobile home. The storms were electrically very active, with three reported cases of lightning damage. In Norman in Cleveland County lightning set fire to a duplex around 0900 CST, causing about $45,000 in damage. Also in Norman about an hour later lightning struck and destroyed a house chimney. In Seminole County southeast of Wolf an oil tank battery was hit by lightning and set on fire early in the afternoon. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Hugo | $40,000 | Half dollar size hail damage vehicles and homes. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Hugo | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines and snapped numerous limbs. A few structures had their roofs damaged by the wind. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down and destroyed a barn and shop building. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a lamppost and toppled a brick wall of a downtown business. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $14,000 | A cattle barn west of Hugo was destroyed by thunderstorm winds. In Hugo, over 550 PSO customers lost their power when the wind broke a support wire from an electric poll which then swung up into the power line, causing a power failure. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $6,000 | Numerous trees were blown down around Hugo and across much of Choctaw County. A newspaper clipping pictured a very large oak tree that had fallen onto a storage building in a backyard along West Poplar Street. In addition, the metal roofing was blown off of a car wash in Hugo. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree. The tree fell on a car. |
| February 2000 | Lightning | Hugo | $5,000 | Lightning struck two homes destroying some of the electronics in them. The lightning also caused a power outage for 75 customers in the neighborhood. The thunder with the lightning was so loud it broke two of the windows in one of the homes. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hugo | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree. The tree fell on power lines causing a power outage. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $3,000 | A large sign was blown down; large tree limbs were blown down; telephone lines were blown down. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $2,000 | Several power lines were blown down. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $300 | A tree was blown down onto a fence. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured wind gusts up to 58 mph. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured 58 to 65 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured thunderstorm wind gusts in excess of 58 mph for at least 10 minutes, with the highest wind gusts measured at 62 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured thunderstorm wind gusts to 65 mph. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station northwest of Hugo measured 63 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Hugo | - | Numerous roads were flooded and closed in Hugo. Highway 271 south of Hugo was briefly closed due to flooding. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station northwest of Hugo measured 63 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured 68 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous trees and large tree limbs. A few roads were blocked by these fallen trees. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Law enforcement reported thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured 67 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs and blew down a tree onto roadway. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Hugo | - | Heavy rain caused Crowder Creek to flood near Highway 70. The water covered the road. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Hugo | - | Heavy rain caused water to flow over a road just north of Hugo. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew two trees down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs and trees. |
| November 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Hugo | - | Public reported a brief touchdown of a tornado 4 miles north of Hugo. No damage was reported. |
| November 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Hugo | - | Public reported a brief touchdown of a tornado 2 miles southwest of Hugo. No damage was reported. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Hugo | - | Water covered several roads in town. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Hugo | - | Flash flood waters washed away trees and a portion of Highway 109. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Hugo | - | Water covered roads in town. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Hugo | - | Flash flood waters washed away trees and a portion of Highway 109. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo | - | The Oklahoma mesonet site near Hugo measured a gust to 73 mph. Calls to the Hugo Police Department yielded no damage or severe weather in town. |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Hugo | - | Lightning struck the top of a brick building in downtown Hugo, showering bricks onto the street below. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Hugo | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Hugo | - | 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.
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 Hugo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1774840 | 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 1094002. 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.