Hydro, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 73048. The Survey maps it on the Hydro quadrangle. 927 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,555 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHydro fell from 969 to 927 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 | 969 | |
| 2020 | 927 | -42 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Hydro quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Watonga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hydro between 1998 and 2020, burning about 493 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Concho Field Office | BIKE |
| 11 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Concho Field Office | DEAD WOMAN |
| 4 July 2005 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Concho Field Office | CADDO |
| 9 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 340 acres | Anadarko Agency | WEST COUNTY LINE |
| 2 May 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Concho Field Office | WILBURN |
| 30 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Concho Field Office | TIN STAR |
| 14 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Concho Field Office | WILSON |
| 5 January 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Concho Field Office | HALE |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hydro: 3 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hydro in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 1997: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hydro | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hydro | $500 | Severe winds damaged several buildings, including blowing a door off a barn. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hydro | - | no account filed |
| December 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hydro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geary | 14.9 miles | 10 | |
| Greenfield | 16.3 miles | 11 | |
| Watonga | 22.2 miles | 7 | |
| Eagle City | 26.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bucher | 27.7 miles | 7 | |
| Hitchcock | 31.4 miles | 7 | |
| Carlton | 32.3 miles | 8 | |
| Carleton | 32.3 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 Hydro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2974873 | 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 1094039. 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.




