Kemp, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the South Bryan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74747. The Survey maps it on the Kemp quadrangle. 126 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 633 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresKemp fell from 144 to 126 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 144 | |
| 2010 | 133 | -11 (-8%) |
| 2020 | 126 | -7 (-5%) |
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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Durant quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Kemp quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Kemp between 2005 and 2017, burning about 1,276 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Chickasaw Agency | YUBA |
| 15 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | RIVER |
| 17 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAK RIDGE ROAD |
| 29 April 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DELPHIA DR FIRE |
| 6 February 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARPENTERS BLUFF |
| 17 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DELPHIA |
| 27 December 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHOCTAW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Kemp: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lattimore Sand Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kemp in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $5,000 | A large tree fell on a house. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $3,000 | Power lines reported down. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Kemp | - | Grassy Lake Road was impassable due to flood water. |
| June 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kemp | - | Heavy rain was reported between 9:30am and 11:00am. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | - | No damage was reported. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Kemp | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Kemp | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Kemp | - | 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 Kemp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q629964 | 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 1094319. 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.




