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Kenton, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Boise City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73946. It stands on Carrizozo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kenton quadrangle. 31 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,330 feet above sea level.

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Kenton within Cimarron County

Population over time

2 figures

Kenton grew from 17 to 31 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.

YearPeople Change
201017
202031+14 (+82%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Kenton in 2018, burning about 15,936 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
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
9 June 2018Natural4,900 acresCimarron DistrictAPPLE
9 June 2018Natural5,036 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryPORTER
24 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined6,000 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry75 ROAD

Every fire recorded in Cimarron County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Kenton: 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, 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
Independence GroupSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Pit #56 60 SSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Pit #56 61 FSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Heppard Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Labrier Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Labrier Copper ProspectsCopperOccurrence
Wiggins Copper Prospect 3CopperOccurrence
Wiggins Copper ProspectsCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cimarron County

Storms near this place

60 of 87 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenton in 87 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 43 hail, 38 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 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
June 2008HailKenton$100,000The Boise City News reported that the siding of one home in Kenton had major damage while other homes in Kenton had the windows and siding on the east side of the homes badly damaged. On the west side of Kenton...several homes sustained severe hail damage.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindKenton$30,000A double wide manufactured home was rolled over near Kenton.
June 2023HailKenton-A thunderstorm moved form the northwest corner of the county southeast to just northeast of Boise City dropping hail between 1 to 2.5 in diameter.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindKenton-Some tree limbs were snapped and a metal roof was peeled back slightly on local business.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindKenton-The Oklahoma Mesonet station 5 miles southeast of Kenton measured severe gusts for 5 minutes, with a 75 MPH gust recorded at 1900 and 83 MPH at 1905CST.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindKenton-An Oklahoma mesonet site southeast of Eva reported a 72 mph wind gust. No damage was reported.
June 2019FloodKenton-Minor flooding in and around the town of Kenton.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindKenton-Severe thunderstorm winds caused damage to thick tree branches 7 miles north of Kenton.
August 2015HailKenton-Golf ball size hail damaged a vegetable garden.
October 2014HailKenton-A cluster of thunderstorms moved into Cimarron County during the evening hours of the 9th. As this cluster of storms approached the town of Kenton (Cimarron County), a trained storm spotter reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch) six miles north of town. after producing this hail the cluster of storms continued to move eastward across the county.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindKenton-A decaying thunderstorm moved across Cimarron County during the evening hours of the 22nd. As it neared the city of Kenton (Cimarron County), the Oklahoma mesonet site 5 miles east of Kenton measured a 64 mph thunderstorm downburst gust. This storm continued to move eastward after producing this gust.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindKenton-A dissipating thunderstorm crossed the New Mexico and Oklahoma state line shortly before midnight of the 30th. This thunderstorm produced a 71 mph downburst wind which was sampled by the Oklahoma Mesonet site 5 miles southeast of Kenton (Cimarron County). After producing this gust, no further severe weather was observed.
May 2010HailKenton-The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported nickel to quarter size hail at Black Mesa State Park.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindKenton-The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Kenton Oklahoma Mesonet station which is located five miles southeast of Kenton.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindKenton-The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Kenton Oklahoma Mesonet station which is located five miles southeast of Kenton.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindKenton-Trained spotter estimated winds at sixty miles an hour.
May 2005HailKenton-Reported by a Weather Channel meteorologist hiking in Black Mesa State Park.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindKenton-Measured at the Oklahoma MesoNet station near Kenton.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindKenton-Reported by Oklahoma Mesonet.
July 1997Flash FloodKenton-The Cimarron River crested at 16.11 feet at 05:15 am CST. Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
August 1997Flash FloodKenton-The Cimarron River crested to 11.73 feet at 10:00 CST just northeast of Kenton Oklahoma. The flood stage is 11.0 feet.
August 1997Flash FloodKenton-The Cimarron River crested to 17.64 feet at 08:00 CST just northeast of Kenton Oklahoma. The flood stage is 11.0 feet.
August 1997Flash FloodKenton-The Cimarron River, just northeast of Kenton Oklahoma, crested at 13.96 feet at 13:00 CST. The flood stage is 11.0 feet.
August 1997Flash FloodKenton-The Cimarron River, just northeast of Kenton Oklahoma, crested at 13.27 feet at 02:00 CST. The flood stage is 11.0 feet.
August 1993HailKenton-Isolated severe thunderstorms in the Oklahoma Panhandle on the evening of the 10th produced hail up to golfball-size.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
July 2023HailKenton-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
May 2021HailKenton-no account filed
May 2021HailKenton-no account filed
May 2021HailKenton-no account filed
May 2021HailKenton-no account filed
May 2021HailKenton-no account filed
May 2021HailKenton-no account filed
June 2019HailKenton-no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
May 2010HailKenton-no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
June 2009HailKenton-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
June 2008HailKenton-no account filed
June 2008HailKenton-no account filed
June 2008HailKenton-no account filed
May 2007HailKenton-no account filed
May 2007HailKenton-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
June 2005HailKenton-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindKenton-no account filed
June 2004HailKenton-no account filed
May 2003HailKenton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cimarron 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
Regnier8.4 miles7
Mexhoma12.7 miles8
Wheeless13.2 miles8
Castaneda23.5 miles7
Felt24.8 miles8
Boise City26.7 miles8
Conrad37.0 miles7
Keyes38.1 miles7

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 KentonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3248598The 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 1094330. 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.