Knowles, Oklahoma
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Beaver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73844. The Survey maps it on the Knowles quadrangle. 6 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,539 feet above sea level.
On record in Knowles
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 1 record
- Knowles Grain Elevatorlisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresKnowles fell from 11 to 6 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 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 6 | -5 (-45%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Perryton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Knowles quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Knowles: 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 Caliche Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
36 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knowles in 36 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 28 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Knowles | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Knowles | - | Hail fell on both sides of Knowles. The west side of town had up to nickel size hail while the east side of town observed hail up to quarter size. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knowles | - | Four to five inch tree limbs were blown down as well as corn stalks blown completely over. |
| August 2020 | Flood | Knowles | - | Bar ditches flooded and standing water in low lying areas. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Knowles | - | A slow moving supercell produced a prolonged period of heavy rain over northern Beaver County near the town of Knowles (Beaver County). This heavy rain led to flash flooding 2 miles south of town. The Woodward News reported a county road south of the town of Knowles (Beaver County) was completely washed out. These flood waters receded quickly once storms moved away from the area around 7 PM. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Knowles | - | A discrete supercell developed over the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the afternoon hours of the 11th. This storm strengthened as it moved northeastward along a dryline. As the storm approached the town of Knowles (Beaver County), a member of the public reported quarter size hail (1.00 inches) in Knowles. This storm continued to move to the northeast after producing this hail. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Knowles | - | A slow moving supercell developed over northern Beaver County during the afternoon hours of the 22nd. As the supercell moved over of the town of Knowles (Beaver County), the Woodward News reported hail up to the size of golf balls (1.75 inches). After producing this hail the supercell continued slowly moving to the south across the county. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knowles | - | A slow moving supercell developed over northern Beaver County during the afternoon hours of the 22nd. As the supercell moved east of the town of Knowles, the Beaver County Emergency Manager reported an estimated 65 mph downburst blew down five telephone poles 1 mile east of Knowles (Beaver County). After producing this damage the supercell continued slowly moving to the south across the county. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Knowles | - | A slow moving supercell produced a prolonged period of heavy rain over northern Beaver County near the town of Knowles (Beaver County). This heavy rain led to flash flooding 2 miles south of town. The Emergency Manager reported the flash flooding was covering the county roads south of town. These flood waters receded quickly once storms moved away from the area around 7 PM. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knowles | - | The Beaver County Emergency Manager estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of sixty-one knots. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Knowles | - | Report of baseball size hail relayed via the Beaver County Emergency Management. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Knowles | - | Reported near the Clear Lake area. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Knowles | - | Reported near the Clear Lake area. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Knowles | - | Trained spotter reported that the hail was covering the ground. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Knowles | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knowles | - | 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 Knowles | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2803051 | 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 1094423. 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.



