Loyal, Oklahoma
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kingfisher census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73756. The Survey maps it on the Loyal quadrangle. 71 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLoyal fell from 81 to 71 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 | 81 | |
| 2010 | 79 | -2 (-2%) |
| 2020 | 71 | -8 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1893 USGS Loyal quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Omega quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Loyal quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Watonga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Loyal in 2017, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2017 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Anadarko Agency | POLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Loyal: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
43 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loyal in 43 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 24 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Loyal | 1 hurt | The tornado developed just west of Loyal, where an un-anchored trailer home was destroyed and a power pole was downed. The tornado continued east toward the southern edge of Loyal, with tree damage reported in Loyal. The tornado crossed US Highway 81 north of Kingfisher, and a truck was blown off the road with the driver suffering minor injuries. Also near this location, the Department of Transportation salt barn was destroyed five miles north of Kingfisher and sign/fence damage occurred just east of this location. Monetary damage estimates were not available. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | $10,000 | Large aluminum shed destroyed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | $10,000 | A barn door blew off hitting a nearby house putting a hole in the roof. The barn also sustained some roof damage. About a mile east of the barn, the pillars of a front porch were picked up and set down at an angle. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | $6,500 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | $2,000 | One large tree and numerous two to three inch diameter were downed by the severe winds. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | $10 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Loyal | - | MPing report. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Loyal | - | MPing report. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Loyal | - | A second tornado was observed west of Loyal. Again, this tornado affected farmland. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Loyal | - | A brief tornado was observed about 2.5 miles west of Loyal by an off-duty NWS meteorologist and storm chasers. This tornado moved over farmland. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Loyal | - | Storm chasers observed a brief tornado 3.2 miles east of Loyal that occurred in a field about 50 yards north of County Road EW720. No damage was observed. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | - | Six to eight inch tree branches were blown off. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Loyal | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Loyal | - | Hail up to golf ball size was reported to a large area. The emergency manager reported widespread damage to 20,000 acres of the wheat crop from north of Loyal to north of Okarche. Some canola fields were also damaged. Some farmers lost their entire wheat crop. Widespread damage to homes and businesses also occurred, mainly in the form of damaged siding and roofs. Monetary damage estimates were not available. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | - | ,,,,,,,,Hail (0.88) |
| June 1995 | Hail | Loyal | - | Night time and early morning severe thunderstorms in western and central Oklahoma produced hail as large as quarters in Sayre in Beckham County. In Burns Flat in Washita County lightning struck and set fire to an old military barracks. The building was dilapidated and allowed to burn down. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Loyal | - | An isolated thunderstorm during the early morning hours on the 10th produced hail up to golf ball-size. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| February 1995 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Loyal | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Loyal | - | 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 Loyal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2217575 | 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 1095041. 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.





