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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.

Loyal within Kingfisher County

Population over time

3 figures

Loyal 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.

YearPeople Change
200081
201079-2 (-2%)
202071-8 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

1 since 2017

Regional 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
Natural1

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
23 July 2017Natural1.6 acresAnadarko AgencyPOLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kingfisher County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kingfisher County

Storms near this place

43 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Loyal1 hurtThe 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 2017Thunderstorm WindLoyal$10,000Large aluminum shed destroyed.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLoyal$10,000A 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 1998Thunderstorm WindLoyal$6,500no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLoyal$2,500no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLoyal$2,000One large tree and numerous two to three inch diameter were downed by the severe winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindLoyal$2,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindLoyal$10no account filed
May 2023HailLoyal-MPing report.
May 2023HailLoyal-MPing report.
May 2022Tornado (EF0)Loyal-A second tornado was observed west of Loyal. Again, this tornado affected farmland.
May 2022Tornado (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 2021Tornado (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 2017Thunderstorm WindLoyal-Six to eight inch tree branches were blown off.
May 2012HailLoyal-No damage was reported.
May 2010HailLoyal-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 1995Thunderstorm WindLoyal-,,,,,,,,Hail (0.88)
June 1995HailLoyal-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 1994HailLoyal-An isolated thunderstorm during the early morning hours on the 10th produced hail up to golf ball-size.
May 2023HailLoyal-no account filed
April 2013HailLoyal-no account filed
May 2012HailLoyal-no account filed
April 2010HailLoyal-no account filed
May 2010HailLoyal-no account filed
August 2009HailLoyal-no account filed
August 2009HailLoyal-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLoyal-no account filed
March 2005HailLoyal-no account filed
September 2005HailLoyal-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindLoyal-no account filed
June 2003HailLoyal-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindLoyal-no account filed
May 2003HailLoyal-no account filed
May 2002HailLoyal-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindLoyal-no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindLoyal-no account filed
June 1998HailLoyal-no account filed
June 1998HailLoyal-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindLoyal-no account filed
August 1996HailLoyal-no account filed
February 1995HailLoyal-no account filed
April 1994HailLoyal-no account filed
April 1994HailLoyal-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kingfisher 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
Oneida2.8 miles9
Alpha7.0 miles9
Parvin7.5 miles12
Omega8.1 miles9
Lacey10.2 miles12
Dover11.1 miles12
Jacks12.3 miles11
Kingfisher12.6 miles13

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 LoyalAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2217575The 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.