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Mangum, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mangum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73554. The Survey maps it on the Mangum South quadrangle. 2,762 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,598 feet above sea level.

Mangum within Greer County

On record in Mangum

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Mangum fell from 3,010 to 2,762 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
20103,010
20202,762-248 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 8 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mangum: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Mangum Mine and Mill (unverified)ClayProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greer County

Storms near this place

60 of 168 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mangum in 168 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 108 hail, 46 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 tornado. 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
August 1994Thunderstorm WindMangum$500,000no account filed
April 2025HailMangum$150,000Numerous social media and broadcast media images of at least 3-inch diameter hail in Mangum. Widespread damage to buildings and cars was reported. Event time is estimated from radar observations and nearby reports.
August 1997LightningMangum$100,000Lightning struck and set fire to a house, destroying the home and its contents.
October 2018Flash FloodMangum$75,000Flood waters have resulted in closure of several streets and flooding into homes.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMangum$50,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindMangum$50,000no account filed
September 2002Thunderstorm WindMangum$30,000A roof of a restaurant was damaged. Trees were downed. Windows were broken, and carports were blown off of two homes.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindMangum$25,000Winds destroyed a trailer on the southwest side of town.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindMangum$25,000Four barns and a trailer were blown over.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindMangum$12,000Large tree limbs were downed. Large portions of two fences were also downed. One home received extensive shingle damage to its roof. A steel flag pole was also snapped. The wind damage began in northern parts of town and continued south.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMangum$10,000Several tree limbs and power poles were downed across the town. Sheet metal was also peeled from several carports.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMangum$7,500A patio cover was blown apart. Several small trees were also downed.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMangum$5,000A large metal barn was destroyed.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMangum$5,000no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindMangum$3,000no account filed
July 2003HailMangum$2,500Hail damaged a screen door and broke windows in a few businesses.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMangum$2,000Power lines were downed.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMangum$500Some tree limbs were downed.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMangum$500Highway signs were blown down.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindMangum$100no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindMangum$10Large tree limbs were downed on the southeast side of Mangum.
April 2026HailMangum-The report was relayed through mPING.
March 2025HailMangum-MPing report.
April 2025HailMangum-The report was relayed through mPING.
June 2025HailMangum-The report was relayed through mPING.
March 2024HailMangum-MPing report.
June 2023HailMangum-MPing report.
June 2021FloodMangum-Creek overflowing.
June 2021Flash FloodMangum-Highway 9 just west of Mangum completely flooded.
June 2021Flash FloodMangum-Flooded streets and neighborhoods seen on Twitter video.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMangum-Large trees downed.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindMangum-Also pea sized hail reported.
May 2012HailMangum-Numerous hailstones covered the ground.
June 2011HailMangum-A wind gust of 60 mph was also estimated at this location.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMangum-Quarter-size hail also fell at this location.
June 2011HailMangum-Up to quarter-size hail lasted about 12 minutes.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMangum-Damage was reported at the softball field, including a fence blown down, the dugout shelter flipped over, and power poles damaged. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
April 2007HailMangum-Hail covered the ground.
April 2006Tornado (F0)Mangum-A brief tornado was seen by several storm chasers and a television crew. This tornado touched down north of Mangum, near Highway 283. No damage was reported.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMangum-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2005HailMangum-Hail was observed on Highway 34 on the south side of town.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindMangum-The wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMangum-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
September 2005HailMangum-Hail was observed on Highway 34.
September 2005HailMangum-Hail was reported on the south side of town.
September 2005HailMangum-Hail was reported on the east side of town.
May 2004HailMangum-Hail was reported on the west side of town.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMangum-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMangum-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMangum-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMangum-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001HailMangum-Hail was reported on the north side of Mangum.
May 2000HailMangum-Hail was reported at the intersection of Highway 9 and Highway 283.
May 2000Funnel CloudMangum-A funnel cloud extending about 1/4 of the way to the ground dissipated in 1 minute.
June 1998HailMangum-Golfball sized hail was reported by spotter on the Greer and Jackson County line.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMangum-measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site
August 1997Flash FloodMangum-The intersection of US Hwy 283 and State Hwy 9 was flooded and closed.
May 2025HailMangum-no account filed
February 2023HailMangum-no account filed
March 2021HailMangum-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greer 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
Hester6.2 miles8
City View8.3 miles9
Granite9.0 miles8
Brinkman9.5 miles9
Reed10.3 miles8
Bloomington11.2 miles9
Russell11.2 miles8
Lake Creek11.9 miles9

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 MangumAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2040743The 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 1095109. 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.