Mayfield, Oklahoma
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Erick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73666. It stands on West Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mayfield quadrangle. It stands 2,005 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Mayfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Mayfield in 2005, burning about 4,000 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ERICK FIRE |
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 Mayfield: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayfield in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2007: 19 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Mayfield | 1 hurt, $1,020,000 | A tornado moved from 2 miles SSW to 0.5 miles SSE of Sweetwater causing major damage to portions of the Sweetwater school. A man received minor injuries when the trailer he was in rolled before coming to rest next to a fence. Several fence posts that had been cemented into the ground at the baseball field were uprooted and a forty foot by forty foot barn was destroyed. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayfield | $1,000 | A three-inch diameter tree limb was blown down. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayfield | $1,000 | A house located on the south side of Highway 152 had some roof damage. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayfield | $250 | Several four inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Mayfield | - | Hail was reported covering the ground. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| December 1993 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Mayfield | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Mayfield | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentiss | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sweetwater | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Erick | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| New Liberty | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hext | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Texola | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Sayre | 13.0 miles | 9 | |
| Delhi | 15.5 miles | 9 |
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 Mayfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16736108 | 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 1100612. 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.




