Moorewood, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Butler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73654. The Survey maps it on the McClure quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Hammon quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Mc Clure quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Moorewood between 2005 and 2018, burning about 406 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Concho Field Office | QUICKIE |
| 9 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Concho Field Office | WELDER |
| 10 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Concho Field Office | ROBBINS |
| 6 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 344 acres | Concho Field Office | RED MOON |
| 12 December 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Concho Field Office | WRECK |
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 Moorewood: 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 Siltstone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moorewood in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 19 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorewood | $1,000 | Three inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorewood | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Moorewood | - | The location is approximate. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Moorewood | - | MPing report. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Moorewood | - | A storm chaser observed this partially rain-wrapped tornado about 4 miles northeast of Hammon. No damage was reported and the tornado path was estimated. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Moorewood | - | MPing report. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Moorewood | - | Spotters reported a brief tornado touchdown about 4 miles northeast of Hammon. No damage is known to have occurred with this tornado. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Moorewood | - | No damage reports. |
| March 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Moorewood | - | After exiting Hammon and moving out of Roger Mills County, the tornado dissipated 3 miles northeast of Hammon in Custer County. No significant damage occurred in Custer County. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Moorewood | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moorewood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McClure | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Osceola (historical) | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Butler | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Anthon | 17.8 miles | 10 | |
| Stafford | 18.5 miles | 10 | |
| Sunset | 20.2 miles | 9 | |
| Independence | 22.0 miles | 10 | |
| Arapaho | 23.3 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122551511 | 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 1100643. 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.





