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Norge, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chickasha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73018. The Survey maps it on the Ninnekah quadrangle. 129 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.

Norge within Grady County

Population over time

3 figures

Norge grew from 82 to 129 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
200082
2010145+63 (+77%)
2020129-16 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Norge between 2001 and 2017, burning about 242 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresAnadarko AgencyBIDDEL
12 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresChickasaw AgencyMOCKINGBIRD
19 January 2008Equipment and vehicle use12 acresChickasaw AgencyLUCKY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grady County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Norge: 7 past producers. None of them 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
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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 Grady County

Storms near this place

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norge in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 48 injuries. 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 2011Tornado (EF4)Norge1 killed, 48 hurtThis tornado is labeled C1 (Segment #1 of the Chickasha-Blanchard-Newcastle tornado). The tornado formed on the south side of Chickasha, quickly doing EF-2 damage. Mobile homes were damaged and destroyed, trees were uprooted/destroyed, outbuildings were destroyed, and many buildings lost significant portions of their roofs. One fatality occurred as a mobile home was destroyed in the south portion of Chickasha. As the tornado moved northeast of Chickasha, it gained significant strength, with several areas receiving EF-4 damage. Well-built homes were destroyed. Trees were debarked with only stumps remaining. Cars were thrown hundreds of feet. Almost continuous EF-3/occasional EF-4 damage occurred northeast until it crossed into McClain county 1.5 miles south of Highway 9. The tornado was probably at its strongest as it neared/crossed the McClain county line. Wind speeds there were estimated near 200 mph. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
August 2007Tornado (EF1)Norge$15,000A tornado damaged a mobile home and several trees were snapped southwest of Norge. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindNorge$10,000Roof partially torn off of house.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNorge$2,000Power pole blown down on 16th street.
May 2023Tornado (EF0)Norge-A storm chaser south of Chickasha observed a small tornado north of Norge. No damage was observed or reported, and the tornado path is estimated. The tornado may not have been continuous along this path.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindNorge-No damage was reported.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindNorge-No damage reported.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindNorge-No damage was reported.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindNorge-The gust occurred at the Chickasha mesonet site.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindNorge-no account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindNorge-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNorge-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNorge-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindNorge-no account filed
October 2021Thunderstorm WindNorge-no account filed
April 2020HailNorge-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNorge-no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNorge-no account filed
April 2017HailNorge-no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindNorge-no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindNorge-no account filed
March 2009Thunderstorm WindNorge-no account filed
June 2006HailNorge-no account filed
June 2006HailNorge-no account filed
April 1999HailNorge-no account filed
April 1998HailNorge-no account filed
October 1998HailNorge-no account filed
July 1994HailNorge-no account filed
July 1994HailNorge-no account filed
August 1994HailNorge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grady 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
Laverty4.2 miles13
Ninnekah4.8 miles17
Chickasha5.5 miles13
Farwell7.1 miles13
Verden8.1 miles9
Agawam8.4 miles17
Tabler10.2 miles13
Rocky Ford10.6 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 NorgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2274865The 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 1095902. 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.