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Oakwood, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Seiling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73658. The Survey maps it on the Oakwood quadrangle. 74 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,834 feet above sea level.

Oakwood within Dewey County

Population over time

2 figures

Oakwood grew from 65 to 74 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
201065
202074+9 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Oakwood between 2001 and 2012, burning about 2,301 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
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
9 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined256 acresConcho Field OfficeGEARY
22 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,600 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryOAKWOOD
19 July 2006Debris and open burning85 acresConcho Field OfficeFLETCHER
30 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use35 acresConcho Field OfficeHAY BALE
29 February 2008Smoking100 acresConcho Field OfficeCORNELL
12 February 2002Debris and open burning85 acresConcho Field OfficeYELLOWBULL
31 January 2009Debris and open burning140 acresConcho Field OfficeFAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dewey County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oakwood: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Dolomite. 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 Dolomite PitDolomitePast 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dewey County

Storms near this place

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakwood in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 20 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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
June 2007Thunderstorm WindOakwood$10,000Several power poles were blown down. The power was off around town. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindOakwood$8,000no account filed
February 2000LightningOakwood$2,000Lightning struck an oil tank battery igniting a fire.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindOakwood$500no account filed
May 2024HailOakwood-MPing report.
May 2024HailOakwood-MPing report.
April 2015HailOakwood-No damage reports.
May 2013HailOakwood-The Oakwood Fire Dept. reported quarter to half dollar size hail.
May 2024HailOakwood-no account filed
September 2021HailOakwood-no account filed
June 2019HailOakwood-no account filed
April 2013HailOakwood-no account filed
May 2011HailOakwood-no account filed
May 2008HailOakwood-no account filed
June 2004HailOakwood-no account filed
May 2003HailOakwood-no account filed
May 2003HailOakwood-no account filed
May 2003HailOakwood-no account filed
June 2002HailOakwood-no account filed
May 2001HailOakwood-no account filed
April 1999HailOakwood-no account filed
August 1997HailOakwood-no account filed
June 1996HailOakwood-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindOakwood-no account filed
July 1995HailOakwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dewey 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
Leonel4.9 miles9
Nobscot6.0 miles9
Parallel7.1 miles9
Fay8.5 miles9
Hucmac9.9 miles9
Putnam14.9 miles9
Fonda15.2 miles8
Taloga15.6 miles8

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 OakwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2379433The 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 1096164. 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.