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.
Population over time
2 figuresOakwood 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 65 | |
| 2020 | 74 | +9 (+14%) |
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
- 1964 USGS Oakwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Oakwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Watonga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2001Regional 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 burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 256 acres | Concho Field Office | GEARY |
| 22 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,600 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | OAKWOOD |
| 19 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Concho Field Office | FLETCHER |
| 30 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Concho Field Office | HAY BALE |
| 29 February 2008 | Smoking | 100 acres | Concho Field Office | CORNELL |
| 12 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Concho Field Office | YELLOWBULL |
| 31 January 2009 | Debris and open burning | 140 acres | Concho Field Office | FAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Dolomite Pit | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $10,000 | Several power poles were blown down. The power was off around town. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $8,000 | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Lightning | Oakwood | $2,000 | Lightning struck an oil tank battery igniting a fire. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Oakwood | - | MPing report. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Oakwood | - | MPing report. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Oakwood | - | No damage reports. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Oakwood | - | The Oakwood Fire Dept. reported quarter to half dollar size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Oakwood | - | 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.
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 Oakwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2379433 | 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 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.




