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Okarche, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It lies in ZIP code area 73762. The Survey maps it on the Okarche quadrangle. 1,141 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,243 feet above sea level.

Okarche within Canadian County

On record in Okarche

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Okarche fell from 1,215 to 1,141 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
20101,215
20201,141-74 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

1 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Okarche in 1996, burning about 5 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 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
29 February 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresConcho Field OfficeTIGER

Every fire recorded in Canadian County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Okarche: 4 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Canadian County

Storms near this place

54 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Okarche in 54 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 37 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
May 2004HailOkarche$500,000Hail broke the windshields of the Okarche Police Department cruisers. The large hail also heavily damaged school buildings breaking 61 windows and 26 skylights. The school roof and 4 vehicles were determined to be totaled. Several other homes and vehicles were also damaged.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindOkarche$130,000no account filed
August 2007Flash FloodOkarche$100,000Numerous county roads and bridges were closed county wide as torrential rain and sustained severe winds battered the county. In Calumet, portions of the town's water lines were washed out. In Mustang, HWY 152 was closed west of town. Numerous persons had to be rescued from their vehicles, but no injuries were reported. HWY 4 was closed in Mustang due to the high water. The wastewater treatment plant received some minor damage. In Okarche, the Prong bridge east of town was closed due to water running over top of it. The roadway was also closed near the Meyer Dairy Farm. In Piedmont, a car was washed off of Banner Road. The driver had to be rescued but was unharmed. The car was a total loss. The intersection of Apache and 206th street between Piedmont and Cemetery road was closed due to high water. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 1994HailOkarche$50,000no account filed
August 1994HailOkarche$50,000no account filed
May 1999Tornado (F0)Okarche$5,000Tornado C1 (Canadain County portion). See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindOkarche$10Large tree limbs were downed.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindOkarche$10Large tree limbs were downed.
May 2023HailOkarche-MPing report.
May 2023HailOkarche-MPing report.
April 2023HailOkarche-MPing report.
April 2017Flash FloodOkarche-At least one city street was closed due to flash flooding between 9 and 930 am.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindOkarche-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
April 2009HailOkarche-The report was relayed by Fox 25 television. The Kingfisher county emergency manager also reported the hail.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOkarche-Sustained winds were estimated near 60 mph for three to four minutes, with gusts of 70 to 80 mph.
March 2004Tornado (F0)Okarche-Two funnel clouds developed south of Okarche with several chasers seeing one tornado touch down briefly. No known damage.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Okarche-Tornado C2 (Canadian County portion). See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports.
April 2017HailOkarche-no account filed
May 2013HailOkarche-no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindOkarche-no account filed
May 2012HailOkarche-no account filed
May 2012HailOkarche-no account filed
May 2012HailOkarche-no account filed
May 2012HailOkarche-no account filed
May 2011HailOkarche-no account filed
May 2011HailOkarche-no account filed
May 2011HailOkarche-no account filed
May 2011HailOkarche-no account filed
May 2011HailOkarche-no account filed
May 2011HailOkarche-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindOkarche-no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindOkarche-no account filed
April 2009HailOkarche-no account filed
March 2006HailOkarche-no account filed
March 2004HailOkarche-no account filed
May 2004HailOkarche-no account filed
May 2002HailOkarche-no account filed
July 2002HailOkarche-no account filed
September 2002HailOkarche-no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindOkarche-no account filed
June 2000HailOkarche-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindOkarche-no account filed
May 1999HailOkarche-no account filed
May 1998HailOkarche-no account filed
October 1998HailOkarche-no account filed
June 1998HailOkarche-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindOkarche-no account filed
June 1996HailOkarche-no account filed
June 1996HailOkarche-no account filed
June 1995HailOkarche-no account filed
April 1994HailOkarche-no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindOkarche-no account filed
August 1994HailOkarche-no account filed
August 1994HailOkarche-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Canadian 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
Concho7.7 miles13
Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency (historical)10.8 miles15
Calumet11.4 miles15
El Reno13.4 miles13
Piedmont13.5 miles14
Richland13.6 miles13
Karns14.9 miles14
Banner16.2 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 OkarcheAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1987297The 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 1096193. 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.