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Omega, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kingfisher census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73764. The Survey maps it on the Omega quadrangle. It stands 1,198 feet above sea level.

Omega within Kingfisher County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Omega between 2017 and 2018, burning about 2,414 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
23 July 2017Natural1.6 acresAnadarko AgencyPOLE
17 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAnadarko AgencyLOCUST
3 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,412 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryLATIMAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kingfisher County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Omega: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kingfisher County

Storms near this place

25 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Omega in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 hail, 8 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 4 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 1999Tornado (F3)Omega4 hurt, $300,000Tornado E3. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindOmega$34,000no account filed
May 1999Tornado (F1)Omega$2,000Tornado E2 (Kingfisher County portion). The beginning time of this county segment was incorrectly listed in the original version of May Storm Data. The beginning time should be 1937 CST rather than 1936 CST. Please refer to the original version of May Storm Data for more information about this tornado.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindOmega$500Small tree limbs reported down. Also low water crossings flooded.
April 2025HailOmega-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2025HailOmega-The report was relayed through mPING.
September 2024Tornado (EF0)Omega-A storm chaser recorded a landspout in western Kingfisher County that developed below a Horizontal Convective Roll (HCR) approximately 2 miles south of Alpha OK. The time is estimated.
April 2024HailOmega-MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1540-1550 LST) to report time.
April 2024HailOmega-MPing report.
May 2024HailOmega-MPing report.
May 2023HailOmega-MPing report.
June 2019Tornado (EF0)Omega-A second simultaneous landspout tornado was observed to the east-southeast of Omega. No damage is known to have occurred and the location is estimated.
June 2019Tornado (EF0)Omega-A landspout tornado was observed to the east-southeast of Omega and west of Kingfisher. No known damage occurred and the tornado location is estimated.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindOmega-Blowing dust reduced visibility to 1/8 mile.
June 2013HailOmega-Quarter size hail fell for 10-15 minutes. A few golf ball size stones were mixed in for 1-2 minutes.
January 2013HailOmega-No damage was reported.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindOmega-No damage was reported.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Omega-Broadcast media and Spotter Network reports of brief tornado northeast of Omega. No damage was reported.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindOmega-Public estimated 50 to 60 mph wind gusts. No damage was reported.
August 2009Tornado (EF0)Omega-A landspout tornado was observed in southwestern Kingfisher County. This landspout persisted for approximately 12 minutes and moved very slowly.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Omega-Tornado H1. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports.
May 2016HailOmega-no account filed
July 2016HailOmega-no account filed
May 2012HailOmega-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindOmega-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kingfisher 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
Alpha5.2 miles9
Altona6.2 miles9
Loyal8.1 miles9
Oneida9.8 miles9
Parvin14.0 miles12
Kingfisher14.1 miles13
Dover17.0 miles12
Lacey18.0 miles12

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 OmegaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7089963The 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 1096269. 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.