Orion, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fairview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73838. The Survey maps it on the Orion quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Orion quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orion in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 6 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Hail | Orion | - | Several reports of tennis ball to tea cup size hail in this area between 5:30-5:40pm LST. |
| January 2020 | Hail | Orion | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Orion | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Orion | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Orion | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Orion | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bado | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Phroso | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Chester | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dane | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Springs | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cheyenne Valley | 12.3 miles | 9 | |
| Togo | 14.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bouse Junction | 15.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100706. 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.
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.



