Raiford, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Hanna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74432. It stands on Wallace Creek. The Survey maps it on the Raiford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1900 USGS Canadian quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Raiford quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Eufaula quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
117 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Raiford between 2002 and 2020, burning about 14,894 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 55 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #19 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA # 20 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #18 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #17 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #16 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #13 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #6 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #9 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raiford in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Hail | Raiford | $30,000 | A spotter measured hail to 3.85 inches wide. The very large hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raiford | $2,000 | Numerous trees were blown down across the county road between Lenna and Raiford. Numerous trees were blown down in other places countywide. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Raiford | - | Portions of several roads were flooded in and around Raiford. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raiford | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raiford | - | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Raiford | - | Portions of Highway 9 were flooded between Raiford and Dustin. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Raiford | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Raiford | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Raiford | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Raiford | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Raiford | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raiford | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Raiford | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100772. 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.
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.






