Ratliff City, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Healdton North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73481. The Survey maps it on the Ratliff City quadrangle. 64 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,043 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRatliff City fell from 120 to 64 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 | 120 | |
| 2020 | 64 | -56 (-47%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1901 USGS Addington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Ratliff City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Ratliff City between 2005 and 2020, burning about 47,808 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | SANNER RANCH |
| 26 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.5 acres | Chickasaw Agency | WILDPRATT |
| 20 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 193 acres | Chickasaw Agency | DELTA ROAD |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,824 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | RATLIFF CITY/TATUMS |
| 13 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Chickasaw Agency | GREEN PATCH FIRE |
| 9 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Chickasaw Agency | LAWN DRUNK |
| 5 March 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Chickasaw Agency | PERKINS FARM |
| 30 March 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | PENNINGTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ratliff City in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 21 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Ratliff City | $125,000 | This tornado was reported by the Ratliff City Fire Department across extreme northwest Carter County. Shortly after forming, the tornado destroyed one barn and blew off the roof of another, then produced intermittent damage while moving toward Ratliff City. A shed was picked up and blown about 1/4 block on the north side of Ratliff City, while in Ratliff City, a roof was blown off a cinder block feed store; the front-facing wall and windows were blown out of a store; a haybarn was destroyed, and power poles and trees were downed. The damage path then turned more easterly with numerous large oak trees, approximately 12-14 inches in diameter, ripped out of the ground immediately east of town. In addition, a well-secured playground set made of wood was blown northeastward through a chain-linked fence. Scattered power pole and tree damage then continued to 4 1/2 miles east of Ratliff City. |
| May 2009 | Lightning | Ratliff City | $65,000 | A lightning bolt struck a house near Highway 76 in Pruitt City. The house was destroyed. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2025 | Flood | Ratliff City | $25,000 | Roadway flooding occurred near the intersection of Oklahoma Highway 7 and Pelton Road. At least one water rescue from a vehicle occurred at this location. The event time is approximate. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ratliff City | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Ratliff City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | Emergency management relayed multiple images. Event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | Relayed by emergency management. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Ratliff City | - | Road closure due to high water at Cargo road east of Ratliff city. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Ratliff City | - | Wingate road, Delta road, Inwood road, Samedan road, Longview road, Cargo road, and |Mobil roads in or near Ratliff city were closed due to flash flooding. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ratliff City | - | Occurred at the intersection of Highway 76 and Ranch Road. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ratliff City | - | The wind gust was measured on Highway 76 near Ranch Road. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ratliff City | - | Several telephone poles and power lines were blown down between Ratliff City and Fox. An anchored down oil pulling unit was blown onto Ranch Road. Monetary damages were not available. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ratliff City | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Ratliff City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pruitt City | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Tatums | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Tussy | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pike City (historical) | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Fox | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Pooleville | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Old Scott | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Alpers | 7.1 miles | 16 |
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 Ratliff City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2621280 | 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 1097051. 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.




