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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.

Ratliff City within Carter County

Population over time

2 figures

Ratliff 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.

YearPeople Change
2010120
202064-56 (-47%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

21 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3

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
27 July 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChickasaw AgencySANNER RANCH
26 July 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution3.5 acresChickasaw AgencyWILDPRATT
20 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use193 acresChickasaw AgencyDELTA ROAD
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined23,824 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryRATLIFF CITY/TATUMS
13 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresChickasaw AgencyGREEN PATCH FIRE
9 March 2008Arson/incendiarism3.1 acresChickasaw AgencyLAWN DRUNK
5 March 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresChickasaw AgencyPERKINS FARM
30 March 2010Naturalunder an acreChickasaw AgencyPENNINGTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

32 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2001Tornado (F1)Ratliff City$125,000This 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 2009LightningRatliff City$65,000A lightning bolt struck a house near Highway 76 in Pruitt City. The house was destroyed. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2025FloodRatliff City$25,000Roadway 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 1996Thunderstorm WindRatliff City$25,000no account filed
April 1996Tornado (F1)Ratliff City$5,000no account filed
April 2025HailRatliff City-Emergency management relayed multiple images. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2024HailRatliff City-Relayed by emergency management.
September 2018Flash FloodRatliff City-Road closure due to high water at Cargo road east of Ratliff city.
September 2018Flash FloodRatliff 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 2011Thunderstorm WindRatliff City-Occurred at the intersection of Highway 76 and Ranch Road.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindRatliff City-The wind gust was measured on Highway 76 near Ranch Road.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindRatliff 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 2021HailRatliff City-no account filed
May 2021HailRatliff City-no account filed
April 2020HailRatliff City-no account filed
June 2014HailRatliff City-no account filed
October 2014HailRatliff City-no account filed
May 2013HailRatliff City-no account filed
May 2013HailRatliff City-no account filed
May 2009HailRatliff City-no account filed
May 2006HailRatliff City-no account filed
June 2005HailRatliff City-no account filed
October 2002HailRatliff City-no account filed
June 1998HailRatliff City-no account filed
June 1997HailRatliff City-no account filed
June 1997HailRatliff City-no account filed
April 1996HailRatliff City-no account filed
April 1996HailRatliff City-no account filed
November 1996HailRatliff City-no account filed
July 1996HailRatliff City-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindRatliff City-no account filed
March 1993HailRatliff City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
Pruitt City2.0 miles14
Tatums3.4 miles16
Tussy4.4 miles12
Pike City (historical)5.6 miles14
Fox6.0 miles15
Pooleville6.2 miles16
Old Scott7.1 miles15
Alpers7.1 miles16

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 CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2621280The 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.