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Renfrow, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Medford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73759. The Survey maps it on the Renfrow quadrangle. 15 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,214 feet above sea level.

Renfrow within Grant County

Population over time

2 figures

Renfrow grew from 12 to 15 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
201012
202015+3 (+25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Renfrow: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 Caly PitsClayPast Producer
Unknown Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Clay PitsClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Renfrow in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 26 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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
August 2003Thunderstorm WindRenfrow$10,000A barn was destroyed.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindRenfrow$5,000no account filed
March 2017Thunderstorm WindRenfrow$1,000Power lines downed from severe thunderstorm winds.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindRenfrow$100Several two to three inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindRenfrow$10Limbs up to four inches in diameter were blown down.
March 2026Tornado (EF0)Renfrow-A tornado developed west of Renfrow and moved north-northwest. Tree damage was reported in the area, although the specific tornado path is estimated.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindRenfrow-A storm chaser observed what appeared to be a well-developed gustnado cross U.S. Highway 81 just a couple of miles south of the Kansas state line. No damage was reported.
April 2026HailRenfrow-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2026HailRenfrow-Reported by a broadcast media storm chaser. The location is approximate.
June 2025Tornado (EF0)Renfrow-Emergency management spotters reported a brief tornado that produced tree damage along US-81 between Renfrow and Medford.
October 2016Flash FloodRenfrow-High water was reported flowing over highway 81. Time estimated.
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Renfrow-This is the Grant County portion of tornado #A4. A tornado developed and moved east-northeast a few minutes behind Tornado #A2 along a nearly parallel path to the south. This tornado produced significant tree damage and snapped power poles in Grant County before moving into Kay County.
March 2009HailRenfrow-The hail covered the ground.
April 2004Flash FloodRenfrow-Heavy rains of 2 to 3+ inches fell in a band that stretched from near Helena, OK in southeastern Alfalfa County to near Medford, OK in Grant County and near Braman, OK in Kay County. Similar amounts also fell over south central Kansas. The heavy rains and subsequent runoff produced flash flooding in Grant County, as the Grant County Sheriffs Department reported two feet of water over U.S. Highway 81 between Renfrow, OK and the Kansas state line at about 10:30 pm CDT on April 23. Two vehicles became stranded in the waters just south of the state line.
June 2004HailRenfrow-Hail was reported covering the ground.
June 1997Flash FloodRenfrow-Wakita Road was impassable due to high water.
April 1995HailRenfrow-Severe thunderstorms in northern Oklahoma dropped hail as large as quarters in Grant County three miles east of Renfrow and in Kay County four miles east of Newkirk and in Blackwell. Flash flooding was also reported three miles south of Ponca City, where Highway 77 was flooded and closed for a short time.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRenfrow-no account filed
June 2016HailRenfrow-no account filed
May 2016HailRenfrow-no account filed
May 2011HailRenfrow-no account filed
May 2010HailRenfrow-no account filed
April 2009HailRenfrow-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindRenfrow-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindRenfrow-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRenfrow-no account filed
April 2004HailRenfrow-no account filed
April 2004HailRenfrow-no account filed
April 2003HailRenfrow-no account filed
April 2003HailRenfrow-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindRenfrow-no account filed
February 2000HailRenfrow-no account filed
May 1999Flash FloodRenfrow-no account filed
June 1998HailRenfrow-no account filed
June 1998HailRenfrow-no account filed
June 1998HailRenfrow-no account filed
July 1997HailRenfrow-no account filed
June 1997HailRenfrow-no account filed
May 1997HailRenfrow-no account filed
May 1997HailRenfrow-no account filed
March 1997HailRenfrow-no account filed
June 1996HailRenfrow-no account filed
November 1996Flash FloodRenfrow-no account filed
April 1994HailRenfrow-no account filed
April 1994HailRenfrow-no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindRenfrow-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Numa8.8 miles11
Medford9.2 miles11
Clyde10.3 miles10
Deer Creek11.0 miles11
Wakita14.4 miles10
Jefferson15.8 miles10
Lamont17.0 miles10
Gibbon17.3 miles10

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 RenfrowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2515044The 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 1097162. 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.

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.