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.
Population over time
2 figuresRenfrow 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 15 | +3 (+25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Renfrow quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ponca City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Caly Pits | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay Pits | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
46 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrow | $10,000 | A barn was destroyed. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrow | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrow | $1,000 | Power lines downed from severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrow | $100 | Several two to three inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrow | $10 | Limbs up to four inches in diameter were blown down. |
| March 2026 | Tornado (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 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrow | - | 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 2026 | Hail | Renfrow | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Renfrow | - | Reported by a broadcast media storm chaser. The location is approximate. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Renfrow | - | Emergency management spotters reported a brief tornado that produced tree damage along US-81 between Renfrow and Medford. |
| October 2016 | Flash Flood | Renfrow | - | High water was reported flowing over highway 81. Time estimated. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (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 2009 | Hail | Renfrow | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| April 2004 | Flash Flood | Renfrow | - | 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 2004 | Hail | Renfrow | - | Hail was reported covering the ground. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Renfrow | - | Wakita Road was impassable due to high water. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Renfrow | - | 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Flash Flood | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Renfrow | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Renfrow | - | 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.
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 Renfrow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2515044 | 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 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.



