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Reydon, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cheyenne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73660. The Survey maps it on the Reydon quadrangle. 137 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,283 feet above sea level.

Reydon within Roger Mills County

Population over time

2 figures

Reydon fell from 210 to 137 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
2010210
2020137-73 (-35%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Reydon between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,097 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 was 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
Equipment and vehicle use14
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
3 September 2011Natural2.6 acresCibola National ForestCURVE
8 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresCibola National ForestGOOT
8 August 2005Natural2.0 acresCibola National ForestDRY TANK
6 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCibola National Forestnot named
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCibola National ForestSNAIL
29 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCibola National ForestHILLTOP
27 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresCibola National ForestMERIDIAN
2 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution692 acresCibola National ForestJUNCTION OK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roger Mills County

Storms near this place

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reydon in 72 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 48 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
June 1995Tornado (F2)Reydon$500,000no account filed
April 2003Tornado (F1)Reydon$50,000A tornado was first reported by the Reydon Emergency Manager and viewed by several storm chasers. Shortly after forming, the tornado caused damage to several houses and downed power lines six to seven miles south-southeast of Reydon. The tornado moved to the northeast ten miles destroying four barns and a well house before dissipating.
May 2017Tornado (EF2)Reydon$40,000Firefighters observed a tornado develop about 6 miles south of Reydon at 6:18 pm CDT. Power poles were snapped along SH-30. The roof of a barn was removed and additional power poles were snapped as the tornado moved northeast between SH-30 and SH-47. Numerous power poles were snapped near SH-47. The tornado moved northeast, then east-northeast snapping additional power poles, uprooting trees, took the roof off a ranch hotel, and turned over a 16-foot grain feeder that was full of grain. Damage costs are a rough estimate.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindReydon$15,000A steel framed barn of 18 by 16 feet was blown apart with debris scattered up to 400 feet. This wind gust was generated in a heat burst outside of the parent thunderstorm. Monetary damages estimated.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindReydon$10,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindReydon$7,500The roof was blown off a picnic pavilion at Skipout Lake.
September 2008HailReydon$5,000The hail broke a couple of windows at a residence. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindReydon$5,000Four to five inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindReydon$5,000The wind blew a barn door off.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindReydon$2,000Power poles downed by winds.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindReydon$500A barn was destroyed.
June 2023HailReydon-Time is radar estimated.
June 2023HailReydon-Social media image. Time is radar estimated.
June 2022Flash FloodReydon-Street flooding reported.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindReydon-Winds estimated based on observations.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindReydon-No damage reported.
April 2015HailReydon-No known damage.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindReydon-No damage reported.
April 2015HailReydon-No known damage.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindReydon-Trees snapped and uprooted. No known damage.
August 2013HailReydon-No damage reported.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindReydon-A few larger trees down.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Reydon-A storm chaser reported a tornado with the northern tornadic supercell to the southwest of Roll and east-northeast of Reydon. No damage was reported from this tornado.
May 2001Funnel CloudReydon-The funnel cloud was described as rope-like and extended three-quarters of the way to the ground as it traveled a distance of 3 miles.
May 2022HailReydon-no account filed
June 2022HailReydon-no account filed
May 2020HailReydon-no account filed
April 2020HailReydon-no account filed
April 2020HailReydon-no account filed
May 2019HailReydon-no account filed
May 2019HailReydon-no account filed
August 2016HailReydon-no account filed
August 2016HailReydon-no account filed
April 2012HailReydon-no account filed
September 2010HailReydon-no account filed
April 2009HailReydon-no account filed
April 2009HailReydon-no account filed
June 2008HailReydon-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindReydon-no account filed
September 2008HailReydon-no account filed
May 2007HailReydon-no account filed
September 2007HailReydon-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindReydon-no account filed
May 2006HailReydon-no account filed
May 2006HailReydon-no account filed
May 2005HailReydon-no account filed
June 2004HailReydon-no account filed
April 2003HailReydon-no account filed
April 2003HailReydon-no account filed
April 2003HailReydon-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindReydon-no account filed
June 2003HailReydon-no account filed
July 2003HailReydon-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindReydon-no account filed
May 2002HailReydon-no account filed
May 2001HailReydon-no account filed
June 2001HailReydon-no account filed
June 2001HailReydon-no account filed
June 2001HailReydon-no account filed
April 2000HailReydon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roger Mills 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
Rankin2.0 miles11
Mackie7.0 miles11
Dempsey10.7 miles11
Durham13.0 miles8
Meridian13.2 miles9
Cheyenne13.4 miles11
Crawford13.5 miles9
Roll14.0 miles8

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 ReydonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2232975The 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 1101623. 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.