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Ripley, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cushing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74062. It stands on Stillwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ripley quadrangle. 346 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 846 feet above sea level.

Ripley within Payne County

On record in Ripley

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ripley in 2006, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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
Arson/incendiarism1

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
18 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPawnee AgencyBEST BUY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Payne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Ripley: 23 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Clay PitClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ripley EastCopperOccurrence1955
Ripley East SoutheastCopperOccurrence1955
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stewart Rock Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stewart Stone-CushingStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Payne County

Storms near this place

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ripley in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 15 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
September 1998Thunderstorm WindRipley$500no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindRipley$200Trees were downed.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindRipley-Unspecified damage reported as well as some trees down and power outage in Ripley.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRipley-Tree limbs of two to four inches downed on highway 108.
March 2015HailRipley-Relayed via Twitter by KOCO news.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindRipley-Sporadic structural damage occurred. Two homes sustained roof damage and a trampoline and playground equipment were completely destroyed. Several trees and large tree limbs were also downed.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Ripley-Tornado was reported by a storm chaser via Spotter Network and by broadcast media. A large revolving bowl wall cloud with debris was noted. No damage was reported.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Ripley-Tornado was reported by KWTV. No damage was reported.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Ripley-This brief tornado was seen by amateur radio spotters touching down in an open field. No damage was reported.
April 1994HailRipley-Thunderstorms in north-central Oklahoma during the late evening hours on the 9th produced hail up to half dollar size.
April 1994HailRipley-Thunderstorms in north-central Oklahoma during the late evening hours on the 9th produced hail up to half dollar size.
May 2021HailRipley-no account filed
May 2021HailRipley-no account filed
May 2015HailRipley-no account filed
April 2013HailRipley-no account filed
April 2008HailRipley-no account filed
April 2004HailRipley-no account filed
March 2003HailRipley-no account filed
May 2003HailRipley-no account filed
March 1999HailRipley-no account filed
September 1998HailRipley-no account filed
June 1995HailRipley-no account filed
May 1994Tornado (F0)Ripley-no account filed
October 1993HailRipley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Payne 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
Mehan2.7 miles11
Drakes Corner2.8 miles10
Amabel3.6 miles11
Cottingham4.6 miles10
Ingalls5.9 miles11
Perkins7.4 miles11
Cushing7.7 miles10
Gano8.0 miles11

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 RipleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2920915The 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 1097217. 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.

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.