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.
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
- Hopkins Sandstone House and Farmsteadlisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Ripley quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Ripley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Ripley quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional 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/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | BEST BUY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ripley East | Copper | Occurrence | 1955 | |
| Ripley East Southeast | Copper | Occurrence | 1955 | |
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stewart Rock Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stewart Stone-Cushing | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ripley | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ripley | $200 | Trees were downed. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ripley | - | Unspecified damage reported as well as some trees down and power outage in Ripley. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ripley | - | Tree limbs of two to four inches downed on highway 108. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Ripley | - | Relayed via Twitter by KOCO news. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ripley | - | 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 2013 | Tornado (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 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Ripley | - | Tornado was reported by KWTV. No damage was reported. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Ripley | - | This brief tornado was seen by amateur radio spotters touching down in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Ripley | - | Thunderstorms in north-central Oklahoma during the late evening hours on the 9th produced hail up to half dollar size. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Ripley | - | Thunderstorms in north-central Oklahoma during the late evening hours on the 9th produced hail up to half dollar size. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Ripley | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Ripley | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Ripley | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Ripley | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Ripley | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Ripley | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Ripley | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Ripley | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Ripley | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Ripley | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Ripley | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Ripley | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Ripley | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehan | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Drakes Corner | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Amabel | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cottingham | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Ingalls | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Perkins | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cushing | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Gano | 8.0 miles | 11 |
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 Ripley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2920915 | 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 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.





