Rocky, Oklahoma
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southwest Washita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73661. The Survey maps it on the Rocky quadrangle. 128 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,650 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRocky fell from 162 to 128 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 | 162 | |
| 2020 | 128 | -34 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hobart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Rocky quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rocky: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rocky in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 15 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF2) | Rocky | $120,000 | This tornado developed as another tornado just a mile to the southeast was dissipating in northern Kiowa County. This second tornado moved north-northeast directly into the town of Rocky. Fortunately the tornado was relatively weak in Rocky and the damage in town was generally EF0 tree damage. The tornado turned more northeast after moving through Rocky and intensified to EF2 intensity. Northeast of town, a transmitter shelter building was damaged, a few mobile homes were significantly damaged, outbuildings damaged or destroyed, and a number of trees and power poles were damaged. Some debris from mobile homes and/or outbuildings were blown about 3/4 of a mile to the northeast. For the last two miles of the path, the tornado turned north and dissipated south of US-183 to the south-southwest of Cordell. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Rocky | $5,000 | A barn was destroyed, and numerous trees and power lines were downed as this tornado moved east-northeast from about 6 miles east-northeast of Rocky to 2.5 miles southwest of Cloud Chief. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Rocky | - | Time is estimated based on radar. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Rocky | - | Farmland was flooded. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Rocky | - | No damage reported. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rocky | - | Severe wind gusts downed several power poles. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rocky | - | Storm spotter estimated 80 mph wind gusts. Some minor tree damage was reported. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rocky | - | No damage was reported with the wind gust. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Rocky | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Rocky | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Rocky | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Rocky | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Rocky | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Rocky | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Rocky | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rocky | - | no account filed |
| December 2006 | Hail | Rocky | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Rocky | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Rocky | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Rocky | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Rocky | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Rocky | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainy (historical) | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sentinel | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Dill City | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cordell | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Valley | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Cloud Chief | 13.3 miles | 9 | |
| Indian Village (historical) | 13.5 miles | 9 | |
| Port | 13.5 miles | 9 |
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 Rocky | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2676347 | 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 1097367. 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.




