Roosevelt, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roosevelt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73564. The Survey maps it on the Roosevelt quadrangle. 254 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,463 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRoosevelt grew from 248 to 254 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 | 248 | |
| 2020 | 254 | +6 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 8 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 Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Altus quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Roosevelt in 2000, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Anadarko Agency | POWERS |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Roosevelt: 14 past producers, 6 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Granite, Palladium, Platinum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Mountains Layered Complex | Palladium, Platinum, Nickel, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver | |
| Raggedy Mtn Gabbroic Anorthosite | Aluminum, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Sodium, Calcium | Occurrence | 1904 | |
| Unknown Granite Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Granite Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Baby Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | 1905 | |
| Iron Mountain South | Copper | Occurrence | 1909 | |
| Parsons-1 | Copper | Past Producer | 1902 | |
| Parsons-2 | Copper | Occurrence | 1936 | |
| Parsons-3 | Copper | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Parsons-4 | Copper | Past Producer | 1903 |
Storms near this place
60 of 75 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roosevelt in 75 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 58 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Hail | Roosevelt | $50,000 | Significant damage reported to cars and windows of buildings due to wind-driven hail. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roosevelt | $5,000 | Thirty-five year old trees downed. Swing set tossed against house. From a twitter report. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roosevelt | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roosevelt | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roosevelt | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | MPing report. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Roosevelt | - | A media storm chaser observed a tornado estimated to be about 4 miles north-northeast of Roosevelt. No damage was reported. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Roosevelt | - | Flooding 1 to 2 feet deep was reported. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roosevelt | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roosevelt | - | Large tree blown down. Also railroad crossing guard down. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | Pea to golfball size hail fell from 1500-1530 CST. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | At the intersection of Highways 19 and 183. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | Reported via nssl Shave Project. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roosevelt | - | Estimated by amateur radio operator. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | Dime to half dollar size hail was reported covering the road. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | Hail was observed at the intersection of Highway 19 and Highway 183. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | Hail was reported on the north side of town near the intersection of Highway 19 and Highway 183. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | Hail was observed on Highway 19. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | Hail was observed one mile west of Highway 54. |
| October 2004 | Flash Flood | Roosevelt | - | Flash flooding was observed by the Kiowa County sheriff's department over a county road 4 miles north of Roosevelt, OK at 9:00 am CST. |
| April 2000 | Flash Flood | Roosevelt | - | Several roads were closed due to high water. A cooperative observer near this location measured 5.8 inches of rain in just a few hours. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Roosevelt | - | Tornado B1. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports. |
| November 1994 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | Severe thunderstorms in southwestern Oklahoma produced up to quarter-sized hail and wind speeds up to 60 mph. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roosevelt | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Roosevelt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Springs | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Babbs | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cooperton | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Centerville | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Svoboda | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Mountain Park | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hobart | 13.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lige | 13.1 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 Roosevelt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2607240 | 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 1097408. 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.


