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Ryan, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the South Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73565. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ryan quadrangle. 667 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 902 feet above sea level.

Ryan within Jefferson County

On record in Ryan

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

Population over time

2 figures

Ryan fell from 816 to 667 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
2010816
2020667-149 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

7 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Ryan between 2005 and 2016, burning about 3,150 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
12 August 2011Natural60 acresTexas A & M Forest Service98TH MERIDIAN & 2332
22 June 2012Arson/incendiarism13 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENNRY FIRE/ 98TH MERIDIAN
7 April 2016Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4/1/2016
7 March 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service98 MERIDIAN FIRE M/A BYERS
14 March 2005Debris and open burning25 acresChickasaw AgencySOUTHWARD
14 March 2005Natural250 acresChickasaw AgencyBARRETT RD
18 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,800 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryRYAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ryan: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ryan in 39 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 22 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1995Thunderstorm WindRyan$50,000Severe thunderstorm winds in Ryan in Jefferson County uprooted a two-foot tree, caused the roof of an old store to collapse, and felled a large tree onto a travel trailer.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRyan$40,000A 24-28 inch diameter tree was blown over along with several power poles blown down. A store awning was torn from the building. A green house was damaged at the Ryan school. A travel trailer was tossed 50 yards and destroyed. Several portable car ports were also destroyed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRyan$10,000Severe thunderstorm winds tore awnings from businesses and destroyed signs. Trees were downed and roofs were damaged throughout town. Four 40-foot utility poles were also blown down by the severe winds.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRyan$5,000The roof of a barn and house were blown off.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindRyan$5,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindRyan$2,400A few branches that were several inches in diameter were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRyan$500Some tree damage was reported.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRyan-Six inch diameter tree branches down. Radar estimated time.
March 2016HailRyan-No damage was reported.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Ryan-Spotters and chasers reported a tornado east of US-81 approximately 4 miles south-southeast of Ryan. No damage was reported.
May 2015Flash FloodRyan-Up to two feet of water over Highway 81 near Ryan.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Ryan-Storm spotters and chasers reported a tornado estimated to have moved from about 4 miles west of Oscar to 2 miles west-northwest of Oscar. No damage was reported.
March 2007Flash FloodRyan-Rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches fell over south central Oklahoma during the morning and afternoon of March 30 and generated flash flooding across the region. At 1350 CST, the Jefferson County sheriff reported that flash flooding had closed U.S. Highway 81 two miles north of the town of Ryan.
April 2021HailRyan-no account filed
June 2020HailRyan-no account filed
February 2018HailRyan-no account filed
May 2015HailRyan-no account filed
May 2013HailRyan-no account filed
April 2011HailRyan-no account filed
May 2011HailRyan-no account filed
May 2011HailRyan-no account filed
May 2010HailRyan-no account filed
June 2009HailRyan-no account filed
April 2007HailRyan-no account filed
May 2006HailRyan-no account filed
May 2006HailRyan-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindRyan-no account filed
April 2004HailRyan-no account filed
April 2004HailRyan-no account filed
April 2004HailRyan-no account filed
June 2004HailRyan-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindRyan-no account filed
April 2002HailRyan-no account filed
April 2001HailRyan-no account filed
June 1995HailRyan-no account filed
April 1993HailRyan-no account filed
April 1993Thunderstorm WindRyan-no account filed
May 1993Tornado (F0)Ryan-no account filed
May 1993Tornado (F0)Ryan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Sugden4.4 miles16
Irving5.3 miles10
Terral8.6 miles10
Fleetwood10.2 miles9
Waurika10.4 miles16
Oscar11.1 miles9
Grady15.5 miles14
Addington15.5 miles16

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 RyanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1018294The 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 1097552. 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.