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Seiling, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Seiling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73663. The Survey maps it on the Seiling quadrangle. 850 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,749 feet above sea level.

Seiling within Dewey County

On record in Seiling

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Seiling fell from 860 to 850 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
2010860
2020850-10 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Seiling between 1996 and 2020, burning about 3,409 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 September 2000Natural5.0 acresConcho Field OfficeSLEEPY
30 June 2020Fireworksunder an acreConcho Field OfficeRAMBO
25 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresConcho Field OfficeHILLTOP
20 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use381 acresConcho Field OfficeINDIAN SCHOOL
20 June 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeGILCHRIST
12 June 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresConcho Field OfficeSUNDANCE
4 May 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution2,657 acresConcho Field Office270
22 May 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeSUNDANCE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dewey County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Seiling: 3 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 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dewey County

Storms near this place

50 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seiling in 50 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 37 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 2002Tornado (F1)Seiling$40,000This tornado formed approximately 5.5 miles east southeast of Seiling and moved northwestward for 1 mile before dissipating. One-half of a well-constructed, anchored mobile home was ripped off with contents of the home strewn in the yard. The other half of the home was twisted in the direction the tornado traveled. Two large locust trees were also uprooted.
April 2002Tornado (F3)Seiling$20,000This tornado formed in northern Dewey County, near Cestos, and moved northward, entering Woodward County at 2241 CST. In Dewey County, an old, abandoned farm house, constructed of wood, with broken windows and no doors, was leveled, about 2.5 miles east-southeast of Cestos. Huge cottonwood trees nearby were uprooted. A 15 ft long bus, with no engine, was lofted over a chain-link fence and dropped on its side about 50-75 ft away, and a 1/2 ton pickup trailer bed, detached from the front of the truck, was picked up and carried about 1/2 mile, and crumpled.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSeiling$15,000Roof was blown off a house with an outbuilding blown into a separate house. Windows also broken in Seiling.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindSeiling$10,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed an RV on the north side of Seiling. The time of the wind is estimated.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindSeiling$5,000Numerous tree limbs were downed across the town of Seiling. Monetary damages were estimated.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindSeiling$1,000The tops of several trees were blown off.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindSeiling$500no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindSeiling$50Several tree limbs were downed.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindSeiling$10no account filed
April 2026HailSeiling-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindSeiling-Winds estimated based on observations.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindSeiling-No damage was reported.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Seiling-A storm chaser with KOKH observed a tornado east-southeast of Seiling. No damage was reported and the location is estimated.
September 2012HailSeiling-Law enforcement reported 1.25 hail.
August 2009HailSeiling-Quarter to golf ball-size hail was reported.
August 2009HailSeiling-The hail was reported by KWTV-9.
July 2009HailSeiling-The hail was reported on Indian Road.
March 2008HailSeiling-The hail was reported by a local television station storm tracker.
June 2007HailSeiling-The report was relayed by the National Severe Storms Laboratory Hail Verification project.
April 2004HailSeiling-Hail was reported six inches deep on Highway 270.
April 2024HailSeiling-no account filed
June 2019HailSeiling-no account filed
June 2019HailSeiling-no account filed
April 2017HailSeiling-no account filed
April 2017HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2016HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2016HailSeiling-no account filed
October 2016HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2013HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2013HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2011HailSeiling-no account filed
April 2009HailSeiling-no account filed
March 2008HailSeiling-no account filed
April 2008HailSeiling-no account filed
June 2007Heavy RainSeiling-no account filed
June 2007HailSeiling-no account filed
June 2007HailSeiling-no account filed
July 2004HailSeiling-no account filed
April 2003HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2002HailSeiling-no account filed
April 2002HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2002HailSeiling-no account filed
June 2001HailSeiling-no account filed
April 1999HailSeiling-no account filed
May 1999HailSeiling-no account filed
May 1999HailSeiling-no account filed
March 1996HailSeiling-no account filed
June 1995HailSeiling-no account filed
May 1994HailSeiling-no account filed
May 1993HailSeiling-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dewey 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
Taloga7.8 miles8
Fonda8.8 miles8
Cestos9.0 miles8
Hucmac9.2 miles9
Lenora10.4 miles8
Parallel17.9 miles9
Leonel18.0 miles9
Webb18.8 miles8

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 SeilingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2797957The 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 1097902. 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.