Shidler, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Osage census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74652. It stands on Potato Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shidler quadrangle. 328 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,168 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresShidler fell from 441 to 328 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 | 441 | |
| 2020 | 328 | -113 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1916 USGS Foraker quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Shidler quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Shidler between 1999 and 2019, burning about 2,076 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 were 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 | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 1,221 acres | Osage Agency | WILD HORSES |
| 31 August 1999 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Osage Agency | CECILFIRE |
| 14 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Pawnee Agency | STROUD |
| 24 July 2012 | Natural | 18 acres | Osage Agency | DEAD COW |
| 5 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 59 acres | Osage Agency | LOVE |
| 5 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Osage Agency | CHARLIE FIRE |
| 13 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 52 acres | Osage Agency | BILLIE |
| 1 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.1 acres | Osage Agency | REED |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Shidler: 1 unknown. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
46 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shidler in 46 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 30 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Hail | Shidler | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | $4,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down four power poles just west of town. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | $4,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to 60 mph damaged the roof of a mobile home. |
| December 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | $1,500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down three power poles. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | $500 | Several trees were blown down in Shidler. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | $100 | A broken line of thunderstorms, oriented from northwest to southeast, moved across northwestern Osage County in advance of a much larger complex of thunderstorms over northwestern and northcentral Oklahoma. These storms downed large tree limbs near Shidler. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and blew shingles from the roof of a home. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | - | The broadcast media reported a 60 mile an hour wind gust at Shidler. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Shidler | - | Heavy thunderstorms rains caused a road just south of Shidler to be closed due to high water. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Shidler | - | There was a report of quarter-sized hail one mile west of Shidler at 215 PM CDT, then there was a report of tennis ball-sized hail in Shidler at 225 PM CDT. |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Shidler | - | Emergency management reported funnel cloud between Shidler and Webb City. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| March 2021 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| February 1995 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Shidler | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Shidler | - | 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.
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 Shidler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2446536 | 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 1097990. 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.




