Skedee, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Pawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74058. The Survey maps it on the Skedee quadrangle. 62 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSkedee grew from 51 to 62 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 | 51 | |
| 2020 | 62 | +11 (+22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1929 USGS Skedee quadrangle1:62500
- 1931 USGS Skedee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Skedee quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Skedee between 2006 and 2020, burning about 776 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | CEMENT TRUCK |
| 23 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.6 acres | Osage Agency | BADLEY |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Pawnee Agency | RESERVE |
| 7 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 274 acres | Pawnee Agency | BLACK BEAR |
| 6 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 170 acres | Pawnee Agency | BELL CEMETERY |
| 5 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Pawnee Agency | CHAPMAN |
| 29 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | BLACKBEAR |
| 13 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Pawnee Agency | SKEDEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Skedee: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lela North-2 | Copper, Silver, Chromium, Zirconium, Lead, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1935 | |
| Skedee-1 | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | 1975 | |
| Unknown Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Skedee in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2011: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 | Tornado (EF1) | Skedee | $20,000 | A tornado caused structural damage to the roof of a home, resulted in extensive damage to trees, and blew down several power poles. This tornado was observed by several storm chasers. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skedee | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and large tree limbs. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skedee | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Skedee | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Skedee | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Skedee | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Skedee | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Skedee | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Skedee | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Skedee | - | no account filed |
| February 1995 | Hail | Skedee | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skedee | - | 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 Skedee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2690903 | 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 1098086. 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.





