Slick, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Kellyville-Slick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74010. It stands on Chicken Creek. The Survey maps it on the Slick quadrangle. 151 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 719 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSlick grew from 131 to 151 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 | 131 | |
| 2020 | 151 | +20 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Nuyaka quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1916 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Slick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Slick between 2006 and 2018, burning about 21,764 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 320 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | BROWN CREEK |
| 18 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SLICK WILLLIE |
| 13 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 160 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SLICK 50 |
| 12 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 7.7 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | DEAD COYOTE |
| 9 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SIX SHOOTER |
| 29 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | CROSS WINDS |
| 28 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,730 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CHARLIE O'BRIEN FIRE |
| 23 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,500 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | JACKSON RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Slick: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slick in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2012: 14 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 6 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slick | 6 hurt, $75,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a mobile home, injuring six people. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slick | $5,000 | Thunderstorm wind estimated at 70 miles an hour destroyed a barn near Slick. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slick | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slick | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down power lines. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slick | $100 | Several large tree limbs were blown down |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slick | - | Estimated 65 mph thunderstorm wind gusts snapped large tree limbs. This event was reported by a storm chaser for a local television station. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Slick | - | Heavy rain caused the Deep Fork River to flood. Numerous pastures, small streams and creeks were also flooded across southern Creek County. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slick | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs. |
| September 1998 | Hail | Slick | - | 2-inch hail accompanied by 50 to 60 mph winds. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Slick | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Slick | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Slick | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Slick | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Slick | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Slick | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slick | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Slick | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Slick | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Slick | - | no account filed |
| November 1999 | Hail | Slick | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Slick | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Slick | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slick | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slick | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slick | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slick | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Slick | - | 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 Slick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2651726 | 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 1098119. 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.






