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Stafford, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Clinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73601. The Survey maps it on the Stafford quadrangle.

Stafford within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Stafford in 2008, burning about 120 acres in total. None 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/undetermined1

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
27 January 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresConcho Field OfficeFOSS LAKE

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stafford: 2 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 and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Custer County

Storms near this place

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stafford in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2003Thunderstorm WindStafford$15,000Roof was blown off of mobile home.
May 2015Flash FloodStafford-Interstate 40 closed both east and westbound at mile marker 55 due to high water over the road.
April 2009HailStafford-The hail was mainly golfball size, with a few baseball size hail stones.
April 2009HailStafford-Quarter-size hail was reported by KWTV-9 at mile marker 58 on Interstate 40.
May 2012HailStafford-no account filed
April 2012HailStafford-no account filed
April 2009HailStafford-no account filed
May 2004HailStafford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Custer 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
Parkersburg6.0 miles10
Ralph6.1 miles10
Butler7.7 miles11
Clinton8.3 miles10
East Junction8.4 miles10
Arapaho8.8 miles10
McClure12.5 miles8
Indianapolis13.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1098479. 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.