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Stroud, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Northeast Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74079. It stands on Lilly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stroud South quadrangle. 2,719 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 886 feet above sea level.

Stroud within Lincoln County

On record in Stroud

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 12 of 15 shown

Every listing in Lincoln County

Population over time

2 figures

Stroud grew from 2,690 to 2,719 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
20102,690
20202,719+29 (+1%)

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 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Stroud in 2016, burning about 890 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
5 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined890 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryHILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Stroud: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stroud in 41 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 20 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2016Flash FloodStroud1 killed, 2 hurt, $100,000Media and law enforcement reported significant flash flooding in and around Stroud. The turnpike was also closed due to high water and a bad vehicular accident. Over 6 feet of water was reported covering Route 66 in some places. Several water rescues were reported. One person was also killed in their vehicle between Stroud and Davenport due to high water. Two others were hospitalized.
June 1995Tornado (F2)Stroud$500,000no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindStroud$50,000no account filed
October 1997LightningStroud$25,000Lightning struck a crude oil tank, causing an explosion and blowing the tank off its base. The resulting fire destroyed a nearby small office.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindStroud$10,000Damage to trees and power poles in the community of Stroud. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindStroud$8,000Minor building and sign damage occurred as a result of the RFD portion of the storm. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 2007Flash FloodStroud$5,000Very heavy rainfall flooded portions of the Highland Dairy Farm, including the Dairy storage section of the property. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 1999LightningStroud$4,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindStroud$3,500Two inch diameter tree limbs were downed. An awning at a business was also blown down.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindStroud$500Power lines were downed.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindStroud$100A tree of unknown size blocked the road at the intersection of Highways 99 and 66.
March 2026HailStroud-The location is approximate.
November 2025HailStroud-The report was relayed through mPING. The event time is adjusted based on radar observations.
May 2024HailStroud-MPing report.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindStroud-Roof damage to an apartment building. Time is radar estimated.
May 2024HailStroud-MPing report.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindStroud-No damage reported.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindStroud-No damage was reported.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindStroud-A few small trees were blown down. The damage was done by the RFD portion of the storm. Monetary damages were estimated.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Stroud-Numerous sources (storm chasers, emergency managers, local media) reported a brief tornado that occurred over an open field. No damage was reported as a result of the tornado, although some minor damage occurred as as result of the RFD. The time was approximate.
October 2011HailStroud-The hail report was relayed by KOCO-TV.
October 2000Flash FloodStroud-Numerous roads in and around Stroud were closed due to high water, including Highway 99 north of Stroud and Highway 66 west of Stroud.
November 2022HailStroud-no account filed
April 2017HailStroud-no account filed
May 2016HailStroud-no account filed
October 2011HailStroud-no account filed
May 2008HailStroud-no account filed
May 2006HailStroud-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindStroud-no account filed
July 2005HailStroud-no account filed
April 2004HailStroud-no account filed
April 2004HailStroud-no account filed
August 2003HailStroud-no account filed
March 2002HailStroud-no account filed
June 2001HailStroud-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindStroud-no account filed
October 2000HailStroud-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindStroud-no account filed
March 1997HailStroud-no account filed
May 1994Tornado (F0)Stroud-no account filed
March 1993HailStroud-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Davenport6.4 miles10
Kendrick6.8 miles10
Sac and Fox Agency (historical)9.5 miles10
Avery10.6 miles10
South Village11.4 miles11
Parkland11.6 miles10
Arlington11.8 miles10
Chandler12.2 miles10

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 StroudAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2294176The 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 1098587. 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.