BlockSturgis, Oklahoma
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Keyes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73947. The Survey maps it on the Sturgis quadrangle. It stands 3,773 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Sturgis quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Boise City quadrangle1:100000
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 Sturgis: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 Caliche Pit | Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Caliche Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sturgis in 8 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Hail | Sturgis | - | The county Emergency Manager ran into accumulating hail that was a couple inches deep and completely covering the ground. The largest hail stone was estimated to be around the size of nickels. However, this was from inside the car. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sturgis | - | Power lines knocked down at the intersection of HWY 56 and E-W 70. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Sturgis | - | Copious amounts of quarter size hail were reported one mile northwest of Sturgis. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sturgis | - | Late report...tree branches up to four inch in diameter were snapped. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Sturgis | - | The tornado developed just north of Sturgis Oklahoma at 1811 CST and remained on the ground for about one minute before dissipating at 1812 CST. The path length and path width were estimated. The tornado remained over open country and no damage or injuries were reported. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Sturgis | - | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Hail | Sturgis | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Sturgis | - | 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 Sturgis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7629046 | 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 1100860. 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.
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.