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Verden, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chickasha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73092. The Survey maps it on the Verden quadrangle. 508 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,135 feet above sea level.

Verden within Grady County

Population over time

3 figures

Verden fell from 659 to 508 between 2000 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
2000659
2010530-129 (-20%)
2020508-22 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

46 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Verden between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,815 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony3
Firearms and explosives use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 September 2016Debris and open burning12 acresAnadarko AgencySTIDHAM
24 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAnadarko AgencySTEVENSON
18 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyGRAFITTI BRIDGE
17 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use84 acresAnadarko AgencyAH-KAW-LAY
8 August 2008Debris and open burning80 acresAnadarko AgencyBUMPKIN
3 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use213 acresAnadarko AgencySPANKY
19 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresAnadarko AgencyTOPPERR/R
18 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresAnadarko AgencyBOWTONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grady County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Verden: 3 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 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grady County

Storms near this place

33 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verden in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 24 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1993Thunderstorm WindVerden$50,000no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindVerden$20,000An old grain silo was toppled.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindVerden$5,000A utility pole was snapped and a tree was uprooted. The report was relayed through mPING. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindVerden$5,000While a tornado was occurring just south of Verden, strong thunderstorm winds produced damage in Verden including tree damage and the collapse of walls of an abandoned building on the north side of Verden.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindVerden$1,000Power lines were downed by winds near and west of Verden.
May 2025HailVerden-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2025HailVerden-The report was relayed through mPING. The event time is adjusted based on radar observations.
October 2021Tornado (EFU)Verden-Storm chasers observed a tornado which initially developed in Caddo County approximately 3 miles southwest of Verden and moved east-northeast crossing into Grady County about 1.5 mile south of Verden and to a point approximately 1 mile south-southeast of Verden. The tornado path was estimated as no damage was reported along the tornado path. Despite no known damage from the tornado, the storm did produce wind damage in and north of the town of Verden (see separate entry for this wind damage).
May 2018HailVerden-Reported via mPing.
May 2015FloodVerden-At least one water rescue. No specific location provided.
May 2015HailVerden-No damage was reported.
May 2012HailVerden-Hail was reported by emergency management located 4 miles west of highway 81 on county road 1290.
May 2022HailVerden-no account filed
May 2018HailVerden-no account filed
May 2013HailVerden-no account filed
April 2012HailVerden-no account filed
April 2012HailVerden-no account filed
October 2010HailVerden-no account filed
May 2010HailVerden-no account filed
April 2009HailVerden-no account filed
April 2006HailVerden-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindVerden-no account filed
April 2004HailVerden-no account filed
May 2004HailVerden-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindVerden-no account filed
May 1999HailVerden-no account filed
June 1996HailVerden-no account filed
May 1996HailVerden-no account filed
April 1996HailVerden-no account filed
April 1994HailVerden-no account filed
July 1994HailVerden-no account filed
July 1994HailVerden-no account filed
May 1993HailVerden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grady 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
Laverty6.4 miles13
Norge8.1 miles17
Chickasha8.3 miles13
Pocasset10.5 miles13
Amber12.3 miles13
Ninnekah12.8 miles17
Farwell14.3 miles13
Tabler14.5 miles13

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 VerdenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3287694The 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 1099241. 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.