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Washington, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Purcell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73093. It stands on Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Washington quadrangle. 673 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.

Washington within McClain County

Population over time

3 figures

Washington grew from 520 to 673 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
2000520
2010618+98 (+19%)
2020673+55 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Washington: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone. 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 Sandstone PitFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in McClain County

Storms near this place

37 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washington in 37 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 2 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
April 2023Tornado (EF1)Washington$25,000The Washington-Slaugherville tornado, the sixth of the outbreak, formed on the east edge of Washington and moved east and northeast crossing Interstate 35, and then crossing the Canadian River into Cleveland County due west of Slaugherville. In McClain County, a few homes suffered roof damage, and numerous trees along the path were damaged.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWashington$15,000Numerous reports of downed trees and removal of roof shingles.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWashington$5,000no account filed
April 2023Tornado (EF1)Washington$4,000While observing the Washington-Slaughterville Tornado, a storm chaser observed another tornado north of State Highway 74. An NWS Damage Survey Team found a path of damaged trees, power poles and fences. This was the seventh tornado of the outbreak.
May 2025HailWashington-The report was relayed through mPING.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWashington-Personal weather station measurement.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindWashington-Relayed image showing large tree limbs blown down. Time is radar estimated.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindWashington-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWashington-Wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWashington-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWashington-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWashington-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWashington-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindWashington-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindWashington-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindWashington-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindWashington-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindWashington-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindWashington-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
July 2019HailWashington-no account filed
May 2019HailWashington-no account filed
May 2019HailWashington-no account filed
May 2019HailWashington-no account filed
May 2019HailWashington-no account filed
March 2017HailWashington-no account filed
May 2017HailWashington-no account filed
March 2016HailWashington-no account filed
March 2015HailWashington-no account filed
April 2012HailWashington-no account filed
May 2011HailWashington-no account filed
January 2010HailWashington-no account filed
June 2008HailWashington-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWashington-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindWashington-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindWashington-no account filed
January 1996Thunderstorm WindWashington-no account filed
August 1993HailWashington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McClain 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
Cole5.6 miles13
Goldsby5.7 miles20
Purcell7.2 miles17
Criner7.4 miles14
Dibble7.9 miles13
Stealy9.9 miles16
Blanchard10.7 miles16
Payne10.8 miles14

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 WashingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1879629The 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 1099383. 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.