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Weatherford, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73096. The Survey maps it on the Weatherford quadrangle. 12,076 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,654 feet above sea level.

Weatherford within Custer County

On record in Weatherford

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Weatherford grew from 10,833 to 12,076 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
201010,833
202012,076+1,243 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

Photographs

2 photographs, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Welcome gateway in Weatherford, Oklahoma, referencing old U.S. Highway 66, parts of which still run through the city
Welcome gateway in Weatherford, Oklahoma, referencing old U.S. Highway 66, parts of which still run through the city
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Directional signs in Weatherford, Oklahoma, pointing toward other Oklahoma cities (besides itself) that lie along stretches of old U.S. Highway 66 that (as of 2020) still exist in the state
Directional signs in Weatherford, Oklahoma, pointing toward other Oklahoma cities (besides itself) that lie along stretches of old U.S. Highway 66 that (as of 2020) still exist in the state
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

21 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Weatherford between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,615 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 August 2005Natural9.0 acresConcho Field OfficeAIRPORT RD
3 August 2005Debris and open burning9.7 acresConcho Field OfficeCUSTER RD
4 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreConcho Field OfficeBLOWOUT
4 July 2005Fireworks1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeCADDO
18 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeMILLER
18 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresConcho Field OfficeCONTRACTOR
15 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use176 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryCEDAR CANYON FIRE
2 May 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreConcho Field OfficeWILBURN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

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 Weatherford: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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

60 of 181 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weatherford in 181 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 108 thunderstorm wind, 57 hail, 8 flash flood, 5 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2000Thunderstorm WindWeatherford1 hurt, $240,000Three semis were overturned on Interstate 40, and one of the drivers was injured. Five thousand square feet of the roof at Walmart was blown off. Numerous homes and businesses had windows broken. A porch was destroyed, and a local fire department recorded a wind gusts of 88 mph, resulting in a broken glass door and roof damage. On the southeast side of Weatherford, road signs and power poles were downed, while on the east side of Weatherford, a trailer was overturned.
June 2014Flash FloodWeatherford$150,000Several streets were closed due to flooding with a number of vehicles stalled in flood waters. Damages estimated.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$100,000Multiple reports and images showing extensive wind damage throughout the community of Weatherford. This includes numerous power poles/lines blown down, large trees snapped/uprooted and windows broken in buildings on the Southwestern Oklahoma State University campus. In addition, a few homes had significant roof damage, including partial or complete removal, on the northeast side of the community. Time is radar estimated.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$100,000The roof of a restaurant was damaged, and significant damage was sustained to the Industrial Park and shopping center.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$100,000Severe thunderstorm winds up to 96 mph (measured by a local firefighter) caused widespread and heavy damage in and around Weatherford. Extensive tree, sign, limb, fence, and window damage was reported. At least 7 power poles were snapped in the Weatherford vicinity.Some of the most severe structural damage occurred at South Western Oklahoma State University, where the roof was blown off of the auditorium. Portions of the auditorium roof landed on and destroyed a police car. The roof was also blown off a campus elevator shaft. Pieces of this second roof landed on and crushed one car and damaged a second vehicle. Elsewhere in town the roof was blown off of a building at an industrial park and the doors were blown in at a salvage yard. The portable bleachers were flipped over a fence and the foul pole was bent 40 degrees at the high school baseball field. Some of the tin on the front of the school cafeteria was also damaged.Just east of town, severe thunderstorm winds caused 4 tractor-trailer trucks to jack-knife and blew another semi-truck over on I-40. The interstate was completely closed for one and a half hours as the trucks were cleared from the highway.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$90,000Sustained severe winds caused widespread damage over parts of Weatherford. Four well constructed roofs were heavily damaged. Four windows were broken out. Three signs sustained damage, with the Best Western sign completely destroyed. Numerous other trees, power lines, and fences were downed. The winds were accompanied by torrential rainfall and penny size hail. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$50,000A swath of significant straight-line wind damage was identified across portions of far southeastern Custer County, associated with the rear-flank downdraft of a nearby tornadic thunderstorm. Numerous wooden power poles were snapped, large tree limbs blown down and a metal outbuilding along County Road 990 was destroyed. Both the wind path and time are estimated.
August 2007Flash FloodWeatherford$50,000Numerous city roads were closed due to the high water. Several other county roads and bridges also were closed. A few of the bridges received minor damage. The Stafford Air and Space Center received minor damage with as much as 100 gallons of water in several of the rooms. A road was closed three miles southeast of Thomas due to high water. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$50,000no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$30,000Damage to ODOT and billboard signs was reported. Six mobile homes lost roofing material. Utility infrastructure sustained significant damage. Time estimated by radar.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$25,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed limbs, trees, fences, and several signs.
August 1997LightningWeatherford$20,000Lightning struck and set fire to the roof of a house, destroying the attic.
July 2019Flash FloodWeatherford$10,000Water over roads up to a foot deep in dowtown Weatherford. Several vehicles stranded at I-40 exit at main street.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$10,000A recreation vehicle was blown over by strong winds. The extent of the damage to the vehicle is unknown, and the monetary damage and time are both estimated.
May 1999HailWeatherford$10,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$10,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$6,000A few power lines were downed by high winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2023Flash FloodWeatherford$5,000Social media video showing 1-3 feet of flowing water across the road near the intersection of West Rainey Street and West Main Street.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$5,000Social media image showing large tree limbs and powerlines blown down and a telephone pole snapped. Time is radar estimated.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$5,000Kwtv channel 9 spotter reported a tractor trailer blown over on I-40 near Weatherford. Time estimated by radar.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$5,000A barn was destroyed on Highway 54.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$5,000no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$3,000Three power poles downed by strong winds. Time estimated from radar.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$2,000Carport collapsed. Time estimate based on other nearby reports.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$2,000Six inch tree branches and fences were downed.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$1,000Small antenna tower snapped was snapped in half. Time estimated by radar.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$1,000Carport pulled down by strong winds. Time estimated from radar.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$1,000Power lines downed by strong winds.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$1,000Large tree branches snapped along with minor structural damage to a residential playground and fence.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindWeatherford$1,000Large tree branches were reported down.
June 1999LightningWeatherford$500Lightning struck the roof of a house creating a large hole.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindWeatherford-Weatherford (WEAT) Mesonet observation. Severe (>50-knot) wind gusts occurred during the event time, with the peak wind gust of 51 knots occurring at 2150 LST. This event was caused by a probable heat burst.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindWeatherford-Weatherford (WEAT) Mesonet. This event was caused by a probable heat burst.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindWeatherford-Weatherford (WEAT) Mesonet observation. This event was caused by a probable heat burst.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWeatherford-Weatherford (WEAT) Mesonet observation.
April 2026HailWeatherford-The report was relayed through mPING.
March 2025HailWeatherford-MPing report.
March 2025HailWeatherford-MPing report.
May 2025HailWeatherford-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2024HailWeatherford-MPing report.
May 2024HailWeatherford-MPing report.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWeatherford-Weatherford (WEAT) Mesonet observation.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Weatherford-Satellite imagery indicated a narrow damage path in a farm field north of Weatherford. A storm chaser observed this tornado northeast of Weatherford doing damage along E 1000 Road where tree and power pole damage was observed.
June 2023HailWeatherford-MPing report.
October 2023HailWeatherford-MPing report.
July 2023Flash FloodWeatherford-Social media video showing water flowing across the road near the intersection of N 2420 Road and E 960 Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWeatherford-Estimated wind gust.
July 2023HailWeatherford-MPing report.
June 2022FloodWeatherford-Cropland and road flooding.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindWeatherford-Estimated severe wind gust.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindWeatherford-Oklahoma Mesonet station 4 miles west-southwest of Weatherford. Winds from the north-northwest.
August 2019HailWeatherford-Report through MPing.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindWeatherford-Power flashes reported on south side of town.
August 2018Flash FloodWeatherford-Water flowing over city and secondary streets. At least one vehicle stalled in flood waters.
May 2017Tornado (EFU)Weatherford-The Weatherford Fire Department confirmed a tornado about 2 miles southeast of Weatherford. No damage was reported.
April 2017HailWeatherford-Reported via mping.
May 2016HailWeatherford-This report was relayed from Twitter.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWeatherford-No damage reported.
July 2015Flash FloodWeatherford-Roads were flooded.
May 2015HailWeatherford-No damage reported. Time estimated from radar.

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
Dead Women Crossing4.2 miles8
Indianapolis8.4 miles10
Foley13.2 miles10
Custer City13.4 miles10
East Junction13.6 miles10
Clinton13.8 miles10
Arapaho14.1 miles10
Thomas15.2 miles8

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 WeatherfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2542048The 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 1099451. 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.