Explore Forgan, Oklahoma, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Forgan, Oklahoma. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Oklahoma or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Forgan.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Forgan |
| State | Oklahoma (OK) |
| County | Beaver County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.90697 |
| Longitude | -100.539318 |
| Population | 450 |
| Density | 442.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 73938 |
| Area Code | 580 |
| County Seat | Beaver |
| School District | Forgan Public Schools |
Forgan emerges from the vast, open expanse of the panhandle where the red earth meets a sky of immense and unrelenting clarity. It lies 23.1 miles east-southeast of Liberal, KS (from Liberal, KS: bearing 114°T), and is situated 54.4 miles east-northeast of Guymon. The landscape is defined by the steady, rhythmic persistence of the wind, which sculpts the dry grasses and carries the scent of dust and dormant minerals across the plains. To the southwest, the subtle, rugged silhouette of the Devils Backbone marks the distant horizon, while the local terrain remains defined by the quiet solitude of the prairie. A few miles away, the Beaver River carves its path through the soil, serving as a vital artery that has sustained this territory long before the arrival of modern fences and steel. When the sun retreats behind the plains, the light turns a bruised, glowing violet, illuminating the stark, horizontal lines of the land in a way that makes the silence feel heavy and deliberate.
Forgan maintains a character forged by the legacies of the plains and the enduring resilience of those who cultivate the wheat-heavy soil. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of agriculture and the extraction of resources from the subterranean deep, a tradition that echoes the historical presence of the tribes who moved across these lands. Nearby, the Beaver River Wildlife Management Area preserves a portion of the wild character that once dominated the region, providing a sanctuary for the fauna that thrive in the scrub and open range. Life in Forgan moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, where the primary landmarks are the silos standing like sentinels against the clouds and the distant, shimmering surface of Eagon Number 1 Reservoir. The people here share an unspoken understanding of the climate, respecting the volatility of the weather and the quiet, demanding beauty of a life lived in the wide-open center of the country.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forgan, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.90697, -100.539318. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Forgan includes the ZIP code (73938), telephone area code (580), county seat of Beaver County (Beaver), and school district assignment (Forgan Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |