Calumet is a small town in western Canadian County, on US-270 between El Reno and Geary. The leases around it are part of the STACK, and like everywhere in the play they produce water every day.
Choate serves Calumet from its Watonga Yard, 22 road miles to the northwest. Water goes to Choate-owned disposal in Blaine County: the nearest is Pierce #1-34H, 27 road miles and about 50 minutes away.
Your nearest Choate disposal wells from Calumet
- Pierce #1-34H27 road miles · about 50 min
- Fox #1-832.3 road miles · about 55 min
- Fay SWD #1-3140.2 road miles · about 65 min
Trucks run from Choate's Watonga Yard, 22.4 road miles away (about 45 minutes).
How a Calumet haul runs
You call dispatch at 405-463-9527. A truck is sent from the Watonga Yard, about 45 minutes away through Geary. It loads at your tank battery and takes the water north to Pierce #1-34H, or to Fox #1-8 if that is the better route that day. Disposal and hauling come on one invoice.
Why the Blaine County wells
Choate's Blaine County wells, Pierce #1-34H, Fox #1-8 and Fay SWD #1-31, are the company's closest disposal to Calumet. They are OCC-permitted Class II wells that Choate owns, so a Calumet truck never waits in someone else's line, and the Watonga Yard sits between them and town.
The road
US-270 connects Calumet to Geary and Watonga to the northwest and El Reno to the east, and I-40 is a few miles south. Most runs use them rather than long stretches of lease road.
Services in Calumet
Choate runs produced water and saltwater hauling, disposal at Choate-owned wells, freshwater hauling, vacuum trucks and kill trucks for operators in and around Calumet.
- Produced water and saltwater hauling
- Saltwater disposal at Choate-owned wells
- Freshwater hauling
- Vacuum truck services
- Kill truck services
Roads and seasons around Calumet
Wheat harvest in late May and June brings slow equipment onto US-270. After heavy rain, low creek crossings on the county roads around Calumet and the North Canadian River can close for a day or two.
Calumet, on the first Route 66
- County
- Canadian County
- Population
- 443 (2020 Census)
- ZIP code
- 73014
- Townsite
- Platted 1898; incorporated 1942
- High school
- Calumet Chieftains
- Highways
- US-270, with I-40 to the south
The land around Calumet opened in the Cheyenne-Arapaho run of 1892. Anna Cowdrey started the Calumet post office on her homestead in 1893, and in 1898, after the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad chose to put a depot here, Reuben Shirk platted ten acres of his farm into a townsite. A calumet is a ceremonial pipe, the peace pipe of the Plains tribes. Calumet sits on the original 1926 alignment of Route 66, which looped north from El Reno through Calumet and Geary until a realignment in the early 1930s bypassed it, and Route 66 murals still decorate buildings downtown.
Calumet is a small school with a big trophy case. The Chieftains won Class B boys basketball state titles in 2017 and 2025 and the Class B-I title in 2026, and the baseball team won both the Class B fall title in 2025 and the spring title in 2026.
Out at I-40 Exit 108, the Cherokee Trading Post has been family-owned since 1958, a stop for Native American crafts, a meal and fuel on the way across the state.
Frequently asked questions
Does Choate serve Calumet?
Yes, from the Watonga Yard, 22 road miles away by US-270.
Where is the nearest Choate disposal well to Calumet?
Pierce #1-34H in Blaine County, 27 road miles away, about 50 minutes for a loaded truck.
Can hauling and disposal be billed together?
Yes. Choate hauls the water and owns the wells, so both come on one invoice.
What ZIP code is Calumet?
73014. The page covers the town and the leases around it.