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Amber, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Amber-Pocasset census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73004. The Survey maps it on the Pocasset quadrangle. 413 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,257 feet above sea level.

Amber within Grady County

Population over time

2 figures

Amber fell from 419 to 413 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
2010419
2020413-6 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Amber between 2008 and 2017, burning about 334 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
20 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresChickasaw AgencyDUTTON
8 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryWEST MAIN AMBER
18 January 2008Equipment and vehicle use33 acresChickasaw AgencyBIRTHDAY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grady County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Amber: 12 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amber in 45 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 28 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. The reports record 12 deaths and 40 injuries. 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
May 1999Tornado (F5)Amber12 killed, 39 hurt, $90,000,000Tornado A9 (Grady County portion). See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports. The beginning time of this tornado was changed from 1723 CST to 1726 CST. Please refer to the original version of May Storm Data for more information.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindAmber1 hurt, $50,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindAmber$50,000no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindAmber$25,000Relayed image showing a large metal barn blown off of its foundation and damaged. Time is radar estimated.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindAmber$25,000A radio tower was blown down. A garage and home were also damaged.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindAmber$10,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a school and at least one home on the east side of Amber.
May 2018Tornado (EF1)Amber$10,000As one tornado was dissipating south-southeast of Amber, this tornado developed approximately 1 mile east of Amber. Trees were snapped, a roof was damaged and a carport destroyed from this brief tornado as it moved northeast.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAmber$10,000A storage shed and its contents were blown from a mobile home community just north of the Norman Spur of Interstate 44, near mile marker 103.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindAmber$5,000no account filed
March 2025HailAmber-Relayed image with ruler measurement. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
November 2025HailAmber-An image was relayed by a National Severe Storms Laboratory meteorologist. The location is approximate.
August 2024HailAmber-MPing report.
June 2024HailAmber-MPing report.
April 2023HailAmber-MPing report.
April 2023HailAmber-MPing report.
April 2023HailAmber-MPing report.
April 2023HailAmber-MPing report.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindAmber-Estimated severe wind gust.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAmber-Estimated severe wind gust.
April 2020HailAmber-Reported from Mping.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindAmber-Estimated gusts reported by spotter.
May 2015Tornado (EF3)Amber-A large tornado developed east of Amber and moved slowly northeast near or along Interstate 44, then turned north impacting the community of Bridge Creek. The most intense damage occurred just east of the Interstate 44 and H.E. Bailey Turnpike Spur near Bridge Creek where EF3 damage was observed to a home (DI 2, DOD 7) and a mobile home (DI 4, DOD 12). A pickup truck was also thrown for several hundred yards in this area. Numerous homes and other buildings were damaged along the tornado path.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Amber-A storm chaser with KFOR-TV observed a satellite tornado that occurred near the large tornado east of Amber. Any damage from this tornado would be indistinguishable from the damage path of the large tornado, and the location is estimated.
April 2012HailAmber-The hail was reported 4 miles west of Highway 81 on CR 1290.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindAmber-Emergency manager estimated wind gusts of 65 yo 70 mph.
March 2009HailAmber-The hail covered the ground.
March 2009HailAmber-The hail was reported on Highway 92.
June 2003HailAmber-Hail was observed in the community of Bridge Creek.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Amber-This tornado was observed by two storm chasers and developed in a field east of Highway 92, then tracked north-northwest, eventually crossing Highway 92. No damage was observed or reported.
May 2022HailAmber-no account filed
April 2021HailAmber-no account filed
April 2020HailAmber-no account filed
August 2019HailAmber-no account filed
April 2012HailAmber-no account filed
May 2012HailAmber-no account filed
July 2004HailAmber-no account filed
March 2003HailAmber-no account filed
April 2003HailAmber-no account filed
April 2003HailAmber-no account filed
May 1999HailAmber-no account filed
May 1997HailAmber-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindAmber-no account filed
November 1996HailAmber-no account filed
March 1996HailAmber-no account filed
September 1993HailAmber-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
Pocasset4.5 miles13
Sooner5.2 miles13
Chickasha8.0 miles13
Middleberg8.5 miles13
Tabler8.6 miles13
Bridge Creek9.1 miles16
Tuttle9.7 miles15
Minco11.1 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 AmberAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3287239The 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 1089607. 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.