Ames, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Major census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73718. The Survey maps it on the Ames quadrangle. 193 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,211 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAmes fell from 239 to 193 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 239 | |
| 2020 | 193 | -46 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Ames quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Lacey quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ames quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Ames quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ames in 2020, burning about 860 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 153 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | SCHAEFER FIRE |
| 13 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 319 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | SHEEP FIRE |
| 10 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 388 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | AMES FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ames: 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ames in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 19 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2003 | Lightning | Ames | $40,000 | Lightning caused a house fire causing smoke damage throughout the house, destroying the kitchen, and severely damaging the roof. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ames | $25,000 | Ten power poles were downed by strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ames | $5,000 | Utility poles and trees damaged or downed. Carport damaged. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ames | $5,000 | A garage roof was blown off. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ames | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ames | $1,000 | Flag poles were downed, and an awning was damaged. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ames | - | Viewer photo of a tree blown over in Ames from thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ames | - | Four inch tree limbs were snapped. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Ames | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Ames | - | No damage reported. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Ames | - | The hail fell at the Korner Store in Ames. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ames | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Ames | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Ames | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ames | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ames | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ames | - | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Hail | Ames | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ames | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Ames | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q370594 | The 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 1089612. 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.






