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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.

Ames within Major County

Population over time

2 figures

Ames 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.

YearPeople Change
2010239
2020193-46 (-19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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 2020

Regional 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 use3

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
15 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use153 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySCHAEFER FIRE
13 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use319 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySHEEP FIRE
10 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use388 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryAMES FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Major County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Major County

Storms near this place

34 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003LightningAmes$40,000Lightning caused a house fire causing smoke damage throughout the house, destroying the kitchen, and severely damaging the roof.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindAmes$25,000Ten power poles were downed by strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindAmes$5,000Utility poles and trees damaged or downed. Carport damaged.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAmes$5,000A garage roof was blown off.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindAmes$2,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindAmes$1,000Flag poles were downed, and an awning was damaged.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindAmes-Viewer photo of a tree blown over in Ames from thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindAmes-Four inch tree limbs were snapped.
May 2015HailAmes-No damage reported.
May 2015HailAmes-No damage reported.
April 2010HailAmes-The hail fell at the Korner Store in Ames.
May 2020HailAmes-no account filed
July 2020HailAmes-no account filed
July 2020HailAmes-no account filed
May 2012HailAmes-no account filed
April 2010HailAmes-no account filed
September 2010HailAmes-no account filed
April 2009HailAmes-no account filed
March 2008HailAmes-no account filed
September 2001HailAmes-no account filed
April 1999HailAmes-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindAmes-no account filed
September 1999Tornado (F0)Ames-no account filed
April 1999Tornado (F0)Ames-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindAmes-no account filed
April 1999HailAmes-no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindAmes-no account filed
September 1998HailAmes-no account filed
July 1994HailAmes-no account filed
October 1994HailAmes-no account filed
October 1994HailAmes-no account filed
October 1994Thunderstorm WindAmes-no account filed
October 1994HailAmes-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindAmes-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Major 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
Crystal Lakes3.1 miles12
Lindley3.7 miles12
Piper6.6 miles8
Isabella8.2 miles8
Meno9.7 miles9
Ringwood9.8 miles9
Fairview15.7 miles9
Orienta17.2 miles9

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 AmesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q370594The 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.