Amorita, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the North Alfalfa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73719. The Survey maps it on the Amorita quadrangle. 38 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,207 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAmorita grew from 37 to 38 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 | 37 | |
| 2020 | 38 | +1 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Amorita quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alva quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Alva quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Amorita in 2020, burning about 1,528 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/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,528 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | OSAGE 43 |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Amorita: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amorita in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 17 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Amorita | $10,000 | A tornado northwest of Amorita significantly damaged a barn. This tornado may have persisted longer, but no additional damage was observed in this very rural area. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amorita | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Amorita | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amorita | $1,000 | Several tree limbs were downed. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amorita | $500 | A part of a barn roof was blown off. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amorita | $400 | Several tree limbs were blown down around town. The time of occurrence is approximate. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Amorita | - | A large and violently rotating tornado moved northeast over open land, crossing into the far northwest corner of Grant county before entering Kansas. The tornado produced tree damage, but no known structure damage. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Amorita | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amorita | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byron | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Driftwood | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Burlington | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Ingersoll | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cherokee | 12.2 miles | 8 | |
| Vining | 12.8 miles | 8 | |
| Nescatunga | 13.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ashley | 14.9 miles | 8 |
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 Amorita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q426302 | 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 1089616. 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.




