Deer Creek, Oklahoma
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lamont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74636. The Survey maps it on the Deer Creek quadrangle. 78 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,089 feet above sea level.
On record in Deer Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Deer Creek General Merchandise Storelisted 1984
Population over time
3 figuresDeer Creek fell from 147 to 78 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 147 | |
| 2010 | 130 | -17 (-12%) |
| 2020 | 78 | -52 (-40%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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 Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Deer Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ponca City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
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 Deer Creek: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deer Creek in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 15 hail, 5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Creek | $5,000 | Shingles were blown off roofs and numerous tree limbs downed. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Creek | $200 | Sheet metal outbuilding destroyed near Deer Creek. Time estimate from radar. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | An image from a broadcast media storm chaser was shared on social media. The location is approximate. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EFU) | Deer Creek | - | Storm chasers with Oklahoma City television stations observed a tornado southeast of Renfrow and north of Deer Creek. No damage was reported and the path is estimated. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | MPing report. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | MPing report. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Creek | - | Estimated gusts. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Deer Creek | - | Standing water on roadway. Report with picture via twitter. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | at the intersection of Highways 11 and 74 |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Deer Creek | - | Brief touchdown reported by County Sheriff's Office |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Deer Creek | - | Second brief touchdown reported by County Sheriff's Office |
| November 2021 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Deer Creek | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Deer Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Deer Creek | - | 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 Deer Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2014461 | 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 1092001. 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.
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.



