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Dover, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Kingfisher census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73734. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle. 400 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.

Dover within Kingfisher County

On record in Dover

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

Population over time

3 figures

Dover grew from 367 to 400 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.

YearPeople Change
2000367
2010464+97 (+26%)
2020400-64 (-14%)

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

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Dover in 2014, burning about 103 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/undetermined1

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
29 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined103 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryDOVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kingfisher County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dover: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. 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
Dolese Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dolese Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dover Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
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 Kingfisher County

Storms near this place

55 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dover in 55 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 26 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 11 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 (F4)Dover1 killed, 11 hurt, $2,500,000Tornado E6. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports.
March 1993Thunderstorm WindDover$50,000no account filed
October 1998Tornado (F1)Dover$30,000no account filed
May 1999HailDover$20,000Large hail, ranging from golf ball size (1.75 inches) to baseball size (2.75 inches), damaged the sides and roofs of buildings and broke numerous windows on the southeast side of Dover. This event is an addition to the original version of May Storm Data.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindDover$15,000Severe thunderstorm winds, estimated to be near 100 mph, caused widespread property damage on the southeast side of Dover. The walls of a cinder-block building and garage collapsed, and numerous trees were uprooted. This event is an addition to the original version of May Storm Data.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Dover$10,000Tornado E7. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDover$2,000A shed was blown over and minor tree damage was reported. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindDover$1,000Damage to mobile home.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindDover$200Four inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Dover$100Tornado H2. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports.
March 2026HailDover-The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated based on radar observations.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDover-Personal weather station measurement.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDover-Personal weather station measurement.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDover-Personal weather station measurement (KOKKINGF16).
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDover-Personal weather station measurement (KOKKINGF16).
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDover-Estimated severe winds 65 mph or higher.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Dover-An Oklahoma City television chaser observed a second brief tornado to his east-southeast from US-81 5 miles south of Hennessey. No damage was reported.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Dover-An Oklahoma City television storm chaser observed a brief tornado to his southeast from US-81 4.5 miles south of Hennessey. No damage was reported.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDover-Tree limbs larger than 2 inches in diameter were downed by the wind.
July 2015HailDover-No damage reported.
July 2015HailDover-No damage reported.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDover-Minor structural damage to several outbuildings.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDover-Several large tree limbs downed.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindDover-Public estimated a gust to 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDover-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
July 2011Heavy RainDover-Heavy rainfall measured 2.2 inches over a 50 minute period.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindDover-The wind gusts was estimated at the City Hall.
April 1997HailDover-Three-quater inch hail covered the ground on Hwy 81.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDover-no account filed
April 2023HailDover-no account filed
April 2023HailDover-no account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindDover-no account filed
May 2022HailDover-no account filed
May 2022HailDover-no account filed
May 2012HailDover-no account filed
May 2010HailDover-no account filed
February 2008HailDover-no account filed
April 2008HailDover-no account filed
May 2008HailDover-no account filed
August 2006HailDover-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindDover-no account filed
May 2005HailDover-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDover-no account filed
March 2003HailDover-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindDover-no account filed
May 2001HailDover-no account filed
September 2001HailDover-no account filed
October 2001HailDover-no account filed
October 1998HailDover-no account filed
April 1997HailDover-no account filed
August 1996HailDover-no account filed
April 1994HailDover-no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindDover-no account filed
October 1993HailDover-no account filed
October 1993HailDover-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kingfisher 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
Jacks4.4 miles11
Union6.7 miles11
Oneida8.3 miles9
Kingfisher8.4 miles13
Hennessey8.8 miles11
Wandel11.0 miles12
Loyal11.1 miles9
Alpha12.6 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 DoverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3287247The 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 1092173. 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.