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.
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
- Kiel-Dover Farmers Elevatorlisted 2000
Population over time
3 figuresDover 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 367 | |
| 2010 | 464 | +97 (+26%) |
| 2020 | 400 | -64 (-14%) |
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.
- 1892 USGS Kingfisher quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Kingfisher quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Oklahoma City North quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional 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/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 103 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | DOVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolese Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dolese Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dover Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
55 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Tornado (F4) | Dover | 1 killed, 11 hurt, $2,500,000 | Tornado E6. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Dover | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Dover | $20,000 | Large 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $15,000 | Severe 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 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Dover | $10,000 | Tornado E7. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $2,000 | A shed was blown over and minor tree damage was reported. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $1,000 | Damage to mobile home. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | $200 | Four inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Dover | $100 | Tornado H2. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Dover | - | The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated based on radar observations. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Personal weather station measurement. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Personal weather station measurement. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Personal weather station measurement (KOKKINGF16). |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Personal weather station measurement (KOKKINGF16). |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Estimated severe winds 65 mph or higher. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (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 2019 | Tornado (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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Tree limbs larger than 2 inches in diameter were downed by the wind. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Dover | - | No damage reported. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Dover | - | No damage reported. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Minor structural damage to several outbuildings. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Several large tree limbs downed. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | Public estimated a gust to 60 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | No damage was reported with the wind gust. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Dover | - | Heavy rainfall measured 2.2 inches over a 50 minute period. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | The wind gusts was estimated at the City Hall. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Dover | - | Three-quater inch hail covered the ground on Hwy 81. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dover | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Dover | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Dover | - | 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 Dover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3287247 | 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 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.






