Eldorado, Oklahoma
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73537. The Survey maps it on the Eldorado quadrangle. 317 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,453 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresEldorado fell from 446 to 317 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 | 446 | |
| 2020 | 317 | -129 (-29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Quanah quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Quanah NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Eldorado: 13 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Dolomite. 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 Dolomite Pit | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Dolomite Pit | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gypsum Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gypsum Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gypsum Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gypsum Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past 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 | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 81 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eldorado in 81 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 55 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $10,000 | Emergency Manager reported power lines down. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $10,000 | no account filed |
| November 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Eldorado | $5,000 | This tornado developed in far western Jackson County. Utility poles were damaged along the Harmon County line as the tornado moved into southern Harmon County. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds up to 67 mph peeled the roof off of a mobile home. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $2,000 | A power line was blown down by strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $500 | A brief period of strong winds, likely caused by a short-lived vortex called a gustnado, blew out car windows and downed a road sign. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $400 | Power poles were blown down. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $100 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down tree limbs. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | Personal weather station observation. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | A personal weather station observation. |
| November 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | Personal weather station measurement. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Eldorado | - | MPing report. |
| March 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Eldorado | - | Two independent storm chasers reported a brief tornado estimated to have been approximately 7 miles west-northwest of El Dorado. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Eldorado | - | Mping report. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | Estimated wind speed. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Eldorado | - | Some of the hail dented automobiles. Some of the wheat fields also sustained some damage. Monetary damage estimates were not available due to lack of specific information. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | Wind was measured on Highway 6, just west of town. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Eldorado | - | Three to four foot deep water was reported across several city streets. |
| March 1994 | Hail | Eldorado | - | An isolated thunderstorm in southwest Oklahoma during the early morning hours on the 8th produced dime-size hail in Eldorado. |
| November 1994 | Hail | Eldorado | - | Thunderstorms scattered across parts of central, south central, and southwestern Oklahoma produced flash flooding and caused injuries due to lightning. In Oklahoma County at Tinker AFB, two men were struck by lightning. One man was stunned and the other was revived with CPR. Roads in Duncan in Stephens County were covered with 6 inches of water, and in nearby Cotton County 8 inches of water covered some roads. Roadways in Waurika in Jefferson County were also reported under water. A severe thunderstorm moved from North Texas northeastward into southern Oklahoma, producing dime-sized hail in Jackson County. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Eldorado | - | 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 Eldorado | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1826836 | 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 1092519. 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.




