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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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Eldorado within Jackson County

Population over time

2 figures

Eldorado 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.

YearPeople Change
2010446
2020317-129 (-29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Dolomite PitDolomitePast Producer
Unknown Dolomite PitDolomitePast Producer
Unknown Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unknown Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unknown Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unknown Gypsum PitGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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 Jackson County

Storms near this place

60 of 81 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013Thunderstorm WindEldorado$10,000Emergency Manager reported power lines down.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindEldorado$10,000no account filed
November 2024Tornado (EF1)Eldorado$5,000This 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 1997Thunderstorm WindEldorado$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds up to 67 mph peeled the roof off of a mobile home.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindEldorado$2,000A power line was blown down by strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindEldorado$500A 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 1997Thunderstorm WindEldorado$400Power poles were blown down.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindEldorado$100Severe thunderstorm winds blew down tree limbs.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindEldorado-Personal weather station observation.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindEldorado-A personal weather station observation.
November 2024Thunderstorm WindEldorado-Personal weather station measurement.
April 2024HailEldorado-MPing report.
March 2021Tornado (EF0)Eldorado-Two independent storm chasers reported a brief tornado estimated to have been approximately 7 miles west-northwest of El Dorado.
May 2020HailEldorado-Mping report.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEldorado-Estimated wind speed.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindEldorado-No damage was reported.
May 2011HailEldorado-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 2005Thunderstorm WindEldorado-Wind was measured on Highway 6, just west of town.
May 2003Flash FloodEldorado-Three to four foot deep water was reported across several city streets.
March 1994HailEldorado-An isolated thunderstorm in southwest Oklahoma during the early morning hours on the 8th produced dime-size hail in Eldorado.
November 1994HailEldorado-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 2020HailEldorado-no account filed
May 2020HailEldorado-no account filed
April 2019Thunderstorm WindEldorado-no account filed
May 2017HailEldorado-no account filed
August 2017HailEldorado-no account filed
August 2017HailEldorado-no account filed
May 2017HailEldorado-no account filed
April 2016HailEldorado-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEldorado-no account filed
March 2015HailEldorado-no account filed
March 2015HailEldorado-no account filed
March 2015HailEldorado-no account filed
April 2014HailEldorado-no account filed
April 2014HailEldorado-no account filed
April 2014HailEldorado-no account filed
May 2013HailEldorado-no account filed
April 2012HailEldorado-no account filed
May 2011HailEldorado-no account filed
March 2008HailEldorado-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindEldorado-no account filed
May 2006HailEldorado-no account filed
April 2006HailEldorado-no account filed
April 2006HailEldorado-no account filed
April 2005HailEldorado-no account filed
April 2005Thunderstorm WindEldorado-no account filed
May 2005HailEldorado-no account filed
May 2005HailEldorado-no account filed
September 2005HailEldorado-no account filed
April 2004HailEldorado-no account filed
April 2004HailEldorado-no account filed
April 2004HailEldorado-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindEldorado-no account filed
June 2004HailEldorado-no account filed
May 2003HailEldorado-no account filed
May 2003HailEldorado-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindEldorado-no account filed
May 2002HailEldorado-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindEldorado-no account filed
May 2001HailEldorado-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Creta6.1 miles8
Lincoln6.1 miles9
Creata6.3 miles8
Marty8.4 miles8
Prairie Hill10.1 miles8
Olustee13.1 miles9
Duke13.7 miles8
Elmer15.8 miles10

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 EldoradoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1826836The 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.