Elmer, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Altus South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73539. The Survey maps it on the Elmer quadrangle. 65 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,309 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresElmer fell from 96 to 65 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 | 96 | |
| 2020 | 65 | -31 (-32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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
- 1958 USGS Elmer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Elmore City NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Elmer quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Elmer between 2008 and 2012, burning about 2,135 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILSON ( M A TO ODELL F D ) |
| 25 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2,100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROUND TIMBER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Elmer: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pitts Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
35 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmer in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 20 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmer | $15,000 | A social media image shows a section of a metal and wood barn blown off. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmer | $7,000 | Roof of one residence damaged. Report relayed by KWTV. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmer | $100 | Tree limbs 2 inches in diameter were broken. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmer | $10 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Elmer | - | A storm chaser took video of a long-lived landspout near Elmer. This landspout lasted for at least ten minutes and may have persisted for more than 20 minutes. No damage was reported and the location of this tornado is estimated. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Elmer | - | MPing report. |
| December 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmer | - | Winds uprooted trees. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmer | - | Shed was destroyed. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF3) | Elmer | - | The tornado moved back into Jackson County from Wilbarger County Texas and moved across the southeast section of the county. Damage to trees, metal buildings and outbuildings were observed along US Highway 283 to the southeast of Elmer. Damage to homes and trees continued to be observed as the tornado moved east-northeast. The most significant damage was observed 3 to 4 miles east of Elmer (DI 1, DOD 8; DI 2, DOD 6; DI 21, DOD 7; DI 27, DOD 5). The tornadic motion seen on videos and the radar presentation indicate that this likely was a violent tornado through southeast Jackson County, although only EF3 damage was observed as the tornado moved through this relatively sparsely populated area. KFDR radar measured 115 knot gate-to-gate rotational velocity when the tornado was east of Elmer. The tornado continued east-northeast moving into Tillman County about 4 miles west of Tipton. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Elmer | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Elmer | - | This tornado moved into Oklahoma from Wilbarger County Texas and continued to expand as it moved east-northeast across southern Jackson County. Despite the expansion of the tornado to an estimated 1000 yards wide, no significant damage is known to have occurred in this portion of Jackson County. The tornado crossed the Red River back into Wilbarger County before entering Jackson County again at 4:43 pm CST. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmer | - | No damage was reported with the wind gust. |
| October 2021 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Elmer | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Elmer | - | 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 Elmer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1996819 | 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 1092593. 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.




