Elmore City, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Elmore City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73433. It stands on East Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elmore City South quadrangle. 738 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 974 feet above sea level.
On record in Elmore City
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
Antioch Dependent School District #15listed 2004
Population over time
2 figuresElmore City grew from 697 to 738 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 | 697 | |
| 2020 | 738 | +41 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1898 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Elmore City South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Elmore City between 2003 and 2018, burning about 4,839 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | MCGEE |
| 21 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | NEMO 3 |
| 1 February 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 491 acres | Chickasaw Agency | ELMORE CITY |
| 5 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Chickasaw Agency | HAIRSON |
| 27 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ELMORE CITY |
| 12 October 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | MERCER |
| 22 January 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 82 acres | Chickasaw Agency | MCNEIL FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
49 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmore City in 49 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 37 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmore City | $10,000 | Estimated wind gust. Location is approximate. Relayed image showing the roof of a metal barn blown off in the vicinity. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmore City | $10,000 | The roof to a school sustained major damage. Power lines and trees were also downed. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmore City | $5,000 | Damage to trees and a carport roof. A metal outbuilding was knocked over and roof was removed from an old shop. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmore City | $5,000 | Multiple trees and power poles down. Roof blown off of a barn. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmore City | $4,000 | Trees were downed, and a barn was destroyed. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmore City | $1,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed limbs, awnings, and television antennae throughout town. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmore City | $800 | Several large tree limbs were blown down. Time was estimated based on radar. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Elmore City | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Elmore City | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Elmore City | - | Event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmore City | - | Relayed images showing multiple large (612-inch diameter) tree limbs blown down in/near the community of Elmore City. Time is radar estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmore City | - | Numerous trees damaged including a large tree blown over. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmore City | - | Ten power poles were downed. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Elmore City | - | Nickel- to quarter-size hail was reported. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmore City | - | Several farm outbuildings were badly damaged or destroyed. Monetary damage estimates were not available. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Elmore City | - | Locally heavy rainfall totals of 8 to 10 inches produced flash flooding in southern Garvin County in and near Elmore City. Floodwaters were reported over Pee Road in Elmore City. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Elmore City | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Elmore City | - | 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 Elmore City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1918405 | 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 1092598. 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.
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.





