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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.

Elmore City within Garvin County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Elmore 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.

YearPeople Change
2010697
2020738+41 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 2003

Regional 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChickasaw AgencyMCGEE
21 March 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresChickasaw AgencyNEMO 3
1 February 2018Arson/incendiarism491 acresChickasaw AgencyELMORE CITY
5 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresChickasaw AgencyHAIRSON
27 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4,000 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryELMORE CITY
12 October 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined160 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryMERCER
22 January 2014Equipment and vehicle use82 acresChickasaw AgencyMCNEIL FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garvin County

Storms near this place

49 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindElmore City$10,000Estimated wind gust. Location is approximate. Relayed image showing the roof of a metal barn blown off in the vicinity.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindElmore City$10,000The roof to a school sustained major damage. Power lines and trees were also downed.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindElmore City$5,000Damage to trees and a carport roof. A metal outbuilding was knocked over and roof was removed from an old shop.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindElmore City$5,000Multiple trees and power poles down. Roof blown off of a barn.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindElmore City$4,000Trees were downed, and a barn was destroyed.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindElmore City$1,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed limbs, awnings, and television antennae throughout town.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindElmore City$800Several large tree limbs were blown down. Time was estimated based on radar.
April 2026HailElmore City-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2026HailElmore City-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025HailElmore City-Event time is estimated from radar observations.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindElmore 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 2018Thunderstorm WindElmore City-Numerous trees damaged including a large tree blown over.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindElmore City-Ten power poles were downed.
March 2009HailElmore City-Nickel- to quarter-size hail was reported.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindElmore City-Several farm outbuildings were badly damaged or destroyed. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
June 2003Flash FloodElmore 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 2026HailElmore City-no account filed
July 2024HailElmore City-no account filed
March 2023HailElmore City-no account filed
May 2020HailElmore City-no account filed
March 2019HailElmore City-no account filed
August 2018HailElmore City-no account filed
May 2017HailElmore City-no account filed
May 2016HailElmore City-no account filed
May 2012HailElmore City-no account filed
April 2011HailElmore City-no account filed
May 2011HailElmore City-no account filed
August 2011HailElmore City-no account filed
May 2010HailElmore City-no account filed
May 2009HailElmore City-no account filed
May 2008HailElmore City-no account filed
July 2007HailElmore City-no account filed
May 2005HailElmore City-no account filed
June 2005HailElmore City-no account filed
April 2004HailElmore City-no account filed
April 2004HailElmore City-no account filed
April 2004HailElmore City-no account filed
March 2003HailElmore City-no account filed
March 2003HailElmore City-no account filed
April 2003HailElmore City-no account filed
April 2003HailElmore City-no account filed
May 2003HailElmore City-no account filed
May 2003HailElmore City-no account filed
October 1997HailElmore City-no account filed
January 1996HailElmore City-no account filed
April 1995HailElmore City-no account filed
June 1995HailElmore City-no account filed
March 1993HailElmore City-no account filed
April 1993HailElmore City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garvin 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
Katie3.8 miles15
Satterwhite4.0 miles14
Foster4.9 miles14
McCarty5.3 miles16
Eola5.5 miles14
Brady6.0 miles15
Antioch7.1 miles15
Pernell7.4 miles12

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 CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1918405The 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.