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Hennepin, Oklahoma

15 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 73030. The Survey maps it on the Hennepin quadrangle. 143 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 932 feet above sea level.

Hennepin within Garvin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hennepin between 2006 and 2015, burning about 11,757 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
5 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use224 acresChickasaw AgencyKATIE
15 July 2006Natural2.1 acresChickasaw AgencyBOWLING PIN
21 April 2006Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresChickasaw AgencySPARKS RANCH
31 March 2015Debris and open burning15 acresChickasaw AgencyTRESSPASS
12 March 2008Debris and open burning4,500 acresChickasaw AgencyARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS
27 February 2008Debris and open burning11 acresChickasaw AgencyAATIE ESCAPE
23 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChickasaw AgencyWASHBASIN
1 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined7,000 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryARBUCKLE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garvin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Hennepin: 39 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garvin County

Storms near this place

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hennepin in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 19 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
May 2016Tornado (EF4)Hennepin1 killed, $1,000,000A tornado developed 1.25 miles south of the community of Katie, OK, or about 3.4 miles north of Hennepin. The tornado was observed to be very dynamic as it moved east-northeast and east. Initially damage was confined to trees until the tornado crossed county road 1690 where a home was destroyed where only interior walls remained standing. To the east of this house, two mobile homes were damaged on the southern periphery of the tornado path. The tornado moved east-northeast damaging another mobile home, then east removing the roof from a home on Indian Meridian Road.||The tornado varied in movement between northeast and southeast as it approached and crossed county road 1680. A home was destroyed near county road 1680 and Indian Meridian Road where an EF4 rating was applied (DI 2, DOD 9). Further east, a fatality occurred when the tornado destroyed a modular home. After destroying another home, the tornado moved northeast and dissipated near Interstate 35.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindHennepin$75,000A barn and mobile home were damaged on Highway 7, approximately 3 miles west of Interstate 35. A telephone pole was snapped and an outbuilding blown over in this area.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindHennepin$25,000Relayed images showing a 40-by-60-foot hay barn destroyed. Event time is estimated by radar observations.
June 2025Tornado (EF1)Hennepin$10,000A tornado developed near County Road 3210 about 4 miles east-southeast of Katie, and moved north-northeast. Near the beginning of the path, emergence management officials reported the east-facing garage door of a home was damaged and significant tree damage.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHennepin$5,000Relayed images showing multiple power poles snapped and at least one large tree limb blown down. Time is radar estimated.
December 2022Tornado (EF1)Hennepin$5,000Trees were damaged and the roof was removed from a communications building along State Highway 7 just northeast of Hennepin. The tornado likely moved northeast into unpopulated areas near Wildhorse Creek and Sandy Creek before dissipating.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindHennepin$300Six to eight inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
May 2024HailHennepin-Golf ball size hail noted along Oklahoma Highway 7, east of the community of Hennepin, nearly to the Interstate 35 junction. Emergency management relayed. Time is radar estimated and location is approximate.
May 2024HailHennepin-Relayed by emergency management. Time is radar estimated.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Hennepin-The tornado developed 7 miles west-southwest of Wynnewood in Garvin county, and continued into Murray county, where the bulk of the damage occurred. Minor tree damage occurred on the Garvin county side of the tornado. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
June 2003Flash FloodHennepin-Locally heavy rainfall totals of 8 to 10 inches produced flash flooding in southern Garvin County. Sandy Creek flooded agricultural fields five miles north of Hennepin, and washed out a local road in the area. The floodwaters from Sandy Creek were routed downstream into Wildhorse Creek and eventually the Washita River, and produced moderate, within-bank rise along these streams. The river gage along Wildhorse Creek near Hoover crested below flood stage, but had its highest crest in the past three years.
February 2023HailHennepin-no account filed
March 2023HailHennepin-no account filed
March 2023HailHennepin-no account filed
March 2023HailHennepin-no account filed
June 2019HailHennepin-no account filed
May 2019HailHennepin-no account filed
May 2017HailHennepin-no account filed
June 2011HailHennepin-no account filed
July 2005HailHennepin-no account filed
June 2005HailHennepin-no account filed
April 2004HailHennepin-no account filed
April 2004HailHennepin-no account filed
April 1996HailHennepin-no account filed
April 1996HailHennepin-no account filed
April 1995HailHennepin-no account filed
May 1995HailHennepin-no account filed
April 1993HailHennepin-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
Katie4.9 miles15
Satterwhite4.9 miles14
Hoover5.4 miles15
Eola5.7 miles14
Carver7.4 miles14
Elmore City8.3 miles14
Brady8.6 miles15
Pernell9.4 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 HennepinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5714822The 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 1093667. 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.