Hollis, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hollis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73550. It stands on Bitter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hollis quadrangle. 1,795 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,627 feet above sea level.
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On record in Hollis
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 3 records
Harmon County Courthouselisted 1984
Hollis City Hall and Jaillisted 2007
United States Post Office Hollislisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresHollis fell from 2,060 to 1,795 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 | 2,060 | |
| 2020 | 1,795 | -265 (-13%) |
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
- 1961 USGS Hollis quadrangle1:62500
- 1975 USGS Hollis NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Altus quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Hollis quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1938Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hollis: 5 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 146 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollis in 146 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 96 hail, 40 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $50,000 | Several utility poles were blown down by estimated 70 mph wind gusts. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $30,000 | Major roof damage to three businesses, 6 homes with minor damage reported, power poles and tree branches downed. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $25,000 | Roof damage was reported to a commercial building in Hollis. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $25,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds damaged fences and roofs, blew windows out, split or uprooted several trees, and destroyed one carport. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $15,000 | Numerous tree limbs and power lines were downed by high winds. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $11,500 | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $10,000 | Power lines and trees were downed in town. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $7,500 | Several pieces of farming equipment were blown across a field and through a fence. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $5,000 | Large wood-frame metal barn destroyed. Debris observed downwind about 200 yards. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $5,000 | Trees and power lines downed. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $5,000 | A few power poles and many tree limbs were downed. A few roofs sustained minor damage. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $5,000 | Numerous power lines were downed, along with trees. |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $4,000 | Minor roof damage was reported on the east side of Hollis. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $2,000 | Roof was blown off building. |
| November 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $2,000 | Power poles were downed on the west side of town. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $1,500 | KSWO Channel 7 in Lawton, OK reported downed power lines. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $1,000 | Tree limb downed onto a fence (approximately 6-12 inches in diameter). |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | $500 | Power lines were downed. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Hollis | - | MPing report. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hollis | - | MPing report. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Hollis | - | The Hollis police chief observed a tornado estimated to be about 8 miles northeast of Hollis. No damage was known except perhaps to some pivot irrigators. The location of this tornado was estimated. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Hollis | - | The Hollis police chief and a storm chaser observed a tornado that developed about 1 mile south-southwest of Hollis and moved east just south of town. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Hollis | - | Multiple storm chasers observed a tornado estimated to be about 3 miles southwest of Hollis. No damage was reported. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Hollis | - | An off-duty NWS employee observed a brief tornado estimated to be about 3 miles east-northeast of Hollis. No damage was reported. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | - | Report relayed from a trained spotter. Unknown instrument. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Hollis | - | Several roads impassable due to high water. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Hollis | - | Highway 62 between Hollis and the Texas state line closed due to high water. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Hollis | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | - | No damage reported. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Hollis | - | Quarter to half dollar sized hail reported in Hollis and south of town. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | - | No damage reported. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Hollis | - | The hail was reported along Highway 62. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Hollis | - | The hail damaged windshields. The report was relayed by NWS Amarillo. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Hollis | - | The time was derived from the law enforcement officer's account and radar data. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Hollis | - | At least a foot of water accumulated over a couple of roadways, including a small area of Highway 30. One car was stalled due to driving into the high water. |
| September 2008 | Heavy Rain | Hollis | - | The measured rainfall was 4.48 inches, much of it falling in a six to eight hour period. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Hollis | - | The county road was closed due to rising water over the roadway. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Hollis | - | Hail was reported on Highway 62 near the Oklahoma-Texas state line. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Hollis | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Hollis | - | 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 Hollis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q525880 | 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 1093847. 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.




