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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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Hollis within Harmon County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Hollis 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,060
20201,795-265 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 1938

Taken 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.

Drought-abandoned house on the edge of the Great Plains near Hollis, Oklahoma
Drought-abandoned house on the edge of the Great Plains near Hollis, Oklahoma
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Harmon County

Storms near this place

60 of 146 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 1993Thunderstorm WindHollis$500,000no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHollis$50,000Several utility poles were blown down by estimated 70 mph wind gusts.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHollis$30,000Major roof damage to three businesses, 6 homes with minor damage reported, power poles and tree branches downed. Time estimated from radar.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHollis$25,000Roof damage was reported to a commercial building in Hollis. Monetary damages were estimated.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindHollis$25,000Severe thunderstorm winds damaged fences and roofs, blew windows out, split or uprooted several trees, and destroyed one carport.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHollis$15,000Numerous tree limbs and power lines were downed by high winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindHollis$11,500no account filed
April 2005Thunderstorm WindHollis$10,000Power lines and trees were downed in town.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHollis$7,500Several pieces of farming equipment were blown across a field and through a fence.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHollis$5,000Large wood-frame metal barn destroyed. Debris observed downwind about 200 yards.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHollis$5,000Trees and power lines downed.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHollis$5,000A few power poles and many tree limbs were downed. A few roofs sustained minor damage.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHollis$5,000Numerous power lines were downed, along with trees.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindHollis$4,000Minor roof damage was reported on the east side of Hollis.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHollis$2,000Roof was blown off building.
November 2016Thunderstorm WindHollis$2,000Power poles were downed on the west side of town.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindHollis$1,500KSWO Channel 7 in Lawton, OK reported downed power lines.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHollis$1,000Tree limb downed onto a fence (approximately 6-12 inches in diameter).
May 2002Thunderstorm WindHollis$500Power lines were downed.
May 2024HailHollis-MPing report.
June 2023HailHollis-MPing report.
May 2022Tornado (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 2022Tornado (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 2019Tornado (EFU)Hollis-Multiple storm chasers observed a tornado estimated to be about 3 miles southwest of Hollis. No damage was reported.
May 2019Tornado (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 2018Thunderstorm WindHollis-Report relayed from a trained spotter. Unknown instrument.
May 2016Flash FloodHollis-Several roads impassable due to high water.
June 2015Flash FloodHollis-Highway 62 between Hollis and the Texas state line closed due to high water.
May 2015HailHollis-No damage reported.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindHollis-No damage reported.
April 2014HailHollis-Quarter to half dollar sized hail reported in Hollis and south of town.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHollis-No damage reported.
March 2012HailHollis-The hail was reported along Highway 62.
March 2012HailHollis-The hail damaged windshields. The report was relayed by NWS Amarillo.
April 2009HailHollis-The time was derived from the law enforcement officer's account and radar data.
September 2008Flash FloodHollis-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 2008Heavy RainHollis-The measured rainfall was 4.48 inches, much of it falling in a six to eight hour period.
September 2007Flash FloodHollis-The county road was closed due to rising water over the roadway.
May 2005HailHollis-Hail was reported on Highway 62 near the Oklahoma-Texas state line.
May 2024HailHollis-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHollis-no account filed
May 2020HailHollis-no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindHollis-no account filed
April 2019HailHollis-no account filed
April 2019HailHollis-no account filed
May 2018HailHollis-no account filed
May 2016HailHollis-no account filed
May 2016HailHollis-no account filed
April 2016HailHollis-no account filed
October 2016HailHollis-no account filed
May 2015HailHollis-no account filed
May 2015HailHollis-no account filed
April 2014HailHollis-no account filed
April 2012HailHollis-no account filed
April 2012HailHollis-no account filed
April 2012HailHollis-no account filed
April 2012HailHollis-no account filed
March 2012HailHollis-no account filed
March 2012HailHollis-no account filed
April 2012HailHollis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harmon 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
Arnett4.9 miles10
McKnight5.4 miles8
Gould7.6 miles10
Ron7.7 miles8
Sandy9.0 miles8
Shrewder10.0 miles8
Louis10.3 miles10
McQueen11.2 miles8

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 HollisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q525880The 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.