Hunter, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Garfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74640. The Survey maps it on the Hunter quadrangle. 145 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,093 feet above sea level.
On record in Hunter
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
- Bank of Hunterlisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresHunter fell from 165 to 145 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 | 165 | |
| 2020 | 145 | -20 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Hunter quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ponca City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hunter: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hunter in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 19 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Hail | Hunter | $100,000 | Hail covered the ground. The hail caused damage to vehicles as well as siding, windows, and roofs of homes. |
| October 2010 | Lightning | Hunter | $75,000 | The First Christian Church was heavily damaged following a lightning strike. Although the building was not a total loss, a significant portion burned to the ground. The time of the lightning strike was approximate. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | $3,000 | Four power poles and numerous trees were downed. Damage was also sustained to a tin building, and a large plate glass window was blown out. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | $2,000 | Roofs were blown off outbuildings. Estimated 70 mph winds. Time of event is uncertain. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hunter | - | A relayed image. Event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hunter | - | Emergency management relayed an image. Event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | - | No damage reported. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Hunter | - | Up to quarter-size hail occurred off-and-on for 20 minutes. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | - | No damage was reported with the wind gust. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hunter | - | Thunderstorm winds caused significant damage to trees and a barn. |
| April 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Hunter | - | This tornado moved through northeast Garfield County for one mile before moving into Noble County. No damage was observed or reported in Garfield County. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hunter | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Hunter | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cropper | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Kremlin | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Breckinridge | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Garber | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Shea | 13.9 miles | 14 | |
| Etna | 14.1 miles | 10 | |
| North Enid | 14.1 miles | 14 | |
| Fairmont | 14.5 miles | 10 |
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 Hunter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2291430 | 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 1094022. 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.



