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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.

Hunter within Garfield County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Hunter 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.

YearPeople Change
2010165
2020145-20 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

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

Every working recorded in Garfield County

Storms near this place

27 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2004HailHunter$100,000Hail covered the ground. The hail caused damage to vehicles as well as siding, windows, and roofs of homes.
October 2010LightningHunter$75,000The 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 1999Thunderstorm WindHunter$40,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHunter$3,000Four 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 2017Thunderstorm WindHunter$2,000Roofs were blown off outbuildings. Estimated 70 mph winds. Time of event is uncertain.
April 2025HailHunter-A relayed image. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
April 2025HailHunter-Emergency management relayed an image. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHunter-No damage reported.
June 2011HailHunter-Up to quarter-size hail occurred off-and-on for 20 minutes.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHunter-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindHunter-Thunderstorm winds caused significant damage to trees and a barn.
April 2002Tornado (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 2019HailHunter-no account filed
May 2016HailHunter-no account filed
April 2012HailHunter-no account filed
April 2012HailHunter-no account filed
March 2008HailHunter-no account filed
April 2006HailHunter-no account filed
May 2004HailHunter-no account filed
May 2004HailHunter-no account filed
September 1999HailHunter-no account filed
September 1999HailHunter-no account filed
September 1999HailHunter-no account filed
June 1998HailHunter-no account filed
June 1998HailHunter-no account filed
June 1998HailHunter-no account filed
June 1996HailHunter-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garfield 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
Cropper8.6 miles10
Kremlin9.1 miles11
Breckinridge9.5 miles10
Garber9.6 miles10
Shea13.9 miles14
Etna14.1 miles10
North Enid14.1 miles14
Fairmont14.5 miles10

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 HunterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2291430The 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.