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Mountain Park, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Snyder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73559. The Survey maps it on the Snyder quadrangle. 320 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,378 feet above sea level.

Mountain Park within Kiowa County

Population over time

2 figures

Mountain Park fell from 409 to 320 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
2010409
2020320-89 (-22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Park between 2001 and 2019, burning about 370 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
12 September 2015Debris and open burning9.0 acresAnadarko AgencyWELL FIRE
16 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use325 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryFAIR LAWN
10 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAnadarko AgencyDAVE
9 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use25 acresAnadarko AgencyOTTER CREEK
6 December 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAnadarko AgencyOTTER CREEK
15 January 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAnadarko AgencyMOUNTAIN PARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kiowa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Park: 17 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Copper, Titanium. 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
Brewer ProspectCopper, SilverPast Producer1904, 1905
Otter Creek Valley DepositTitanium, Niobium (Columbium)Prospect1952
Hallett ProspectCopperPast Producer1904
Snyder Southeast-1CopperOccurrence1852
Sienna Pink Granite QuarryGraniteProducer
Unknown Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Unknown Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Unknown Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Unknown Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Unknown Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Kiowa County

Storms near this place

57 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain Park in 57 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 42 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 flash flood. 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
October 2014Thunderstorm WindMountain Park$60,000Manufactured home destroyed by intense thunderstorms winds. Time estimated from radar.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMountain Park$30,000Tree limbs greater than one foot in diameter were downed. A boat was also overturned and sank in Tom Steed Lake.
October 1998HailMountain Park$20,000no account filed
June 2005Tornado (F1)Mountain Park$15,000This tornado was observed by numerous chasers and media personnel. The tornado caused major roof damage to one home. Another home received light roof damage. A barn was also destroyed. Trees and limbs were also reported down. One home was located 5 miles west and 1.2 miles south of Mountain Park. The second home was located 5 miles west and 1.5 miles south of Mountain Park. The destroyed barn was located 5 miles west and 1.75 miles south of Mountain Park.
October 2018Flash FloodMountain Park-Flood waters flowing over Highway 183.
May 2015Flash FloodMountain Park-Several roads, including Highway 183 closed due to high water. No damage reported.
November 2011Tornado (EF0)Mountain Park-This tornado began just west of the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge in Kiowa county, and continued northeast through the refuge, and then entered Kiowa county a 2nd time before lifting. This portion of the tornado was only briefly in Kiowa county with no known damage reported.
April 2009FloodMountain Park-Street flooding was reported in and around Mountain Park.
June 2007Flash FloodMountain Park-Rapidly rising water caused many evacuations of homes. No injuries reported.
June 2005HailMountain Park-Hail was observed on Highway 183.
June 2005HailMountain Park-Hail was reported at the Great Plains State Park.
June 2005HailMountain Park-Hail was reported at the Great Plains State Park.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Mountain Park-Numerous storm chasers and media personnel observed this tornado. No damage was reported.
November 1994HailMountain Park-Severe thunderstorms in southwestern Oklahoma produced up to quarter-sized hail and wind speeds up to 60 mph.
October 2017HailMountain Park-no account filed
May 2016HailMountain Park-no account filed
March 2009Thunderstorm WindMountain Park-no account filed
April 2009HailMountain Park-no account filed
March 2009HailMountain Park-no account filed
March 2009Thunderstorm WindMountain Park-no account filed
October 2007HailMountain Park-no account filed
May 2006HailMountain Park-no account filed
May 2005HailMountain Park-no account filed
May 2005HailMountain Park-no account filed
June 2005HailMountain Park-no account filed
June 2005HailMountain Park-no account filed
June 2005HailMountain Park-no account filed
June 2005HailMountain Park-no account filed
June 2005HailMountain Park-no account filed
June 2005HailMountain Park-no account filed
September 2005HailMountain Park-no account filed
September 2005HailMountain Park-no account filed
May 2004HailMountain Park-no account filed
April 2003HailMountain Park-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMountain Park-no account filed
May 2001HailMountain Park-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindMountain Park-no account filed
March 2000HailMountain Park-no account filed
April 2000HailMountain Park-no account filed
April 2000HailMountain Park-no account filed
April 1999HailMountain Park-no account filed
October 1999Thunderstorm WindMountain Park-no account filed
December 1999HailMountain Park-no account filed
December 1999HailMountain Park-no account filed
December 1999HailMountain Park-no account filed
December 1999HailMountain Park-no account filed
December 1999HailMountain Park-no account filed
October 1999HailMountain Park-no account filed
May 1999HailMountain Park-no account filed
May 1999HailMountain Park-no account filed
June 1997HailMountain Park-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindMountain Park-no account filed
May 1995HailMountain Park-no account filed
April 1994HailMountain Park-no account filed
August 1994HailMountain Park-no account filed
April 1994HailMountain Park-no account filed
May 1994HailMountain Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kiowa 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
Svoboda1.0 miles12
Snyder2.6 miles12
Lige4.5 miles9
Odetta6.1 miles13
Cold Springs7.4 miles8
Centerville8.5 miles9
Roosevelt11.1 miles8
Cooperton12.5 miles13

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 Mountain ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2173656The 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 1095649. 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.