Ninnekah, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Alex census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73067. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ninnekah quadrangle. 775 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNinnekah fell from 1,002 to 775 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 | 1,002 | |
| 2020 | 775 | -227 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1902 USGS Rush Springs quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Rush Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Rush Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Rush Springs NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS East Ninnekah quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ninnekah between 2012 and 2017, burning about 6,650 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,500 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | NINNEKAH |
| 12 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Chickasaw Agency | MOCKINGBIRD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ninnekah: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
46 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ninnekah in 46 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Ninnekah | $50,000 | Flooding on Highway 81 south of Chickasha. Vehicles stalled and stranded in water. |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Ninnekah | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | $10,000 | Relayed image showing a portable outbuilding blown across U.S. Highway 81. Time is radar estimated. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | $5,000 | Power lines blown down on the roadway, igniting small fires. Time is radar estimated. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | $500 | Power lines and trees were downed along Highway 81 near the intersection of Highways 277 and 81 west of town. Some of the downed lines landed against a house, trapping the occupants for about 20 minutes. A 30x30 building was also destroyed on Highway 277 between Ninnekah and Cement. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | $200 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | Event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | An image was relayed through broadcast media. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | Tree damage reported. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | No damage was reported. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | The report was relayed by the National Severe Storms Laboratory Hail Verification project. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | The report was relayed by the National Severe Storms Laboratory Hail Verification project. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | The report was relayed by the National Severe Storms Laboratory Hail verification project. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | Severe thunderstorm winds were recorded at speeds up to 80 mph between Chickasha and Rush Springs. Numerous limbs were downed in and around Chickasha. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site |
| April 2021 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | East Ninnekah | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Ninnekah | - | 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 Ninnekah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2677429 | 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 1095886. 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.







