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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.

Ninnekah within Grady County

Population over time

2 figures

Ninnekah 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,002
2020775-227 (-23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

2 since 2012

Regional 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/undetermined2

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
3 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined6,500 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryNINNEKAH
12 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresChickasaw AgencyMOCKINGBIRD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grady County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

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

Every working recorded in Grady County

Storms near this place

46 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Flash FloodNinnekah$50,000Flooding on Highway 81 south of Chickasha. Vehicles stalled and stranded in water.
October 1998Tornado (F2)Ninnekah$50,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNinnekah$10,000Relayed image showing a portable outbuilding blown across U.S. Highway 81. Time is radar estimated.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNinnekah$5,000Power lines blown down on the roadway, igniting small fires. Time is radar estimated.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindNinnekah$5,000no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindNinnekah$500Power 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 2000Thunderstorm WindNinnekah$200no account filed
March 2025HailNinnekah-Event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2025HailNinnekah-An image was relayed through broadcast media. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-Tree damage reported.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-No damage was reported.
June 2007HailNinnekah-The report was relayed by the National Severe Storms Laboratory Hail Verification project.
June 2007HailNinnekah-The report was relayed by the National Severe Storms Laboratory Hail Verification project.
June 2007HailNinnekah-The report was relayed by the National Severe Storms Laboratory Hail verification project.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-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 1997Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site
April 2021HailNinnekah-no account filed
April 2021HailNinnekah-no account filed
April 2020HailNinnekah-no account filed
April 2016Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-no account filed
April 2016HailNinnekah-no account filed
April 2016Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-no account filed
August 2013Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-no account filed
May 2013HailNinnekah-no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-no account filed
June 2007HailNinnekah-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-no account filed
June 2005HailNinnekah-no account filed
May 2003HailNinnekah-no account filed
September 2001HailNinnekah-no account filed
April 1999HailNinnekah-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-no account filed
April 1998HailNinnekah-no account filed
April 1998HailNinnekah-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindNinnekah-no account filed
April 1994HailEast Ninnekah-no account filed
August 1993HailNinnekah-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grady 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
Norge4.8 miles17
Agawam5.3 miles17
Farwell6.1 miles13
Chickasha7.3 miles13
Alex8.0 miles17
Laverty8.5 miles13
Tabler8.6 miles13
Rocky Ford10.6 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 NinnekahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2677429The 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.