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Pond Creek, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southwest Grant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73766. The Survey maps it on the Pond Creek quadrangle. 885 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.

Pond Creek within Grant County

On record in Pond Creek

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

Pond Creek grew from 856 to 885 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
2010856
2020885+29 (+3%)

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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pond Creek: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Clay PitClayProducer
Unknown Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

42 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pond Creek in 42 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 27 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPond Creek$25,000An estimated wind gust. Additional reports of extensive tree and power pole damage across the community of Pond Creek. The location is approximate.
May 1998Tornado (F1)Pond Creek$5,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindPond Creek$10Numerous small tree limbs were downed.
April 2026HailPond Creek-An image showing a ruler-measured hailstone was shared on social media.
April 2026HailPond Creek-Reported by a broadcast media storm chaser.
April 2026HailPond Creek-Reported by a broadcast media storm chaser. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated based on radar observations.
April 2026HailPond Creek-The event time is estimated based on radar observations.
April 2026HailPond Creek-The location is approximate.
June 2025Tornado (EFU)Pond Creek-Storm spotters reported a tornado near or west of US-81 near the Garfield-Grant County line. No damage was reported and the location is estimated.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPond Creek-A personal weather station observation.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPond Creek-Numerous tree limbs were blown down in the community of Pond Creek. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindPond Creek-An estimated wind gust in the community of Pond Creek. The location is approximate.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindPond Creek-Relayed through NWSchat. Time is radar estimated.
May 2019Flash FloodPond Creek-Flood water flowing over Hwy 81.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindPond Creek-Reports of tree damage and major roof damages to businesses and homes. Some uprooted trees as well.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindPond Creek-Report of power out in Pond Creek.
May 2015HailPond Creek-No damage was reported.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPond Creek-No damage information was provided.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindPond Creek-The estimated wind gust was relayed by KWTV-9. Golf ball-size hail was also reported at this location.
July 2009HailPond Creek-The hail report was relayed by KWTV-9. An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was also reported at this location.
May 2008HailPond Creek-The report was relayed by the Garfield county emergency manager.
June 2007HailPond Creek-Dime to nickel size hail was reported.
August 2003Flash FloodPond Creek-Flash flooding from heavy rains caused Highway 60 to be closed between the junctions of Highway 81 and Highway 64.
August 2024HailPond Creek-no account filed
July 2020HailPond Creek-no account filed
May 2019HailPond Creek-no account filed
April 2009HailPond Creek-no account filed
April 2009HailPond Creek-no account filed
July 2009HailPond Creek-no account filed
July 2009HailPond Creek-no account filed
October 2007HailPond Creek-no account filed
April 2006HailPond Creek-no account filed
April 2004HailPond Creek-no account filed
July 2004HailPond Creek-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPond Creek-no account filed
May 2002HailPond Creek-no account filed
October 2002HailPond Creek-no account filed
May 2001HailPond Creek-no account filed
September 2001HailPond Creek-no account filed
April 1999HailPond Creek-no account filed
February 1996HailPond Creek-no account filed
June 1995HailPond Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Jefferson3.6 miles10
Medford10.2 miles11
Gilbert11.4 miles11
Salt Fork11.5 miles10
Clyde12.3 miles10
Hawley12.9 miles8
Lamont13.1 miles10
Nash13.2 miles8

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 Pond CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1900766The 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 1096819. 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.