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.
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
Pond Creek Masonic Lodge #125listed 2010
Population over time
2 figuresPond 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 856 | |
| 2020 | 885 | +29 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Pond Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ponca City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
42 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pond Creek | $25,000 | An estimated wind gust. Additional reports of extensive tree and power pole damage across the community of Pond Creek. The location is approximate. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Pond Creek | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pond Creek | $10 | Numerous small tree limbs were downed. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | An image showing a ruler-measured hailstone was shared on social media. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | Reported by a broadcast media storm chaser. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | Reported by a broadcast media storm chaser. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated based on radar observations. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | The event time is estimated based on radar observations. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | The location is approximate. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pond Creek | - | A personal weather station observation. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pond 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pond Creek | - | An estimated wind gust in the community of Pond Creek. The location is approximate. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pond Creek | - | Relayed through NWSchat. Time is radar estimated. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Pond Creek | - | Flood water flowing over Hwy 81. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pond Creek | - | Reports of tree damage and major roof damages to businesses and homes. Some uprooted trees as well. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pond Creek | - | Report of power out in Pond Creek. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | No damage was reported. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pond Creek | - | No damage information was provided. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pond Creek | - | The estimated wind gust was relayed by KWTV-9. Golf ball-size hail was also reported at this location. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | The hail report was relayed by KWTV-9. An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was also reported at this location. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | The report was relayed by the Garfield county emergency manager. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | Dime to nickel size hail was reported. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Pond Creek | - | Flash flooding from heavy rains caused Highway 60 to be closed between the junctions of Highway 81 and Highway 64. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Pond Creek | - | 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 Pond Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1900766 | 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 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.



