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Shamrock, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Shamrock-Heyburn Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74068. The Survey maps it on the Drumright quadrangle. 65 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.

Shamrock within Creek County

Population over time

2 figures

Shamrock fell from 101 to 65 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
2010101
202065-36 (-36%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

39 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Shamrock between 2006 and 2020, burning about 13,840 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,990 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySHAMROCK FIRE
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeOLD YELLER
4 August 2008Debris and open burning3.2 acresWewoka AgencyHOT FOOT
29 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1,346 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeOAK
25 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution7.8 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSINCLAIR
20 July 2011Arson/incendiarism9.8 acresOkmulgee Field Office171ST
5 May 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution119 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeGREEN-UP
7 April 2020Arson/incendiarism11 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeWILSON LEASE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Creek County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shamrock: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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

Every working recorded in Creek County

Storms near this place

34 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shamrock in 34 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 20 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1995Tornado (F0)Shamrock1 hurt, $15,000no account filed
May 2016Tornado (EF1)Shamrock$750,000This tornado developed northwest of the intersection of Highway 16 and S 433rd West Avenue, where trees were snapped. A home was severely damaged, multiple outbuildings were destroyed, and trees were snapped south of Highway 16 as the tornado tracked to the southeast. Multiple homes were damaged, outbuildings were destroyed, and numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along W 201st Street S and Highway 16. The tornado then turned sharply to the east and crossed Highway 48 north of Bristow, where large tree limbs were snapped. The tornado dissipated between I-44 and the S 337th West Avenue. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph.
November 2025HailShamrock$20,000Large hail to three inches in diameter damaged vehicles and homes.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindShamrock$3,000no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindShamrock-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Shamrock-A brief tornado was photographed by a Fox23 storm chaser. No damage is known to have occurred from this tornado as it remained over open country.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindShamrock-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindShamrock-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 2004Flash FloodShamrock-Heavy thunderstorm rains caused a few roads and streets near and around Shamrock to be flooded.
March 2020HailShamrock-no account filed
March 2017HailShamrock-no account filed
April 2011HailShamrock-no account filed
March 2009HailShamrock-no account filed
May 2005HailShamrock-no account filed
June 2003HailShamrock-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindShamrock-no account filed
September 2001HailShamrock-no account filed
May 2000HailShamrock-no account filed
September 1999HailShamrock-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindShamrock-no account filed
September 1999HailShamrock-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindShamrock-no account filed
May 1999HailShamrock-no account filed
May 1998HailShamrock-no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindShamrock-no account filed
July 1997HailShamrock-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindShamrock-no account filed
June 1995HailShamrock-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindShamrock-no account filed
March 1993HailShamrock-no account filed
May 1993HailShamrock-no account filed
September 1993HailShamrock-no account filed
September 1993HailShamrock-no account filed
October 1993HailShamrock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Creek 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
Drumright5.5 miles11
Frey7.7 miles12
Pemeta8.1 miles12
Depew8.5 miles11
Olive9.8 miles13
Pulaski10.1 miles16
Bellvue10.4 miles17
Markham10.5 miles12

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 ShamrockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2097264The 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 1097951. 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.