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Snyder, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Snyder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73566. The Survey maps it on the Snyder quadrangle. 1,301 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,355 feet above sea level.

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Snyder within Kiowa County

On record in Snyder

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

Snyder fell from 1,394 to 1,301 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
20101,394
20201,301-93 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Snyder between 2001 and 2019, burning about 370 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
12 September 2015Debris and open burning9.0 acresAnadarko AgencyWELL FIRE
16 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use325 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryFAIR LAWN
10 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAnadarko AgencyDAVE
9 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use25 acresAnadarko AgencyOTTER CREEK
6 December 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAnadarko AgencyOTTER CREEK
15 January 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAnadarko AgencyMOUNTAIN PARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kiowa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Snyder: 20 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Clay, Copper. 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
Brewer ProspectCopper, SilverPast Producer1904, 1905
Otter Creek PlacerTitanium, MetalOccurrenceIlmenite
Otter Creek Valley DepositTitanium, Niobium (Columbium)Prospect1952
Hallett ProspectCopperPast Producer1904
Snyder Southeast-1CopperOccurrence1852
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Sienna Pink Granite QuarryGraniteProducer
Unknown Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Kiowa County

Storms near this place

60 of 99 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snyder in 99 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 68 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 6 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
October 1996Thunderstorm WindSnyder$75,000no account filed
October 2000Flash FloodSnyder$50,000Numerous homes and businesses were flooded, and many people had to be evacuated due to high water.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindSnyder$50,000no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindSnyder$10,000The roof of a business was blown off with debris falling on numerous vehicles in a nearby parking lot.
October 2021Tornado (EF1)Snyder$5,000A tornado developed about 6 miles east-southeast of Snyder to the south of U.S. Highway 62. It quickly became a large tornado as it moved sporadically north and northeast before crossing into Comanche County about 3 miles north of US-62. In Kiowa County, the tornado produced tree and power pole damage.
December 2016Thunderstorm WindSnyder$5,000Strong winds caused roof damage. Relayed from emergency management.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindSnyder$5,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSnyder$2,000Damage reported across Snyder, including downed fences, an old brick store front toppled, and pieces of a grain silo torn off. Time radar estimated.
October 2021Tornado (EF1)Snyder$1,000A tornado was observed for two minutes moving from Tillman County into Kiowa County. A barn roof and a few trees were damaged near the county line.
October 2018Tornado (EF0)Snyder-Storm chasers observed a weak tornado, likely a landspout, about 4 miles southwest of Hobart. No damage is known to have occurred.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindSnyder-No damage was reported.
April 2016Flash FloodSnyder-An automated USGS gauge recorded a flash flood along Otter Creek at U.S. Hwy 62 near Snyder. Creek level reached 12.2 feet. Flood stage is 11 feet.
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Snyder-The tornado that originally began in northwest Hardeman County Texas moved into Kiowa County from Tillman County and finally ended it's 40-mile path about 3 miles east of Snyder. Damage in Kiowa County was confined to broken power poles along US-183 south of Snyder and US-62 just southeast of Snyder and to trees.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Snyder-A brief, weak landspout tornado was observed in Snyder. This tornado caused minor damage to a carport. The time of this tornado is estimated.
November 2011Tornado (EF0)Snyder-This brief tornado occurred east of Snyder, north of US Highway 62. No known damage occurred with this tornado.
November 2011Tornado (EF0)Snyder-This tornado continued into Kiowa County from Tillman County. The tornado only briefly entered the county before dissipating with no damage reported.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindSnyder-The wind gust was estimated.
May 2011HailSnyder-The hail report was relayed by KSWO-TV.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindSnyder-The southwest portion of Snyder sustained minor damage to trees, fencing, a small shed, and carports. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
April 2009FloodSnyder-Street flooding was reported in and around Snyder due to heavy rainfall.
March 2009HailSnyder-Quarter- to half-dollar-size hail was reported for approximately ten minutes.
June 2007Flash FloodSnyder-US HWY 183 was closed due to high water.
June 2007Flash FloodSnyder-Snyder City Park was under water and inaccessible.
May 2007HailSnyder-Reported on the south side of Snyder.
April 2005HailSnyder-Hail was reported on Highway 62, one mile west of the intersection with Highway 183.
May 2005HailSnyder-Hail was observed on Highway 62.
June 2005HailSnyder-Hail was reported on Highway 183.
November 2004HailSnyder-Hail was observed on the west side of town.
November 2004HailSnyder-Hail was reported covering the ground at the Snyder City Hall.
April 2000Flash FloodSnyder-Several county roads were flooded.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindSnyder-An isolated severe thunderstorm produced winds up to 60 mph in Kiowa County in southwestern Oklahoma.
April 2019HailSnyder-no account filed
July 2017HailSnyder-no account filed
May 2016HailSnyder-no account filed
April 2016HailSnyder-no account filed
April 2013HailSnyder-no account filed
April 2013HailSnyder-no account filed
April 2013HailSnyder-no account filed
April 2012HailSnyder-no account filed
November 2011HailSnyder-no account filed
June 2011HailSnyder-no account filed
April 2009HailSnyder-no account filed
June 2009HailSnyder-no account filed
March 2008HailSnyder-no account filed
March 2008HailSnyder-no account filed
May 2007HailSnyder-no account filed
October 2007HailSnyder-no account filed
April 2006HailSnyder-no account filed
April 2006HailSnyder-no account filed
April 2006HailSnyder-no account filed
June 2006HailSnyder-no account filed
April 2005HailSnyder-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSnyder-no account filed
June 2005HailSnyder-no account filed
September 2005HailSnyder-no account filed
June 2004HailSnyder-no account filed
July 2004HailSnyder-no account filed
April 2003HailSnyder-no account filed
April 2003HailSnyder-no account filed
April 2003HailSnyder-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kiowa 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
Mountain Park2.6 miles12
Lige3.5 miles9
Svoboda3.6 miles12
Odetta5.7 miles13
Centerville9.4 miles9
Cold Springs9.9 miles8
Roosevelt13.6 miles8
Cooperton15.1 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 SnyderAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q603272The 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 1098175. 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.