Moore, Oklahoma Moore, Oklahoma Official seal of Moore, Oklahoma Moore, Oklahoma is positioned in the US Moore, Oklahoma - Moore, Oklahoma Moore is a town/city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City urbane area.
The populace was 55,081 at the 2010 census, making Moore the 7th biggest city in the state of Oklahoma.
Located between Oklahoma City and Norman, the town/city has been the site of a several devastating tornadoes, with those occurring in 1999 and 2013 receiving (inter)national attention.
6 Moore Veterans Memorial The Moore postal service was established May 27, 1889, amid the Land Run of 1889 and was titled for Al Moore, an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway employee.
The city's history notes that the improve before the postal service may have been called "Verbeck" by the barns . However, other histories indicate that Verbeck was actually the initial name of the close-by telegraph station "Oklahoma" which became the basis for the beginning of Oklahoma City. The improve remained small until 1961, when it took in 21.6 square miles (56 km2), becoming a full-fledged town/city in 1962, which in turn increased its populace from 1,221 in 1960 to 18,761 in 1970 and 55,081 in 2010. Moore's 1961 annexation kept it an autonomous town/city at a time when Oklahoma City through annexations increased its size from 25 square miles (65 km2) to 643 square miles (1,670 km2) encircling Moore on three sides (north, east, west).
The Moore postal service turned into a branch of the Oklahoma City postal service on January 7, 1972. A smiley also adorns the city's official logo (as does a water tower). Some of the water towers now have a sign that says, "Moore - Home of Toby Keith." Moore has seen ten tornadoes between 1998 and 2015, three of them big enough to claim lives and cause catastrophic damage. The town/city of Moore was damaged by momentous tornadoes on October 4, 1998; May 3, 1999; May 8, 2003; May 10, 2010; and May 20, 2013, with weaker tornadoes striking at other times, prominently May 31, 2013 and March 25, 2015.
Moore is positioned in Tornado Alley, a colloquial term for the region of the United States where tornadoes are most incessant.
About 20 tornadoes occurred in the immediate vicinity of Moore from 1890 to 2013. The most momentous tornadoes to hit Moore occurred in 1999 and 2013.
Main article: 1999 Bridge Creek Moore tornado During the tornado outbreak on May 3, 1999, a tornado hit Moore and close-by areas.
The tornado, which was rated an F5 on the Fujita scale, was the most costly tornado in history at the time (not adjusted for shifts in inflation and population). The tornado had an approximate recorded wind speed of 301 mph (484 km/h) as sampled by mobile Doppler radar, the highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth.
It killed a total of 36 citizens in the Oklahoma City urbane area.
This was the deadliest F5 tornado recorded since the Delhi, Louisiana tornado in 1971 until this mark was eclipsed by a several tornadoes in 2011.
2013 tornado southwest of Moore Aerial view of 2013 Moore tornado damage Main article: 2013 Moore tornado On May 20, 2013, parts of Moore and neighboring Newcastle and southern Oklahoma City, were affected by a violent tornado. Classified as EF5, it had estimated wind speeds of 200 210 mph (320 340 km/h), a maximum width of 1.3 miles (2 km), and a path length of 17 miles (30 km). Entire subdivisions were destroyed; the tornado hit Briarwood and Plaza Towers elementary schools in Moore, while school was in session.
Tornado since the Joplin, Missouri tornado that killed 158 citizens in 2011. Moore is positioned just south of Oklahoma City and north of Norman, in central Oklahoma.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 22.2 square miles (57.4 km2), of which 21.8 square miles (56.5 km2) is territory and 0.35 square miles (0.9 km2), or 1.52%, is water. The town/city lies in the Sandstone Hills region of Oklahoma, known for hills, blackjack oak, and post oak. The town/city is positioned in Tornado Alley and is subject to incessant and harsh tornadoes and hailstorms.
The Oklahoma City urbane region is one of the most tornado-prone primary cities in the world.
Moore's neighbor immediately to the south is Norman, Oklahoma, home of the University of Oklahoma.
Its campuses however are outside of Moore in Norman and South Oklahoma City.
Moore Public Schools has three high schools: Moore, Southmoore, and Westmoore; six junior high schools: Brink, Central, Highland East, Highland West, Moore West, and Southridge; and 24 elementary schools: Apple Creek, Briarwood, Broadmoore, Bryant, Central, Earlywine, Eastlake, Fairview, Fisher, Heritage Trails, Houchin, Kelley, Kingsgate, Northmoor, Oakridge, Plaza Towers, Red Oak, Santa Fe, Sky Ranch, Sooner, South Lake, Southgate-Rippetoe, Timber Creek, Wayland Anders Bonds and Winding Creek.
On May 20, 2013, while classes were in progress, a several of Moore's schools were damaged or finished by the 2013 Moore Tornado, most prominently Plaza Towers Elementary, Briarwood Elementary and Highland East Junior High.
Moore is served by the Moore Public Library, which is part of the Pioneer Library System. Moore Monthly prints a no-charge monthly print printed announcement while its website provides daily stories and videos about Moore, Norman and south Oklahoma City.
The City of Moore has funded the assembly of a memorial to honor America's veterans and their families.
The town/city retitled JD Estates Park to Veterans Memorial Park, and a memorial was constructed at the park entrance.
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