History of Moore. Share this Page. All rights reserved. Daytime population change due to commuting: , Carbon Monoxide CO [ppm] level in was 0. This is worse than average. Closest monitor was 0.
Nitrogen Dioxide NO 2 [ppb] level in was 6. This is about average. Sulfur Dioxide SO 2 [ppb] level in was 0. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 3. Ozone [ppb] level in was Closest monitor was 4. Particulate Matter PM 2.
Closest monitor was 1. Moore-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Oklahoma state average. Cemeteries: Moore Cemetery 1 , Smith Cemetery 2. Graphs represent county-level data.
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User-defined colors Preset color patterns. Opacity: Opacity. Most recent value. Based on data. Crime rates in Moore by year Type Murders per , 0 0. For every females there were For every females age 18 and over, there were About 6. The City of Moore has funded the construction of a memorial to honor America's veterans and their families.
The main feature of the memorial is a foot 4. We will never forget. At the center of the memorial is a flag plaza with a foot 9. The flag plaza is surrounded by a polished concrete walking area with a stained five-pointed star stretching the entire width and height of the walking area.
A committee was formed to plan the second phase of the Moore Veterans Memorial. A campaign to sell bricks to be placed in the memorial was completed in early Over bricks were purchased by supporters from the community and surrounding areas. The Soldiers' Memorial was dedicated on May 15, It consists of four carved wooden soldiers representing the four major wars since the end of World War I.
After being destroyed by the May tornado, the park won the title of "America's Favorite Park" in an online competition sponsored by Coca-Cola , beating out numerous other parks from around the country.
The first steps toward rebuilding began in November , during a groundbreaking ceremony and the awarding of the grant to Mayor Glenn Lewis. The park's playgrounds were estimated to be open to the public in mid-May Moore, Oklahoma facts for kids Kids Encyclopedia Facts.
Quick facts for kids. In , after a fire destroyed the building, the town built a new high school, which in was listed in the National Register of Historic Places NR In high school students relocated to a new campus at Main Street and Eastern Avenue, and the old school served as a junior high. In the high school split to two campuses, Moore and Westmoore.
In the Moore School District enrolled 18, students. In Moore annexed the land that held Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College, which had completed its first building at this site in Moore lies in an area that has often been called "tornado alley," and the town has had numerous encounters with these storms. The largest and most devastating occurred on May 3, That tornado, rated as an F-5 on the Fujita scale, cut a large path through the town, damaging more than three thousand homes and killing five people.
On May 9, , another tornado took a similar path through the town, causing significant damage. On May 20, , a 1. The twister destroyed the Plaza Towers Elementary School, killing seven children.
The tornado was the nation's deadliest since the Joplin, Missouri, tornado of
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