Ponca City Community Profile
Ponca City enjoys a moderate climate, while still providing a
variety of four seasons. Average temperature ranges show:
Winter High 66.24°
Low 8.43°
Spring High 86.65°
Low 32.10°
Summer High 104.06°
Low 61.82°
Fall High 88.2°
Low 32.15°
Data recorded over a 20-year period reflects an average
annual temperature of 59.69E,
average annual snowfall of 8.1 inches, annual precipitation of 19.91 inches, and
an average annual flying time of 340 days. Altitude is 1007.
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Cable: Cable
One - 54 channels covering all major networks, public television, Show Time,
Cinemax, The Movie Channel HBO, Disney, Pay-Per View, and local bulletin
board.
Radio: WBBZ-AM,
KLOR-FM, KPNC-FM,
KIXR-FM
and KLVV-FM, KAXR-FM
Newspaper: Ponca
City News Circulation: 11,000 Daily; 11,500 Sunday: 25,000 Midweek extended
circulation
Telephone: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Digital
office with fiber optics.
Television:
KGBN-TV (Channel 27 UHF) (Cable Channel 20)
Internet Service Providers: Ponca
City Net, Creative Media Services, Digital Records & Images LLC,
Horizon Internet Technologies Inc and MediaDigital, Inc.
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Fifty-Nine churches represent and nurture the community's
Protestant, Jewish, and Catholic religious beliefs. Ponca City offers a
diversity of facilities and activities to residents and visitors alike.
Public facilities include a 70,000 volume public library,
which offers satellite educational courses at post-secondary levels; 27 parks
and play-grounds; 16 tennis courts; 12 baseball and softball diamonds; an
18-hole golf course; indoor (2,500 seat) auditorium and outdoor (6,000
seat) rodeo arena, and several museums, including:
Ponca City has been repeatedly recognized by the Oklahoma
State Historical Society for efforts in historical preservation.
Annually scheduled activities include:
- Iris Festival...Garden Show, Arts & Crafts...Early May
- Fine Arts Festival...Nationally Known Artists... Fall
- Kawfest...Family fun at Kaw
Lake...Early June
- Grand National Moto-Cross...A National Event... Late July-Early August
- 101 Wild West Rodeo...Rodeo, Parade, & Dance...Mid-August
- Native American Pow Wow… Late August
- Cherokee Strip Golf Classic...Charity Tournament...Mid-September
- Oktoberfest...German Festival...Early October
- Country Harvest Craft Festival...Antique and Craft Show
- Festival of Angels...Display of Lighting during Holiday Season.
The community provides a wide variety of individual and team
sport competitions. Cultural opportunities include community concerts, civic
orchestra, an extensive community theater season, and an active art association.
Community residents support an active YMCA, complete with six
racquetball courts, gymnasium, steam room, Jacuzzi and sauna, a 25 meter
swimming pool, as a well planned year-round program. The Ponca City Country Club
features an 18-hole golf course, swimming pool, indoor and outdoor tennis
courts, as well as dining room, lounge, and banquet facilities. Reciprocal
arrangements exist with 38 country clubs in Oklahoma, 14 in Dallas-Fort Worth
area, 10 in Houston, and numerous others throughout the country. A dynamic
United Way program serves 17 community-based organizations with a broad base of
volunteers and an annual budget in excess of $650,000.00.
- Lake Ponca: Two miles east of Ponca City, covering 1,500 surface acres
and providing boating, sailing, fishing, skiing, and picnic facilities.
- Kaw Lake: Eight
miles east of Ponca City, covering 17,000 surface acres with 170 miles of
shoreline and 12 public use areas, camping, fishing, boating, duck and geese
hunting, swimming, picnic areas, an eight-mile hiking trail, and two marinas.
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The City of Ponca City operates under a
Commission-Manager
form of government, whereby the legislative and policy-making body consists of a
Mayor and four Commissioners elected at large, with three-year terms of office
staggered to lend continuity to City operations. A professional City Manager is
appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Commission and serves as the
Chief Operations. A Police Force of 55 officers dedicate themselves to work in
partnership with the community to fight crime, reduce fear and improve the
quality of life offering 12 active Community Policing Projects involving
citizenry of all ages. The officers partner with the community to combat
juvenile and criminal problems and continually strive to provide fair and
impartial law enforcement for all citizens of Ponca City. The municipality's
fire department operates the ambulance service. 57 of the fire departments 64
full-time personnel, including the Chief, are state and nationally certified as
an Emergency Medical Technician. The City maintains fire insurance classification rating of
"4" within the city limits. Outside the city limits, the rate varies
from "8" to "10", depending on location. Additional services
provided by Ponca City's municipal government include airport operations, water,
sewer, and electric utilities, cultural and recreational facilities, as well as
traditional public works and safety programs.
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This site is provided by the Ponca City Publishing