Ames Astrobleme Museum
A 1991 Oklahoma oil discovery in a hidden meteor crater attracted worldwide attention.
About 450 million years ago, a meteor about the size of a football struck north-central Oklahoma, creating an impact crater — an astrobleme — more than eight miles wide.
The small town of Ames (population 183 at the 2020 census) proudly claims the crater as its own – and as a significant contributor to the geological knowledge of the nation’s petroleum industry.
