Bushyhead, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Claremore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74016. The Survey maps it on the Bushyhead quadrangle. 1,292 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 764 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBushyhead fell from 1,314 to 1,292 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,314 | |
| 2020 | 1,292 | -22 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1896 USGS Pryor quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Pryor quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Bushyhead quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bushyhead: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bushyhead in 27 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushyhead | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed an outbuilding, blew down trees, and snapped power poles in and around Chelsea. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushyhead | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped thirteen power poles in about a mile stretch along the 4240 Road, south of the E340 Road. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushyhead | $10,000 | A swath of strong thunderstorm wind blew the roof decking from a home, uprooted small trees, and snapped large tree limbs intermittently in at least a 3.5 mile long area. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushyhead | $7,000 | In Chelsea, windows were blown out of six vehicles, and three trees were blown down. |
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Bushyhead | $5,000 | This is the first segment of a two segment tornado. The tornado developed just west of Highway 28 along and just south of the 390 Road to the south of Chelsea. The tornado uprooted trees and damaged the roof of an agricultural building. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 90 to 95 mph. The tornado continued into Mayes County. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushyhead | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and flipped a carport just south of Shady Creek Cove on the east side of Lake Oolagah. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushyhead | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees and power lines near Chelsea. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Bushyhead | $1,000 | Heavy rain caused roads to be flooded in and around Chelsea. One home was surrounded by water. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushyhead | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees and power lines. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushyhead | $100 | Several 6-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. Location is near the Rogers/Mayes County line. |
| November 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushyhead | - | The Rogers County Emergency Management social media shared photos of downed trees blocking the roadway near the intersection of the E 380 Road and S 4190 Road. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Bushyhead | - | Penny size hail was reported 4 miles east of Chelsea. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Bushyhead | - | Heavy rain flooded roads across the northern part of Rogers County. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushyhead | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree near Chelsea. The tree blocked a road. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bushyhead | - | Quarter size hail was reported at Chelsea. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bushyhead | - | Penny size hail fell at Chelsea. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushyhead | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour uprooted a tree. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Bushyhead | - | Golfball size hail fell at Chelsea. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Bushyhead | - | Penny size hail fell at Chelsea. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushyhead | - | Location: Chelsea |
| May 1999 | Flood | Bushyhead | - | There was street flooding in Chelsea. Water threatened businesses on Main Street in Chelsea. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Bushyhead | - | Quarter to golfball-sized hail reported by Chelsea PD to be covering the ground 4 miles west of Chelsea |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bushyhead | - | Location: Chelsea |
| May 2009 | Hail | Bushyhead | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Bushyhead | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Bushyhead | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Bushyhead | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Bushyhead | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2215140 | The 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 1100252. 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.
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.






