Delaware, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lenapah-Delaware census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74027. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Delaware quadrangle. 267 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 719 feet above sea level.
On record in Delaware
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Cemetery Patent 110listed 2001
Population over time
2 figuresDelaware fell from 417 to 267 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 | 417 | |
| 2020 | 267 | -150 (-36%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Nowata quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Nowata quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bartlesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Delaware between 2006 and 2010, burning about 421 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 330 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | NOWATA NORTH |
| 17 November 2010 | Natural | 5.2 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | ROUTE |
| 31 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 86 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | TRICK OR TREAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Delaware: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delaware in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 12 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Delaware | 1 hurt, $20,000 | This tornado developed just north of the 1600 Road and west of the 4120 Road. It moved east-northeast across the 4130 Road, Highway 169, and the 4150 Road. It dissipated over open country north of the 150 Road and west of the 4160 Road. Trees were uprooted, large tree limbs were snapped, outbuildings were damaged, and power poles were blown down by the tornado. A tractor trailer was rolled over by the tornado as it crossed Highway 169, injuring the driver. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Delaware | $20,000 | Baseball size hail broke windows in homes and vehicles. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees onto a home. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Delaware | $15,000 | Hail slightly larger than golf ball size damaged homes and vehicles. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $100 | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Delaware | - | Portions of Highway 169 were flooded north of town. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station southeast of Delaware measured 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | - | The Oklahoma mesonet site near Delaware measured a wind gust of 69 miles an hour associated with a thunderstorm. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | - | A Oklahoma mesonet site measure a 58 miles an hour winds gust. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Delaware | - | Heavy rains caused the water in California Creek to flow over Highway 169 near Delaware. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | - | Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the very early morning of July 3rd. Strong thunderstorm wind blew the tin siding off a barn in Nowata and also blew down large tree limbs in Nowata. Large tree limbs were also blown down in Delaware, and 60 mph winds blew down large tree limbs at Wah-sha-she State Park six miles northeast of Bowring. Thunderstorm winds also gusted to 60 miles an hour in Lenapah. Nickel-size hail fell at Copan, and dime-size hail fell at Grainola and at Delaware. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Delaware | - | Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the very early morning of July 3rd. Strong thunderstorm wind blew the tin siding off a barn in Nowata and also blew down large tree limbs in Nowata. Large tree limbs were also blown down in Delaware, and 60 mph winds blew down large tree limbs at Wah-sha-she State Park six miles northeast of Bowring. Thunderstorm winds also gusted to 60 miles an hour in Lenapah. Nickel-size hail fell at Copan, and dime-size hail fell at Grainola and at Delaware. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Delaware | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Delaware | - | 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 Delaware | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2639827 | 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 1092027. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.






