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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.

Delaware within Nowata County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Delaware 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.

YearPeople Change
2010417
2020267-150 (-36%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2006

Regional 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
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined330 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryNOWATA NORTH
17 November 2010Natural5.2 acresCherokee Nation TribeROUTE
31 October 2010Equipment and vehicle use86 acresCherokee Nation TribeTRICK OR TREAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nowata County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nowata County

Storms near this place

26 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Delaware1 hurt, $20,000This 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 2014HailDelaware$20,000Baseball size hail broke windows in homes and vehicles.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindDelaware$20,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees onto a home.
May 2024HailDelaware$15,000Hail slightly larger than golf ball size damaged homes and vehicles.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindDelaware$100no account filed
March 2012Flash FloodDelaware-Portions of Highway 169 were flooded north of town.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindDelaware-The Oklahoma Mesonet station southeast of Delaware measured 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindDelaware-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindDelaware-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindDelaware-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDelaware-The Oklahoma mesonet site near Delaware measured a wind gust of 69 miles an hour associated with a thunderstorm.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDelaware-A Oklahoma mesonet site measure a 58 miles an hour winds gust.
May 2000Flash FloodDelaware-Heavy rains caused the water in California Creek to flow over Highway 169 near Delaware.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindDelaware-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 1995HailDelaware-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 2009HailDelaware-no account filed
April 2006HailDelaware-no account filed
March 2005HailDelaware-no account filed
June 2005HailDelaware-no account filed
April 2004HailDelaware-no account filed
October 2004HailDelaware-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindDelaware-no account filed
May 2000HailDelaware-no account filed
December 1999Thunderstorm WindDelaware-no account filed
May 1997HailDelaware-no account filed
March 1996HailDelaware-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nowata County

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lenapah5.0 miles17
Childers5.3 miles17
Nowata5.4 miles17
Ruthdale5.8 miles17
Coodys Bluff6.8 miles16
Glenoak9.6 miles16
Sanders10.4 miles14
Watova11.2 miles16

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 DelawareAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2639827The 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.