Dennis, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74346. It lies near Sweetwater Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Bernice quadrangle. 221 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 886 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDennis grew from 195 to 221 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 | 195 | |
| 2020 | 221 | +26 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1907 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Bernice quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Dennis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,127 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 36 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30432 |
| 29 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30273B |
| 30 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30336 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dennis: 1 past producer. 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 |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dennis in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2015: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF3) | Dennis | 2 hurt, $1,000,000 | This is the first of two segments of this tornado. The tornado developed about 2.5 miles west-southwest of Zena, moved east-northeast across Grand Lake and then south of Zena crossing Highway 59 just north of the intersection with Highway 127. Permanent homes were damaged, barns and outbuildings were destroyed, mobile homes were severely damaged, and large trees were snapped or uprooted. The intensity and width of the tornado increased east of Highway 59 where several permanent homes were severely damaged, two double wide mobile homes were destroyed with only small pieces of debris remaining hundreds of yards from the homesite, and many large trees were snapped or uprooted. This extent of damage continued to the state line where a permanent home was severely damaged, two mobile homes were destroyed, and a steel-framed building was destroyed. Two people were injured in the permanent home. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 140 mph. The tornado continued into McDonald County, Missouri for about another mile before dissipating. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a few trees down and damaged a barn. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Dennis | - | Portions of Highway 127 northwest of Jay were closed due to flooding. |
| February 2001 | Hail | Dennis | - | 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 Dennis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2618967 | 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 1100349. 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.






