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Dewar, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Henryetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74437. The Survey maps it on the Henryetta quadrangle. 763 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 669 feet above sea level.

Dewar within Okmulgee County

Population over time

2 figures

Dewar fell from 888 to 763 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
2010888
2020763-125 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

54 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Dewar between 2002 and 2020, burning about 6,806 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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
Arson/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning9
Other causes2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2012Naturalunder an acreDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeCOALTON STRIKE
30 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeMONTEZUMA CREEK
15 September 2014Other causesunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeGRIMES
23 July 2011Fireworks8.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBIRD CREEK
23 July 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeWILSON 2
12 July 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeCOALTON#2
12 July 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeCOALTON#1
12 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeGAR FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okmulgee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Dewar: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okmulgee County

Storms near this place

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dewar in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018HailDewar$25,000no account filed
March 2016HailDewar$20,000no account filed
July 2018HailDewar$10,000no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindDewar$1,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindDewar$400Several trees were blown down in Dewar.
March 1997Thunderstorm WindDewar$100no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindDewar$100no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDewar-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
September 2009Flash FloodDewar-Heavy rain caused streams to flood and water to over roads across a large part of eastern Okmulgee County.
October 2001Flash FloodDewar-Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over a county road.
May 2021HailDewar-no account filed
March 2015HailDewar-no account filed
May 1999HailDewar-no account filed
June 1998HailDewar-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDewar-no account filed
April 1995HailDewar-no account filed
June 1995HailDewar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okmulgee 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
Kusa1.1 miles16
Spelter City1.2 miles16
Sunrise1.3 miles16
Gulftown1.6 miles16
Henryetta2.5 miles16
Dighton2.6 miles16
Coalton2.7 miles16
Schulter4.0 miles14

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 DewarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2026279The 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 1092066. 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.