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Dewey, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bartlesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74029. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bartlesville North quadrangle. 3,372 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.

Dewey within Washington County

On record in Dewey

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Dewey fell from 3,432 to 3,372 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
20103,432
20203,372-60 (-2%)

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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Price Tower, 510 South Dewey Avenue, Bartlesville, Washington County, OK
Price Tower, 510 South Dewey Avenue, Bartlesville, Washington County, OK
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

18 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Dewey between 2000 and 2017, burning about 16,107 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2012Natural1.1 acresOsage AgencyHOPPER 1
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,500 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryOSAGE HILLS
1 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined43 acresOsage AgencyBISHOP
8 March 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCherokee Nation TribeLATE NITE
8 March 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCherokee Nation TribeDEE-KAY
28 March 2008Debris and open burning420 acresOsage AgencyHAGEBUSH
22 March 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOsage AgencyMOUND
2 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOsage AgencySNAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Dewey: 10 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
B&C Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
No.3 Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

60 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dewey in 74 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 36 thunderstorm wind, 29 hail, 7 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2003Tornado (F2)Dewey3 hurt, $1,700,000A tornado entered Washington county 5 miles northwest of Dewey and passed between Dewey and Copan before entering Nowata county 1 mile north of Wann or 6.8 miles east northeast of Copan. The tornado produced F2 damage and a half mile wide damage path at its peak. 41 homes, two businesses and 40 barns and sheds were damaged. 16 of the homes were severely damaged including two mobile homes which were completely destroyed. Three people were treated at an emergency room of a hospital in Bartlesville due to injuries received during the tornado. Two of those people were inhabitants of one of the moble homes that was destroyed.
April 2026HailDewey$25,000Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindDewey$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind severely damaged a large metal barn.
June 2007Flash FloodDewey$25,000Heavy rain caused Coon Creek to flood causing parts of Highway 75 and Highway 123 to be closed. Water also flowed into the Meadowcreek subdivision and a mobile home park.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindDewey$25,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 75 miles an hour caused considerable damage across the Dewey.Utility service was interupted to thousands of customers.
May 2000Flash FloodDewey$25,000Heavy rains cause major street flooding. The heavy rains also caused 2 to 3 inch deep water to enter the Bulldogger apartments.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindDewey$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree onto a house and privacy fence.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindDewey$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew shingles from the roofs of homes and peeled off the roof of a barn.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindDewey$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind overturned a travel trailer and caused extensive damage to a carport.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDewey$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down a power pole, which fell on a house.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDewey$10,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew power poles and power lines down.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindDewey$6,000A roof was removed from a mobile home. Also, several utility poles were blown down, and several tree limbs were blown down.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindDewey$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a barn and other outbuildings north of Dewey.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindDewey$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and blew a metal roof off a building.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindDewey$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped power poles and large tree limbs.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDewey$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped two power poles.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindDewey$2,000Power lines were blown down in Dewey.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDewey$2,000no account filed
March 2017Thunderstorm WindDewey$1,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree and several sections of a privacy fence.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindDewey$500Trees were blown down near Dewey.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindDewey$500no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindDewey$300Several trees were blown down just west of Dewey.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindDewey$100Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindDewey$100Several tree limbs were blown down.
September 1996Thunderstorm WindDewey$100no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindDewey$100no account filed
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDewey-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 70 mph.
May 2019Flash FloodDewey-Portions of Highway 60 east of Bartlesville, between Bison Road and CR 4015, were flooded and closed.
May 2019Flash FloodDewey-Lakeshore Mobile Home park was evacuated due to flooding of Coon Creek.
May 2017Flash FloodDewey-Several roads were flooded in and around Dewey.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindDewey-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees across Highway 60 near the N 4000 Road.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindDewey-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
August 2015Flash FloodDewey-Portions of County Road 1400 were flooded.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindDewey-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Dewey-This is the first of two segments of this tornado. In Washington County, this tornado uprooted several trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was 95 mph. The tornado continued into Nowata County, Oklahoma.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindDewey-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
April 2010HailDewey-A storm chaser with KJRH reported quarter size hail.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDewey-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several large trees.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindDewey-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down. The tree blocked a road.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindDewey-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindDewey-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindDewey-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDewey-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb.
May 2002Flash FloodDewey-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain over Washington county during the late evening hours. Bartlesville received 2.18 inches of rain. This rainfall was enough that it caused some city streets to become impassable in nearby Dewey.
July 1994HailDewey-An isolated severe thunderstorm developed in Washington County of northeast Oklahoma during the early morning of July 17th. Dime-size hail fell just north of Dewey, and strong thunderstorm winds blew out a window at an Arby's Restaurant on the northeast side of Bartlesville.
May 2025HailDewey-no account filed
February 2024HailDewey-no account filed
July 2023HailDewey-no account filed
April 2020HailDewey-no account filed
April 2020HailDewey-no account filed
April 2020HailDewey-no account filed
April 2016HailDewey-no account filed
April 2016HailDewey-no account filed
August 2015HailDewey-no account filed
November 2015HailDewey-no account filed
March 2011HailDewey-no account filed
April 2011HailDewey-no account filed
April 2010HailDewey-no account filed
May 2010HailDewey-no account filed
February 2009HailDewey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Bartlesville4.1 miles18
Copan7.0 miles17
Hogshooter8.0 miles16
Matoaka8.4 miles18
Oglesby12.4 miles16
Cotton Valley12.7 miles16
Ochelata13.7 miles17
Owen14.0 miles17

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 DeweyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2432009The 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 1092067. 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.