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Garden City, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Tulsa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74107. It lies near Lookout Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sapulpa North quadrangle.

Garden City within Tulsa County

On record in Garden City

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

2 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Garden City between 2005 and 2011, burning about 215 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 April 2011Arson/incendiarism175 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40304
25 November 2005Debris and open burning40 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeROSKO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulsa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Garden City: 14 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
Plant No.3SilicaProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Arkansas No.1 Dredge and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chandler Materials Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chandler Materials Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tulsa County

Storms near this place

19 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garden City in 19 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 8 hail, 6 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2019Flash FloodGarden City$150,000Flood water several feet deep entered homes near E 30th Street and S Boston Place.
April 2020HailGarden City$50,000Golfball size hail damaged vehicles and the roofs of homes.
April 2020HailGarden City$50,000Golfball size hail damaged vehicles and the roofs of homes.
May 2019Flash FloodGarden City$50,000Flood water reached buildings at W 23rd Street and S Jackson Avenue.
April 2020HailGarden City$15,000Half dollar size hail damaged vehicles and the roofs of homes.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGarden City$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a home in the Maple Ridge neighborhood near E 19th Street and S Cincinnati Avenue.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGarden City$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines in southwest Tulsa.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGarden City-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured to 100 mph near E 31st Street and S Peoria Avenue.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindGarden City-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree near W 17th Street and S Denver Avenue.
May 2019Flash FloodGarden City-Streets were flooded and barricaded near E 31st Street S and S Boston Place.
August 2018Flash FloodGarden City-Several streets were flooded around Veteran's Park.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindGarden City-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs near E 33rd Street and S Peoria Avenue.
June 2015Flash FloodGarden City-Portions of W 21st Street were flooded near Highway 51.
March 2012Flash FloodGarden City-Riverside Drive was closed between E 21st Street South and E 31st Street South due to flooding. Several roads were also closed around E 61st Street South and Highway 75 due to high water.
April 2026HailGarden City-no account filed
April 2026HailGarden City-no account filed
May 2025HailGarden City-no account filed
May 2025HailGarden City-no account filed
May 2024HailGarden City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tulsa 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
Red Fork1.2 miles14
Carbondale1.4 miles14
West Tulsa1.7 miles16
Oakridge3.0 miles14
Tulsa3.0 miles23
Kengle3.1 miles16
Price3.9 miles16
Oakhurst4.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1093112. 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.