Grainola, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Osage census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74652. It stands on Antelope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grainola quadrangle. 31 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,201 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGrainola grew from 31 to 31 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 | 31 | |
| 2020 | 31 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1916 USGS Foraker quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Grainola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Grainola between 2006 and 2020, burning about 834 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kickapoo Field Office | LITTLEHEAD |
| 7 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 553 acres | Osage Agency | BURGER |
| 8 December 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Osage Agency | BLEDSOE |
| 30 November 2008 | Debris and open burning | 155 acres | Osage Agency | C.P.B.C.J.C.L.D.S. |
| 29 January 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Osage Agency | BFE 1 |
| 28 January 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 115 acres | Osage Agency | FINN |
| 11 January 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wewoka Agency | THE DOT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Grainola: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
35 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grainola in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 17 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorms developed in north-central Oklahoma during the morning hours on the 8th and moved northeast. Strong thunderstorm winds in Ponca City flattened a downtown building, knocked down the wall of another building and injured three people. The winds also downed trees and power poles, damaged numerous roofs and blew out many windows. In Ponca City, the wind speed was measured at 74 mph and damage was estimated at $1,000,000. Strong thunderstorm winds in Perry downed power lines and trees, damaged or destroyed several roofs, a few mobile homes and several sheds, blew over ten monuments at a cemetery and blew out many windows. Thunderstorm winds overturned a tractor-semitrailer and rolled a mobile home over four miles west of Perry, knocked down numerous trees and power poles just south of Garber and downed trees and destroyed a shed five miles west of Grainola. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew shingles off a roof. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | $100 | Large tree limbs blown down |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | $100 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Grainola | - | This brief tornado was observed and reported by storm chasers. The area where it likely occurred was surveyed by NWS Tulsa meteorologists, but it occurred over open country where no damage indicators could be found. Since no damage could be assessed, the tornado was rated EF-unknown. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees. |
| April 2012 | Flash Flood | Grainola | - | Several county roads were flooded near and west of Grainola. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Grainola | - | Dime size hail covered the ground. |
| February 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Grainola | - | A KOTV meteorologist witnessed a tornado from the station's helicopter during a live broadcast. The tornado remained over open country and thus resulted in no damage. The tornado continued into Cowley County Kansas. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph were estimated west of Grainola. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Grainola | - | Storm chasers witnessed a brief tornado over open country. The tornado resulted in no known damage. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to 60 mph blew down a tree onto a road. Large tree limbs were also blown down. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Grainola | - | A severe thunderstorm produced dime to nickel size hail and strong winds which downed trees and phone lines 1 mile west of Grainola. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Grainola | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in Osage County of northeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon and early evening of July 20th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 to 70 mph at Pawhuska and Pershing, and quarter-size hail fell near Tallant. Nickel to quarter-size hail fell at Tallant, and dime-size hail fell at Pawhuska, 5 miles north of Pawhuska, and 5 miles west of Grainola. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Grainola | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grainola | - | 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 Grainola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2262666 | 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 1093295. 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.




