Johnson, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74804. The Survey maps it on the Shawnee NE quadrangle. 457 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,040 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJohnson grew from 247 to 457 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 | 247 | |
| 2020 | 457 | +210 (+85%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1896 USGS Seminole and Prague quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Shawnee NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Johnson between 2005 and 2019, burning about 734 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 84 acres | Wewoka Agency | BOOM TOWN |
| 1 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | WELLS |
| 8 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wewoka Agency | SAME SPOT |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | HEADSET |
| 12 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kickapoo Field Office | JOHNSON |
| 10 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 230 acres | Southern Plains Regional Office | MULLIN |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | ECONTUCHKA |
| 16 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Wewoka Agency | MILE MARKER |
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 Johnson: 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 Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnson in 13 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 5 tornado, 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Johnson | $15,000 | This tornado developed west of US Highway 377 near Hazel Dell Road and moved northeast crossing into Lincoln County about one mile east of US Highway 377. Damage in Pottawatomie County was primarily to trees, although at least one home along US-377 received some roof damage. |
| November 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | A large tree and a carport were damaged northeast of Johnson. |
| April 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Johnson | - | The eighteenth and final tornado of this outbreak developed northeast of Johnson, or from 1 mile northwest to 1 mile west of Garden Grove. This tornado moved south near and just west of Econtuchka Road dissipating just southwest of the intersection of Econtuchka Road and Wolverine Road. A home received roof damage, an outbuilding was destroyed and trees were damaged along the path. |
| October 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Johnson | - | An otherwise weak line of thunderstorms produced a brief tornado observed by tornado debris signature on the KTLX radar. The only damage that was observed were to branches that had previously been cut and collected on the side of the road on County Road 3490 just south of Interstate 40 were picked up and blown northeast. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Johnson | - | Images relayed via social media. |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Johnson | - | This tornado initially developed about 2 miles west-southwest of Johnson, likely in the North Canadian River valley as evidenced by the development of a Tornado Debris Signature on radar. The tornado moved northeast producing mainly tree damage, including a tree damaging the roof of a house along Garretts Lake Road. Much of the path of this tornado was estimated being in inaccessible areas. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Johnson | - | Water was over highway 99. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Johnson | - | A tornado began about just south of the Pottawatomie-Lincoln County line damaging some trees before moving into Lincoln County. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Johnson | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Johnson | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Johnson | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Econtuchka | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Garden Grove | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Aydelotte | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bellemont | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Neal | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Shawnee | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Clarks Heights | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hazel Dell | 8.9 miles | 13 |
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 Johnson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2703317 | 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 1094244. 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.






