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Kaw City, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kaw City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74641. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kaw City quadrangle. 325 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 994 feet above sea level.

Kaw City within Kay County

On record in Kaw 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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Kaw City fell from 375 to 325 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
2010375
2020325-50 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Kaw City between 2000 and 2019, burning about 1,776 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
10 May 2006Naturalunder an acrePawnee AgencyADENA
3 April 2002Arson/incendiarism160 acresOsage AgencyAPPERSON
27 February 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresPawnee AgencyHISSUM
22 February 2009Arson/incendiarism20 acresOsage AgencyGRAY AREA
5 December 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresOsage AgencyFROZEN
16 November 2019Equipment and vehicle use1,132 acresOsage AgencyPACK
14 January 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOsage AgencyCOLD TOWER
10 January 2000Debris and open burning220 acresOsage AgencyGOODE1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kay County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kaw City: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Peel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kay County

Storms near this place

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kaw City in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 17 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 tornado. 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
April 2026Tornado (EF1)Kaw City$100,000While the tornado that formed west of Ponca City was passing to the south of Kaw Lake, observers witnessed a second tornado develop near the southwest portion of Kaw Lake. The witnesses watched the tornado develop on a hill just northwest of McFadden Cove, and then move southeast across Hideaway Marina causing damage to boat shelters and docks at the marina. The tornado continued southeast as a waterspout over the southwestern portion of Kaw Lake, then moved into Osage County just east of the dam. See the Storm Data report from the NWS office in Tulsa for details of this tornado in Osage County.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Kaw City$100,000A tornado developed west of Kaw Lake near Tower Road and Lake Road, then moved northeast through the Coon Creek Cove area of Kaw Lake producing tree damage, damage to a boat dock, and overturned a camper. The tornado then moved over Kaw Lake and likely dissipated north of the northeastern arm of the lake in northeastern Kay County.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindKaw City$100,000Several campers and farm equipment were blown over. A boat was blown off a trailer. Part of the pavillion roof at Northern Oklahoma College was blown off. A house and shed sustained minor damage, and numerous trees were downed.
December 1999Thunderstorm WindKaw City$500no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindKaw City$10Large tree limbs were downed.
May 2025HailKaw City-The report was relayed through mPING.
March 2024HailKaw City-MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1940-1950 LST) to report time.
April 2024HailKaw City-Social media report.
May 2024HailKaw City-Social media image with ruler measurement. Evidence that the hailstone had undergone prior melting. Time is radar estimated.
August 2020HailKaw City-Time estimate from radar.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindKaw City-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindKaw City-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2004HailKaw City-Hail was reported at Pioneer Cove of Kaw Lake.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindKaw City-Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindKaw City-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindKaw City-Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindKaw City-Measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindKaw City-Measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindKaw City-An isolated thunderstorm in north-central Oklahoma during the early morning hours on the 9th produced damaging winds which blew down large tree limbs in Kaw City.
May 2024HailKaw City-no account filed
August 2020HailKaw City-no account filed
November 2008Thunderstorm WindKaw City-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindKaw City-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindKaw City-no account filed
August 2002HailKaw City-no account filed
May 2001HailKaw City-no account filed
September 2001HailKaw City-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindKaw City-no account filed
June 1998HailKaw City-no account filed
May 1994Thunderstorm WindKaw City-no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindKaw City-no account filed
September 1993HailKaw City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kay 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
Washunga1.6 miles14
Kaw Agency (historical)2.4 miles14
Uncas5.7 miles12
McFadden Cove6.6 miles15
Kildare11.9 miles11
Ponca City13.9 miles11
Newkirk14.4 miles11
Hardy14.6 miles12

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 Kaw CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2948823The 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 1094296. 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.