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.
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
Kaw City Depotlisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresKaw 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 375 | |
| 2020 | 325 | -50 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Kaw quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Kaw City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2000Regional 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 burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | ADENA |
| 3 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 160 acres | Osage Agency | APPERSON |
| 27 February 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | HISSUM |
| 22 February 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Osage Agency | GRAY AREA |
| 5 December 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Osage Agency | FROZEN |
| 16 November 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,132 acres | Osage Agency | PACK |
| 14 January 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Osage Agency | COLD TOWER |
| 10 January 2000 | Debris and open burning | 220 acres | Osage Agency | GOODE1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
32 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Kaw City | $100,000 | While 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 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Kaw City | $100,000 | A 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | $100,000 | Several 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | $10 | Large tree limbs were downed. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Kaw City | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Kaw City | - | MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1940-1950 LST) to report time. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Kaw City | - | Social media report. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Kaw City | - | Social media image with ruler measurement. Evidence that the hailstone had undergone prior melting. Time is radar estimated. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Kaw City | - | Time estimate from radar. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Kaw City | - | Hail was reported at Pioneer Cove of Kaw Lake. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw 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 2024 | Hail | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| November 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Kaw City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washunga | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Kaw Agency (historical) | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Uncas | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| McFadden Cove | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Kildare | 11.9 miles | 11 | |
| Ponca City | 13.9 miles | 11 | |
| Newkirk | 14.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hardy | 14.6 miles | 12 |
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 City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2948823 | 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 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.




