Kiefer, Oklahoma
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sapulpa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74041. The Survey maps it on the Sapulpa South quadrangle. 2,187 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKiefer grew from 1,685 to 2,187 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 | 1,685 | |
| 2020 | 2,187 | +502 (+30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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.
- 1901 USGS Nuyaka quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Kiefer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Kiefer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sapulpa South quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Kiefer between 2005 and 2017, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | SAPULPA |
| 8 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | JENKS 33W |
| 23 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | BONFIRE |
| 12 December 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | HILTON |
| 10 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.7 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | WARM-UP |
| 14 January 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Kiefer: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sapulpa Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
38 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kiefer in 38 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 16 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiefer | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Kiefer | $25,000 | A tornado developed on the south side of Kiefer and moved northeast into Tulsa County. In Creek County, the tornado damaged the roofs of several homes, uprooted several trees, snapped large tree limbs, and blew down power poles. The estimated peak wind in the tornado based on this damage was 95 mph. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Kiefer | $25,000 | Golfball size hail damaged automobiles and homes. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiefer | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down large trees. Some of the tree limbs fell on houses causing roof damage. A storm siren was also damage by the wind. |
| October 2025 | Hail | Kiefer | $20,000 | Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles in Kiefer. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiefer | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, one of which fell on a home damaging it. |
| December 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiefer | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs, and blew down a portion of a privacy fence, with several vertical support posts pulled out of the ground. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiefer | $3,000 | Winds estimated at 65 miles an hour blew down trees and power lines in Kiefer. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Kiefer | - | Portions of Highway 75A were flooded between W 161st Street S and W 171st Street S. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Kiefer | - | The Polecat Creek near Sapulpa rose above its flood stage of 21 feet at 4:00 am CST on December 27th. The river crested at 28.20 feet at 5:45 pm CST on the 27th, resulting in moderate flooding. Severe flooding occurred to pasturelands, oil fields, and county roads between Sapulpa and Jenks. The river fell below flood stage at 6:30 am CST on the 29th. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Kiefer | - | The Polecat Creek near Sapulpa rose above its flood stage of 21 feet at 7:45 am CDT on June 18th. The river crested at 29.75 feet at 12:15 am CDT on the 19th, resulting in moderate flooding. Severe flooding occurred to pasturelands, oil fields, and county roads between Sapulpa and Jenks. The river fell below flood stage at 9:45 pm CDT on the 19th. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Kiefer | - | The Polecat Creek near Sapulpa rose above its flood stage of 21 feet at 8:15 am CDT on May 24th. The river crested at 28.00 feet at 9:00 pm CDT on the 24th, resulting in moderate flooding. Severe flooding occurred to pasturelands, oil fields, and county roads between Sapulpa and Jenks. The river fell below flood stage at 9:30 am CDT on the 25th. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiefer | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiefer | - | Large tree limbs were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Kiefer | - | A road was flooded south of Kiefer. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiefer | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiefer | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Kiefer | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water nearly a foot deep to flow over Highway 75 near Kiefer. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| November 2008 | Hail | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Hail | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| November 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Flash Flood | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Flash Flood | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Kiefer | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Kiefer | - | 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 Kiefer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2171473 | 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 1094370. 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.







