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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.

Kiefer within Creek County

Population over time

2 figures

Kiefer 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,685
20202,187+502 (+30%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

6 since 2005

Regional 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeSAPULPA
8 June 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeJENKS 33W
23 March 2017Debris and open burning7.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBONFIRE
12 December 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHILTON
10 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.7 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeWARM-UP
14 January 2012Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Creek County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sapulpa Clay PitClayProducer
Unknown Shale PitClayProducer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Creek County

Storms near this place

38 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1993Thunderstorm WindKiefer$50,000no account filed
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Kiefer$25,000A 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 2008HailKiefer$25,000Golfball size hail damaged automobiles and homes.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindKiefer$25,000Thunderstorm 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 2025HailKiefer$20,000Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles in Kiefer.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindKiefer$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, one of which fell on a home damaging it.
December 2019Thunderstorm WindKiefer$5,000Strong 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 1999Thunderstorm WindKiefer$3,000Winds estimated at 65 miles an hour blew down trees and power lines in Kiefer.
May 2017Flash FloodKiefer-Portions of Highway 75A were flooded between W 161st Street S and W 171st Street S.
December 2015FloodKiefer-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 2015FloodKiefer-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 2015FloodKiefer-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 2015Thunderstorm WindKiefer-Large tree limbs were blown down.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindKiefer-Large tree limbs were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind.
May 2010Flash FloodKiefer-A road was flooded south of Kiefer.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindKiefer-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindKiefer-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 2001Flash FloodKiefer-Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water nearly a foot deep to flow over Highway 75 near Kiefer.
April 2020HailKiefer-no account filed
June 2008HailKiefer-no account filed
November 2008HailKiefer-no account filed
March 2006HailKiefer-no account filed
May 2006HailKiefer-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindKiefer-no account filed
May 2003HailKiefer-no account filed
March 2002Thunderstorm WindKiefer-no account filed
November 2001HailKiefer-no account filed
April 2000HailKiefer-no account filed
November 1999Thunderstorm WindKiefer-no account filed
May 1999HailKiefer-no account filed
May 1997HailKiefer-no account filed
May 1996HailKiefer-no account filed
May 1996HailKiefer-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindKiefer-no account filed
November 1996Flash FloodKiefer-no account filed
November 1996Flash FloodKiefer-no account filed
July 1995HailKiefer-no account filed
July 1995HailKiefer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Creek 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
Sapulpa4.5 miles20
Hilton4.6 miles14
Mounds4.7 miles20
Kellyville7.9 miles17
Bowden8.2 miles14
Heyburn11.8 miles16
Tabor14.4 miles17
Slick15.7 miles17

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 KieferAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2171473The 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.