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Kiowa, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Kiowa-Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74553. It stands on Kiowa Hill. The Survey maps it on the Kiowa quadrangle. 595 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 725 feet above sea level.

Kiowa within Pittsburg County

Population over time

3 figures

Kiowa fell from 693 to 595 between 2000 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
2000693
2010731+38 (+5%)
2020595-136 (-19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Kiowa between 1992 and 2017, burning about 10,110 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning7
Smoking1

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
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism30 acresTalihina AgencyEC501
4 August 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20393
28 August 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20206
21 August 2002Arson/incendiarism150 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2016Arson/incendiarism715 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg 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 Kiowa: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg County

Storms near this place

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kiowa in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 23 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Tornado (EF1)Kiowa$250,000This tornado developed north of Harper Valley Road and west of Poe Lane. It moved east-southeast across Harper Valley Road, where trees were uprooted and large tree limbs were snapped. The tornado then moved southeast across Kiowa, where numerous trees were uprooted or snapped, homes were damaged, outbuildings were destroyed, and power poles were snapped. It then dissipated just southeast of Kiowa. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindKiowa$50,000Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed outbuildings and uprooted trees.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKiowa$43,000Thunderstorm wind resulted in at least $43,000 in damage to the utility infrastructure across the county during this severe thunderstorm.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindKiowa$30,000Three tractor trailers were blown over on US Hwy 69.
June 2015HailKiowa$25,000Tennis ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindKiowa$25,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour tore part of the roof off a church, blew two mobile homes off their foundations, blew down a power pole and blew down trees.
July 2010FloodKiowa$10,000Heavy rain flooded streets in town and several rural roads were under water. A house in Kiowa was flooded.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindKiowa$10,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a trailer house over.
June 2015HailKiowa$10,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindKiowa$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous tree limbs and power lines.
October 2012Thunderstorm WindKiowa-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
July 2010Flash FloodKiowa-Heavy rainfall flooded streets in town and some roadways outside of town.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Kiowa-An F0 tornado touched down briefly near Kiowa. No damage was reported.
May 1999HailKiowa-Location: on the Pittsburg/Atoka county line
August 1997HailKiowa-A severe thunderstorm produced dime size hail 1 mile south of Kiowa.
April 1995HailKiowa-Severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Oklahoma during the evening of April 19th. Strong thunderstorm winds in West Siloam Springs blew in a wall and blew out all the doors of the new fire department. Telephone poles were snapped in two places near the West Siloam Springs police department, and numerous trees and power lines were also downed in West Siloam Springs. Strong thunderstorm winds totally destroyed 3 trailer homes 3.5 miles west of West Siloam Springs, and a roof was blown off a mobile home and several outbulidings were destroyed 2 miles west of West Siloam Springs. A tree was blown onto the Mosely School 2 miles north of West Siloam Springs, and a tree was blown onto a main feeder line just east of Kansas. Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees in Flint across State Highway 412 and also at the entrance to the Cherokee Turnpike. Several large tree limbs were blown down in Chewey and in Porum. Golfball size hail fell just east of Enterprise, and quarter size hail fell 1/2 mile west of West Siloam Springs and at Porum. Nickel size hail fell at Kiowa, and dime size hail fell at McAlester and at Hallett.
April 2025HailKiowa-no account filed
July 2020HailKiowa-no account filed
April 2015HailKiowa-no account filed
April 2011HailKiowa-no account filed
October 2009HailKiowa-no account filed
March 2008HailKiowa-no account filed
April 2005Thunderstorm WindKiowa-no account filed
May 2001HailKiowa-no account filed
May 2001HailKiowa-no account filed
May 2001HailKiowa-no account filed
March 2000HailKiowa-no account filed
April 1999HailKiowa-no account filed
March 1999HailKiowa-no account filed
May 1999HailKiowa-no account filed
April 1998HailKiowa-no account filed
April 1998HailKiowa-no account filed
November 1997HailKiowa-no account filed
May 1995HailKiowa-no account filed
April 1993HailKiowa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pittsburg 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
Pittsburg2.7 miles17
Brewer6.7 miles18
Blanco6.9 miles18
Savanna8.0 miles18
Pine Top8.9 miles16
Ward Springs9.0 miles13
Ashland9.6 miles13
Halley9.7 miles18

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 KiowaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2154205The 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 1094399. 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.