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Konawa, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Konawa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74849. The Survey maps it on the Konawa quadrangle. 1,288 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 965 feet above sea level.

Konawa within Seminole County

On record in Konawa

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Konawa fell from 1,298 to 1,288 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
20101,298
20201,288-10 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

59 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Konawa between 2003 and 2020, burning about 928 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
4 September 2015Debris and open burning9.0 acresWewoka AgencyPOND 2
30 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use41 acresWewoka Agency1410 ROAD
3 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresWewoka AgencyNEW HOLLAND
7 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWewoka AgencyLOUSANNA
24 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWewoka AgencyWELDER
9 May 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWewoka AgencyENLETKA
2 April 2016Debris and open burning1.1 acresWewoka AgencyLOUSANA
12 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresWewoka AgencyRODGERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole 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 Konawa: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Konawa SouthwestCopperPast Producer1929
Corff Sand and Gravel Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Seminole County

Storms near this place

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Konawa in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 25 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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
August 1999Thunderstorm WindKonawa$500,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindKonawa$500,000no account filed
June 2019Tornado (EF1)Konawa$100,000A tornado developed within a squall line just northwest of the town of Konawa and moved east-southeast through the north side of Konawa. Numerous trees were downed and fell into homes creating significant roof and siding damage.
June 2007Flash FloodKonawa$75,000A bridge was washed out on HWY 9A on north edge of Konawa. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKonawa$10,000Significant roof damage to a building at Konawa High School. Time is radar estimated.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindKonawa$2,000Large tree down on 1410 road, with other large branches downed across the county.
April 1996HailKonawa$100no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindKonawa$10no account filed
April 2026HailKonawa-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2026HailKonawa-An image was shared on social media. The location is approximate.
April 2026HailKonawa-An image showing a digital caliper-measured hailstone was shared on social media.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindKonawa-Tree damage was reported. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindKonawa-Large tree downed.
June 1995HailKonawa-Early morning severe thunderstorms dropped large hail in central Oklahoma. Hail as large as tennis balls was reported nine miles northwest of Wanette in Pottawatomie County and in Lexington in Cleveland County.
April 2025HailKonawa-no account filed
July 2020HailKonawa-no account filed
May 2017HailKonawa-no account filed
March 2015HailKonawa-no account filed
April 2009HailKonawa-no account filed
April 2003HailKonawa-no account filed
May 2003HailKonawa-no account filed
May 2001HailKonawa-no account filed
May 2001HailKonawa-no account filed
May 2001HailKonawa-no account filed
September 2001HailKonawa-no account filed
March 1997HailKonawa-no account filed
January 1996HailKonawa-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindKonawa-no account filed
May 1996HailKonawa-no account filed
March 1996HailKonawa-no account filed
July 1995HailKonawa-no account filed
July 1995HailKonawa-no account filed
June 1995HailKonawa-no account filed
April 1994HailKonawa-no account filed
April 1993HailKonawa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Seminole 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
Vamoosa4.7 miles14
Wolf10.1 miles10
Maud11.9 miles13
Sasakwa12.1 miles13
Sealy13.2 miles13
Bowlegs13.6 miles11
Lima16.9 miles9
New Lima16.9 miles9

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 KonawaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2705887The 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 1094430. 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.