BlockNowata, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nowata census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74048. The Survey maps it on the Nowata West quadrangle. 3,517 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
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On record in Nowata
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 3 records
Nowata County Courthouselisted 1984
United States Post Office Nowatalisted 2009- Diamond Point Dependent District No. 44 Schoollisted 1996
Population over time
2 figuresNowata fell from 3,731 to 3,517 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 | 3,731 | |
| 2020 | 3,517 | -214 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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 Nowata quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Nowata quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Nowata West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bartlesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Nowata in 2012, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 40302 |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Nowata: 28 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leco Materials Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 125 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nowata in 125 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 71 thunderstorm wind, 39 hail, 10 flash flood, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $3,500,000 | Thunderstorm winds measured at 74 miles an hour at a nearby mesonet site and estimated at 80 miles an hour at Nowata did widespread damage in and around Nowata. Several hundred trees and power poles were damaged or blown down. The trees fell on several houses causing roof damage. Several cars were also damaged. The downed power poles caused widespread power outages that lasted up to 12 hours. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $750,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles did serious damage along a 6 miles long area from just southwest of Nowata to just northwest of Nowata. Two homes, an indoor livestock area and 5 barns were destroyed. Twelve other structures received significant roof damage. This damage was produced by the same line of thunderstorms that produced significant wind damage in Bartlesville earlier in the morning. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $500,000 | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Nowata | $100,000 | Wind-driven baseball size hail broke windows, damaged the roofs and siding of homes, and damaged automobiles. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $60,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed several steel-framed structures, damaged a number of homes, snapped numerous power poles, and snapped or uprooted trees. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped a number of power poles and uprooted trees. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Nowata | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Nowata | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the metal siding of an outdoor garage, blew shingles off the roofs of several homes, and snapped large tree limbs. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew part of a roof off of a house. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Nowata | $5,000 | Heavy rain caused severe street flooding. Water entered some homes. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Nowata | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Lightning | Nowata | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $4,000 | Five to six power lines were blown down near New Alluwe |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power lines and an amateur radio antenna. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $3,000 | A home sustained roof damage. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs and blew down power lines. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $2,000 | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $1,500 | Several trees and a power line were blown down in Nowata. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down power lines. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $500 | Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the very early morning of July 3rd. Strong thunderstorm wind blew the tin siding off a barn in Nowata and also blew down large tree limbs in Nowata. Large tree limbs were also blown down in Delaware, and 60 mph winds blew down large tree limbs at Wah-sha-she State Park six miles northeast of Bowring. Thunderstorm winds also gusted to 60 miles an hour in Lenapah. Nickel-size hail fell at Copan, and dime-size hail fell at Grainola and at Delaware. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree limb. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $100 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $100 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $100 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | $100 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Nowata | - | Several roads were reported flooded on the southeast side of town. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Nowata | - | Portions of Highway 169 in Nowata were closed due to high water. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Nowata | - | Several roads were flooded in and around Nowata. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured to 62 mph. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted a large tree. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Nowata | - | Storm spotters reported a brief tornado. Large tree limbs were snapped by this tornado. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Nowata | - | Storm spotters reported a brief tornado. The tornado snapped hardwood trees. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down large trees. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Nowata | - | The county road just north of Highway 60 along the Nowata/Craig County line was flooded and impassable. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb. |
| November 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree. |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Nowata | - | Heavy rain caused secondary roads to be flooded near and to the west of Nowata. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Nowata | - | Heavy rain flooded many secondary roads. Water also flowed over Highway 169 north of Nowata. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down two large trees. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large limbs, which blocked a road. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nowata | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs. |
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 Nowata | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2620142 | 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 1096069. 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.