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Okesa, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pawhuska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74003. It stands on Lost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nelagoney quadrangle.

Okesa within Osage County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

97 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Okesa between 2001 and 2020, burning about 32,749 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 20 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 burning30
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
28 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOsage AgencyJIMMY
31 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution80 acresOsage AgencyJ. HUGHS
30 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOsage AgencyDIRECTION
20 August 2016Debris and open burning6.2 acresOsage AgencyJOSEPH
13 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.9 acresOsage AgencyLAWNMOWER
9 July 2013Smokingunder an acreOsage AgencyBED
5 July 2012Natural368 acresOsage AgencyTREY
5 July 2011Debris and open burning2.2 acresOsage AgencyNORTH JUMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Okesa: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

55 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Okesa in 55 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 34 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
February 2009HailOkesa$100,000Softball size hail damaged cars and roofs of buildings.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindOkesa$75,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour struck the Bartlesville Municipal Airport. One small plane was flipped onto its back and heavily damaged. Up to a dozen other planes were damaged when the doors were blown out of a hangar. The hangar that had its doors blown out also suffered significant roof damage which made its future use questionable. One other hanger and the Biplane Expo Center receivedlight to moderate damage but were still usable.
April 2025HailOkesa$20,000Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
July 2023HailOkesa$20,000Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindOkesa$20,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew the roof off a trailer house.
April 2020HailOkesa$15,000Golfball size hail damaged vehicles and the roofs of homes.
April 2003Tornado (F1)Okesa$15,000A F1 tornado touched down 8 miles west southwest of Dewey or 6.5 miles northeast of Okesa and traveled 5 miles east northeast before entering Washington county 5 miles northwest of Dewey or 7.2 miles southeast of Bowring. The tornado produced a 200 yard wide damage swath along its path. The damage was to trees and power lines.
April 2012HailOkesa$10,000Large hail caused significant damage to home windows and to a vehicle in Okesa.
May 2017HailOkesa$10,000no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindOkesa$2,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. One large tree limb fell on a pickup truck causing damage.
April 2017HailOkesa$2,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindOkesa-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs on the west side of Bartlesville.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindOkesa-The ASOS at the Bartlesville Municipal Airport measured 61 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindOkesa-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindOkesa-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured to 80 mph, near Highway 123 and County Road 2495, west of Bartlesville.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindOkesa-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindOkesa-Park officials reported large tree limbs blown down by strong thunderstorm wind at Osage Hills State Park.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindOkesa-Thunderstorm winds were estimated by the media to gust to near 60 mph west of Bartlesville.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindOkesa-The automated observing equipment at Bartlesville Municipal Airport recorded a 63 mile an hour wind gust.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindOkesa-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindOkesa-Thunderstorm winds measured at 80 miles an hour uprooted numerous trees.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindOkesa-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree.
June 2007Flash FloodOkesa-Heavy rains caused water to flow over Highway 60.
April 2007HailOkesa-Nickel size hail fell 2 miles west of Bartlesville.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindOkesa-The automated observing system at the Bartlesville airport recorded a 60 mile an hour wind gust.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindOkesa-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree in town.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindOkesa-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees.
April 2026HailOkesa-no account filed
April 2026HailOkesa-no account filed
April 2020HailOkesa-no account filed
May 2018HailOkesa-no account filed
April 2017HailOkesa-no account filed
April 2016HailOkesa-no account filed
November 2015HailOkesa-no account filed
April 2012HailOkesa-no account filed
April 2012HailOkesa-no account filed
September 2010HailOkesa-no account filed
February 2009HailOkesa-no account filed
April 2009HailOkesa-no account filed
May 2009HailOkesa-no account filed
May 2008HailOkesa-no account filed
April 2006HailOkesa-no account filed
April 2006HailOkesa-no account filed
August 2006HailOkesa-no account filed
June 2005HailOkesa-no account filed
April 2004HailOkesa-no account filed
April 2004HailOkesa-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindOkesa-no account filed
June 2002HailOkesa-no account filed
June 2001HailOkesa-no account filed
May 2000HailOkesa-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindOkesa-no account filed
April 1996HailOkesa-no account filed
September 1996HailOkesa-no account filed
March 1993HailOkesa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osage 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
Fite3.0 miles13
Woolaroc3.7 miles13
Torpedo5.0 miles13
Kiheki5.1 miles14
Nelagoney8.2 miles14
Tallant8.5 miles13
Opah8.8 miles13
Nanos9.2 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122540416The 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 1096201. 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.