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Osage, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Hominy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74054. It stands on Vandruff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. 177 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 814 feet above sea level.

Osage within Osage County

Population over time

2 figures

Osage grew from 156 to 177 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
2010156
2020177+21 (+13%)

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.

Photographs

8 of 39 photographs shown, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

The sun sets on a "wind farm" of turbines near Burbank in Osage County, Oklahoma
The sun sets on a "wind farm" of turbines near Burbank in Osage County, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Deer feel perfectly comfortable making themselves comfortable across the street from human inhabitation in Osage County, Oklahoma
Deer feel perfectly comfortable making themselves comfortable across the street from human inhabitation in Osage County, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
A basically abandoned commercial block in Barnsdall, a small city in Osage County, Oklahoma
A basically abandoned commercial block in Barnsdall, a small city in Osage County, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
A true "country cemetery" that buries the dead of the small city of Foraker, in Osage County, Oklahoma, on the edge of a vast tallgrass preserve owned and managed by the Nature Conservancy
A true "country cemetery" that buries the dead of the small city of Foraker, in Osage County, Oklahoma, on the edge of a vast tallgrass preserve owned and managed by the Nature Conservancy
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
A lone tree and pond in the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, owned and managed by the Nature Conservancy near the town of Foraker, in Osage County, Oklahoma
A lone tree and pond in the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, owned and managed by the Nature Conservancy near the town of Foraker, in Osage County, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
A bovine resident at the Candy Creek Ranch near Barnsdall in Osage County, Oklahoma
A bovine resident at the Candy Creek Ranch near Barnsdall in Osage County, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
A mix of livestock, cattle, a horse, and a donkey, congregate on a ranch in Osage County, Oklahoma
A mix of livestock, cattle, a horse, and a donkey, congregate on a ranch in Osage County, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Pawhuska, a small city on the Osage Indian Nation in Osage County, Oklahoma, is by no means a sleepy, unimaginative place, as this image attests
Pawhuska, a small city on the Osage Indian Nation in Osage County, Oklahoma, is by no means a sleepy, unimaginative place, as this image attests
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Osage County

Fires near this place

99 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Osage between 1999 and 2020, burning about 16,595 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 42 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
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOsage AgencyTOP HAT
25 September 2012Natural2.0 acresOsage AgencyTOP HAT
13 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined29 acresOsage AgencyRANN
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOsage AgencySILAS
28 August 2006Natural80 acresPawnee AgencyKEYSTONE KEY
10 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined49 acresPawnee AgencyJODEBO
4 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOsage AgencyINDEPENDENCE
4 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOsage AgencyFREEDOM

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 Osage: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Flagstone. 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 QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osage in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 14 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 35 injuries. 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
May 2024Tornado (EF4)Osage2 killed, 33 hurt, $10,000,000This is the first segment of a two-segment tornado. This tornado developed just north of County Road 1701 southeast of Hominy, where trees were uprooted and snapped. The tornado moved northeast and crossed Highway 20, snapping numerous trees and snapping seven metal power poles. The tornado continued to snap and uproot numerous trees between Highway 20 and Barnsdall. Significant tree damage was found in several locations. A well-built home was destroyed just southwest of town. Multiple vehicles were thrown and rolled, and trees were stubbed and debarked in this area. The tornado then moved into Barnsdall, causing severe damage to the wax plant on the southeast side of town. More than 110 homes and businesses were damaged, 65 of those were destroyed. Numerous trees were stubbed in the area of some of the higher end damage. Two fatalities and at least 33 injuries occurred in Barnsdall. Significant tree damage continued northeast of Barnsdall, a few homes were damaged, and outbuildings were destroyed between Barnsdall and the county line. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 170 to 180 mph. The tornado continued into Washington County.
November 2008Tornado (EF0)Osage2 hurt, $50,000A tornado destroyed a mobile home, damaged another mobile home, damaged the roof of a house, blew the roof off of a storage building, and damaged a number of trees. Maximum estimated wind based on the damage observed during a storm survey was between 75 and 85 mph. Two people in the mobile home that was destroyed were injured.
April 2021HailOsage$20,000Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
April 2021HailOsage$20,000Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
May 2025HailOsage$15,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindOsage$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew some shingles off a building and also blew down several large tree limbs.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindOsage$100no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindOsage-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindOsage-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour were observed at Zink Ranch.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindOsage-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour were reported at Walnut Creek State Park.
April 2021HailOsage-no account filed
March 2011HailOsage-no account filed
April 2007Thunderstorm WindOsage-no account filed
May 2003HailOsage-no account filed
May 2002HailOsage-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindOsage-no account filed
July 1999HailOsage-no account filed
October 1998HailOsage-no account filed
October 1998HailOsage-no account filed
October 1998Thunderstorm WindOsage-no account filed
October 1998HailOsage-no account filed
May 1997HailOsage-no account filed
April 1996HailOsage-no account filed
April 1995HailOsage-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindOsage-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
Prue6.5 miles14
New Prue8.2 miles15
Indian Village8.3 miles14
Hominy8.4 miles14
Morgans Corner11.9 miles13
Wynona18.1 miles13
Nichols21.5 miles13
Gray Horse21.6 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.

Wikipedia article on OsageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2093266The 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 1096307. 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.