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.
Population over time
2 figuresOsage 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 156 | |
| 2020 | 177 | +21 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1912 USGS Hominy quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Hominy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Hominy quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
8 of 39 photographs shown, 2020Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Osage County
Fires near this place
99 since 1999Regional 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/incendiarism | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Osage Agency | TOP HAT |
| 25 September 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Osage Agency | TOP HAT |
| 13 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 acres | Osage Agency | RANN |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Osage Agency | SILAS |
| 28 August 2006 | Natural | 80 acres | Pawnee Agency | KEYSTONE KEY |
| 10 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 acres | Pawnee Agency | JODEBO |
| 4 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Osage Agency | INDEPENDENCE |
| 4 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Osage Agency | FREEDOM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF4) | Osage | 2 killed, 33 hurt, $10,000,000 | This 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 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Osage | 2 hurt, $50,000 | A 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 2021 | Hail | Osage | $20,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Osage | $20,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Osage | $15,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew some shingles off a building and also blew down several large tree limbs. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage | $100 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour were observed at Zink Ranch. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour were reported at Walnut Creek State Park. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Osage | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Osage | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Osage | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Osage | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Osage | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Osage | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Osage | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Osage | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Osage | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Osage | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Osage | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osage | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prue | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| New Prue | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Indian Village | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hominy | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Morgans Corner | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wynona | 18.1 miles | 13 | |
| Nichols | 21.5 miles | 13 | |
| Gray Horse | 21.6 miles | 13 |
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 Osage | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2093266 | 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 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.






