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Pearsonia, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Osage census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74056. It stands on Hickory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pearsonia quadrangle.

Pearsonia within Osage County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

6 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Pearsonia between 2013 and 2020, burning about 21,685 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 March 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution20,307 acresOsage AgencyWEST 60
16 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined750 acresOsage AgencyTIM
13 March 2019Arson/incendiarism341 acresOsage AgencyLOOP
29 February 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined246 acresOsage AgencyBIRD CREEK
27 February 2014Equipment and vehicle use21 acresOsage AgencyPERSONIA
17 November 2013Natural20 acresOsage AgencyMEYERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pearsonia in 21 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Pearsonia$10,000A tornado produced a Tornadic Debris Signature (TDS) from the KINX WSR-88D in an area of trees northwest of Pawhuska that was inaccessible by road. The tornado moved northeast and snapped multiple power poles west of County Road 4201. Any damage that occurred other than the power poles was inaccessible by road, and could therefore not be assessed. Much of the path details are estimates based on the radar TDS and aerial imagery. Based on the damage to the string of power poles, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
April 2026Tornado (EFU)Pearsonia-This tornado was observed and documented by research meteorologists. It remained over open country with no known damage. The path details were based on their observations and radar data.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 63 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured thunderstorm wind gusts up to 64 mph.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 59 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 59 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 74 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 67 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station east-southeast of Foraker measured 63 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 62 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 62 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 73 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 59 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 66 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Foraker measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2008HailPearsonia-no account filed
May 2000HailPearsonia-no account filed
October 1998Thunderstorm WindPearsonia-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
Blackland2.9 miles12
Myers4.3 miles12
Foraker7.8 miles11
Opah9.0 miles13
Nanos9.6 miles13
Pawhuska11.0 miles14
Shidler11.2 miles12
Carter Nine11.8 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 Q122589402The 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 1100728. 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.

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.