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Prue, 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 Waresha Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keystone Dam quadrangle. 374 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 768 feet above sea level.

Prue within Osage County

Population over time

2 figures

Prue fell from 465 to 374 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
2010465
2020374-91 (-20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

64 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Prue between 2000 and 2019, burning about 35,023 acres in total. 3 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
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Fireworks4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use134 acresOsage AgencyMAYDAY
19 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOsage AgencyHIGHWAY99
14 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresPawnee AgencyMAGGARD
23 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOsage AgencyROCK CREEK
11 July 2012Fireworks110 acresOsage AgencyTRICKLE
9 April 2010Debris and open burning38 acresOsage AgencyPULARE
6 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined141 acresOsage AgencySANDCREEK
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,343 acresOsage AgencyWALLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prue in 41 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 24 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2016Tornado (EF1)Prue$100,000This is the second segment of a two segment tornado. In Osage County, this tornado destroyed boat docks on Keystone Lake, damaged homes, and uprooted trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
March 2015Tornado (EF1)Prue$100,000This is the second segment of a three segment tornado. The tornado crossed into Osage County over Keystone Lake and quickly crossed Highway 412. It then moved through a wooded area that was inaccessible by road. The first damage that was accessible by the survey team was at S 209th W Avenue, where the tornado damaged a church, snapped large tree limbs, and damaged a home. It moved east-southeast toward W Archer Road snapping or uprooting trees and damaging homes. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. The tornado continued into Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
May 2020Tornado (EF0)Prue$20,000A brief tornado damaged a mobile home, destroyed a carport, damaged an outbuilding, and snapped large tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 70 to 80 mph.
April 2006HailPrue$20,000Baseball size hail fell 3 miles north northeast of Sand Springs.
May 2025HailPrue$15,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindPrue$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a windmill and damaged the roofs of homes.
March 2015HailPrue$15,000no account filed
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPrue$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a barn near Prue.
May 2004Tornado (F1)Prue$5,000A F1 tornado occurred in rural Osage county to the north northeast of Prue. Numerous half foot in diameter Oak limbs were broken. A few whole trees and power poles were also downed. Two houses in the path had slight damage.
December 1999Thunderstorm WindPrue$100Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindPrue-Thunderstorm wind gusted to around 65 mph.
October 2012Thunderstorm WindPrue-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted a Crepe Myrtle tree, blew over a heavy grill, blew lawn furniture around a yard, and blew down large tree limbs.
April 2006HailPrue-Quarter size hail fell at Pogue Airport.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindPrue-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees and large tree limbs at Walnut Creek State Park.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindPrue-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs 5 miles north of Sand Springs.
May 2000HailPrue-Quarter size hail fell at Walnut Creek State Park.
April 1995HailNew Prue-Severe thunderstorms in Osage County produced dime size hail at several locations in the eastern part of the county.
March 2016HailPrue-no account filed
April 2006HailPrue-no account filed
April 2006HailPrue-no account filed
May 2002HailPrue-no account filed
May 2001HailPrue-no account filed
March 2000HailPrue-no account filed
March 2000HailPrue-no account filed
May 2000HailPrue-no account filed
December 1999HailPrue-no account filed
December 1999HailPrue-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindNew Prue-no account filed
July 1997HailNew Prue-no account filed
May 1997HailPrue-no account filed
January 1996Thunderstorm WindNew Prue-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindNew Prue-no account filed
October 1996HailNew Prue-no account filed
October 1996HailNew Prue-no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindNew Prue-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindPrue-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPrue-no account filed
April 1993HailNew Prue-no account filed
April 1993HailNew Prue-no account filed
April 1993HailNew Prue-no account filed
October 1993HailNew Prue-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
New Prue2.6 miles15
Osage6.5 miles14
Morgans Corner10.5 miles13
Indian Village12.4 miles14
Hominy12.8 miles14
Skiatook19.0 miles14
Wynona21.3 miles13
Nichols21.6 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 PrueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2184868The 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 1096944. 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.