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.
Population over time
2 figuresPrue 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 465 | |
| 2020 | 374 | -91 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Keystone Dam quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
64 since 2000Regional 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/incendiarism | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 134 acres | Osage Agency | MAYDAY |
| 19 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Osage Agency | HIGHWAY99 |
| 14 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Pawnee Agency | MAGGARD |
| 23 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Osage Agency | ROCK CREEK |
| 11 July 2012 | Fireworks | 110 acres | Osage Agency | TRICKLE |
| 9 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 38 acres | Osage Agency | PULARE |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 141 acres | Osage Agency | SANDCREEK |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,343 acres | Osage Agency | WALLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
41 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Prue | $100,000 | This 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 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Prue | $100,000 | This 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 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Prue | $20,000 | A 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 2006 | Hail | Prue | $20,000 | Baseball size hail fell 3 miles north northeast of Sand Springs. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Prue | $15,000 | Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prue | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a windmill and damaged the roofs of homes. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Prue | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prue | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a barn near Prue. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Prue | $5,000 | A 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prue | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prue | - | Thunderstorm wind gusted to around 65 mph. |
| October 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prue | - | 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 2006 | Hail | Prue | - | Quarter size hail fell at Pogue Airport. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prue | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees and large tree limbs at Walnut Creek State Park. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prue | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs 5 miles north of Sand Springs. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Prue | - | Quarter size hail fell at Walnut Creek State Park. |
| April 1995 | Hail | New Prue | - | Severe thunderstorms in Osage County produced dime size hail at several locations in the eastern part of the county. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Prue | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Prue | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Prue | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Prue | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Prue | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Prue | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Prue | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Prue | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Prue | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Prue | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Prue | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prue | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prue | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | New Prue | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Prue | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Osage | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Morgans Corner | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Village | 12.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hominy | 12.8 miles | 14 | |
| Skiatook | 19.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wynona | 21.3 miles | 13 | |
| Nichols | 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 Prue | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2184868 | 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 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.





