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Quapaw, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Quapaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74363. The Survey maps it on the Picher quadrangle. 811 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 846 feet above sea level.

Quapaw within Ottawa County

On record in Quapaw

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Quapaw fell from 906 to 811 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
2010906
2020811-95 (-10%)

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.

Fires near this place

290 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of Quapaw between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,980 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 57 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
Debris and open burning77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Natural63
Arson/incendiarism57
Equipment and vehicle use14
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMiami AgencyWATSON
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresMiami AgencySNAKE PIT
29 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMiami AgencyTURKEY RUN
27 September 2010Natural3.8 acresMiami AgencyMATTCRAW
22 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMiami AgencyVINE
19 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresMiami AgencyHOSS
16 September 2000Debris and open burning2.1 acresMiami AgencyTHIRD TIME
1 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMiami AgencyPIUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 118 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 118 workings within 5 miles of Quapaw: 106 past producers, 11 producers, 1 occurrence. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Humble Sand PitClayProducer
Central Mill & SempleStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Epperson Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bingham Sand & Gravel Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blue GooseSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bryan Chat Company Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dale Epersons Trucking Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Earnie Graham Chat Co Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Humble SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kunshek Chat Company Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ottawa County

Storms near this place

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quapaw in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 13 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 1 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindQuapaw$75,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of the elementary school, blew HVAC units from the roof of the high school, damaged windows and buses, and blew down trees and power poles. The damage delayed the start of the school year for the district.
April 2020HailQuapaw$25,000Golfball size hail damaged vehicles and the roofs of homes.
August 2009HailQuapaw$20,000no account filed
August 2020HailQuapaw$10,000no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindQuapaw$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew the roof off of a barn.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindQuapaw$100Several large tree limbs were blown down.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindQuapaw-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindQuapaw-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindQuapaw-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph were estimated by fire department personnel.
April 2011FloodQuapaw-The Spring Creek near Quapaw rose above its flood stage of 20 feet at 1:00 pm CDT on April 25th. The river crested at 25.11 feet at 7:30 pm CDT on the 26th, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below its flood stage at 1:15 am CDT on the 28th.
March 2010Flash FloodQuapaw-Highway 69A at the railroad overpass was flooded with 12 inches of water, which resulted in the road being closed.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindQuapaw-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
October 2009FloodQuapaw-The Spring River near Quapaw rose above its flood stage of 20 feet at 10:15 p.m. CDT on October 8th. The river crested at 27.94 feet at 6:30 p.m. CDT on the 10th, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 5:45 a.m. CDT on the 12th.
April 2008FloodQuapaw-The Spring River near Quapaw rose above its flood stage of 20 feet at 10:11 am cdt on April 10th. The river crested at 28.64 feet at 7:30 am cdt on April 12th. This crest classified the flood as moderate. The river fell below its flood stage at 1:40 pm cdt on April 13th.
March 2008FloodQuapaw-The Spring River near Quapaw rose above its flood stage of 20 feet at 9:00 p.m. cdt on March 18th. The river crested at 28.33 feet at 4:00 p.m. cdt on March 20th. This crest caused the flood to be classified as a moderate flood. The river fell below its flood stage at 6:30 p.m. cdt on March 21st.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Quapaw-This tornado developed from the Picher supercell and moved east-southeast eventually merging with the then decaying Picher tornado. The merger apparently reintensified the original tornadic circulation as it quickly became a mile-wide just north of Peoria. A NWS storm survey found extensive tree damage associated with this second tornado prior to its aforementioned merger with the original tornado.
June 2007FloodQuapaw-The Spring River near Quapaw rose above its flood stage of 20 feet at 11:45 am cdt on June 11. The river experienced it 8th highest crest on record at 32.18 feet at 5:00 am cdt on June 13. The river fell below its flood stage at 3:45 am cdt on June 15. While the river was in flood, several county roads were closed and a camp site was also flooded.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindQuapaw-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindQuapaw-Car blown off Will Rogers Turnpike
November 2020HailQuapaw-no account filed
March 2017HailQuapaw-no account filed
May 2011HailQuapaw-no account filed
March 2011HailQuapaw-no account filed
May 2010HailQuapaw-no account filed
April 2005HailQuapaw-no account filed
March 2003HailQuapaw-no account filed
July 2003HailQuapaw-no account filed
May 1997HailQuapaw-no account filed
May 1997HailQuapaw-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindQuapaw-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ottawa 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
Mills (historical)1.7 miles14
Lincolnville1.8 miles14
Douthat (historical)2.6 miles14
Hockerville (historical)2.7 miles14
Zincville (historical)2.8 miles14
Picher (historical)3.2 miles14
Cardin (historical)3.5 miles14
Potter (historical)4.1 miles14

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 QuapawAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2797582The 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 1096980. 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.