Sand Springs, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Tulsa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74063. It stands on Fisher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sand Springs quadrangle. 19,874 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 787 feet above sea level.
On record in Sand Springs
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 2 records
Sand Springs Power Plantlisted 1998- Fort Arbuckle Sitelisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresSand Springs grew from 18,906 to 19,874 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 | 18,906 | |
| 2020 | 19,874 | +968 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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
- 1956 USGS Sand Springs quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Sand Springs between 1995 and 2018, burning about 6,270 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,200 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | SHELL LAKE |
| 14 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | MULE |
| 14 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Osage Agency | WILD MTN |
| 27 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Osage Agency | BLACK JACK |
| 6 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 40303 |
| 7 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 488 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SEVEN MILE FIRE |
| 23 March 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,500 acres | Osage Agency | S.S. CASINO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Sand Springs: 8 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Arkansas No.1 Dredge and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chandler Materials Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chandler Materials Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sand Springs in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 1996: 19 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the early evening of May 31st. Hail ranging from quarter to golf ball-size fell at Westport, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Sand Springs. Half-dollar-size hail fell one mile north of Osage and two miles north of Sand Springs, and quarter-size hail fell one mile west of Prue. Dime to quarter-size hail fell at the Keystone Dam eight miles west of Sand Springs, and dime-size hail also fell one mile south of Hominy and three miles north of Cleveland. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the early evening of May 31st. Hail ranging from quarter to golf ball-size fell at Westport, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Sand Springs. Half-dollar-size hail fell one mile north of Osage and two miles north of Sand Springs, and quarter-size hail fell one mile west of Prue. Dime to quarter-size hail fell at the Keystone Dam eight miles west of Sand Springs, and dime-size hail also fell one mile south of Hominy and three miles north of Cleveland. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the early evening of May 31st. Hail ranging from quarter to golf ball-size fell at Westport, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Sand Springs. Half-dollar-size hail fell one mile north of Osage and two miles north of Sand Springs, and quarter-size hail fell one mile west of Prue. Dime to quarter-size hail fell at the Keystone Dam eight miles west of Sand Springs, and dime-size hail also fell one mile south of Hominy and three miles north of Cleveland. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the early evening of May 31st. Hail ranging from quarter to golf ball-size fell at Westport, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Sand Springs. Half-dollar-size hail fell one mile north of Osage and two miles north of Sand Springs, and quarter-size hail fell one mile west of Prue. Dime to quarter-size hail fell at the Keystone Dam eight miles west of Sand Springs, and dime-size hail also fell one mile south of Hominy and three miles north of Cleveland. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | ,,,,,,,,Thunderstorm Winds (G52) Tulsa,07,2000CST- *,,2030CST,,0,0,5,0,Lightning Tulsa,07,2005CST- *,,2030CST,,0,0,5,0,Thunderstorm Winds (G61) |
| January 1996 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Flash Flood | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | - | 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.
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 Sand Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2220501 | 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 1097783. 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.





