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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.

Sand Springs within Tulsa County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Sand 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.

YearPeople Change
201018,906
202019,874+968 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

14 since 1995

Regional 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/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Smoking1
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
14 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySHELL LAKE
14 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPawnee AgencyMULE
14 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use150 acresOsage AgencyWILD MTN
27 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOsage AgencyBLACK JACK
6 April 2011Arson/incendiarism50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40303
7 March 2010Debris and open burning488 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSEVEN MILE FIRE
23 March 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined600 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
16 March 2018Arson/incendiarism1,500 acresOsage AgencyS.S. CASINO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulsa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Arkansas No.1 Dredge and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chandler Materials Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chandler Materials Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tulsa County

Storms near this place

27 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1995Thunderstorm WindSand Springs$10,000no account filed
May 1995HailSand 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 1995HailSand 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 1995HailSand 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 1995HailSand 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 1995HailSand 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 1996HailSand Springs-no account filed
June 1996HailSand Springs-no account filed
April 1996HailSand Springs-no account filed
April 1996HailSand Springs-no account filed
April 1996HailSand Springs-no account filed
October 1996Flash FloodSand Springs-no account filed
March 1996HailSand Springs-no account filed
September 1995Thunderstorm WindSand Springs-no account filed
June 1995HailSand Springs-no account filed
June 1995HailSand Springs-no account filed
June 1995HailSand Springs-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindSand Springs-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindSand Springs-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindSand Springs-no account filed
June 1995HailSand Springs-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindSand Springs-no account filed
July 1994HailSand Springs-no account filed
April 1993HailSand Springs-no account filed
October 1993HailSand Springs-no account filed
October 1993HailSand Springs-no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindSand Springs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tulsa 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
Lake1.4 miles16
Shirk1.6 miles14
Gray1.6 miles16
Fisher1.9 miles15
Price2.2 miles16
Prattville2.5 miles14
Kengle3.1 miles16
Wekiwa3.5 miles15

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 SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2220501The 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.