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Sasakwa, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Wewoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74867. The Survey maps it on the Sasakwa quadrangle. 80 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 843 feet above sea level.

Sasakwa within Seminole County

On record in Sasakwa

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

Sasakwa fell from 150 to 80 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
2010150
202080-70 (-47%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

109 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Sasakwa between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,186 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 29 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 burning42
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Other causes3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
28 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresWewoka AgencyOUTLAW
8 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution743 acresChickasaw AgencyBIG TIME FIRE
3 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined62 acresWewoka AgencyNO INDICES
25 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresChickasaw AgencyEASTJESSE
20 August 2011Other causes28 acresWewoka AgencyROCKY POINT
13 August 2006Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresWewoka AgencySNAKESKIN
1 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use33 acresWewoka AgencyCLAYTON HARJO
28 July 2008Debris and open burning9.7 acresWewoka AgencyANGRY LUSTY MAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sasakwa: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Konawa Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Seminole County

Storms near this place

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sasakwa in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 18 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSasakwa$10,000Strong winds damaged a porch, several T.V. antennas, and removed some shingles from a couple of homes. A shop building was also overturned along with several trees damaged. This occurred near the intersection of NS360 and Highway 56.
May 2017Flash FloodSasakwa$5,000Indirect fatality due to blunt force from a washed out 6' tin horn on NS3630 about 1/4 to 1/2 South of EW 1440. Car was traveling at a high rate of speed. It looked like water never went across road. Debris clogged the tin horn.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSasakwa$3,500Power lines and trees were downed due to the strong wind gust.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindSasakwa$500Outdoor storage shed destroyed...Time estimated from radar.
September 1999Thunderstorm WindSasakwa$500no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindSasakwa$500no account filed
April 2025HailSasakwa-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2025HailSasakwa-The report was relayed through mPING.
March 2024HailSasakwa-MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1630-1640 LST) to report time.
September 2023HailSasakwa-Relayed image.
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Sasakwa-The tornado moved into Seminole County from Pontotoc County and continued moving northeast toward Sasakwa. Significant tree damage occurred along the path.
April 1998Flash FloodSasakwa-Flash flooding washed out a bridge on Highway 56 and a car was subsequently washed off the road. One person was rescued.
September 2023HailSasakwa-no account filed
March 2017HailSasakwa-no account filed
May 2009HailSasakwa-no account filed
April 2005HailSasakwa-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindSasakwa-no account filed
March 2003HailSasakwa-no account filed
May 2002HailSasakwa-no account filed
May 2001HailSasakwa-no account filed
May 2001HailSasakwa-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindSasakwa-no account filed
April 1999HailSasakwa-no account filed
April 1999HailSasakwa-no account filed
May 1996HailSasakwa-no account filed
April 1996HailSasakwa-no account filed
November 1996HailSasakwa-no account filed
April 1993HailSasakwa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Seminole 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
Sealy1.3 miles13
Vamoosa8.1 miles14
Wolf11.9 miles10
Konawa12.1 miles13
Dixon14.5 miles9
Wewoka14.6 miles12
Bowlegs15.6 miles11
New Lima15.8 miles9

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 SasakwaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2657321The 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 1097843. 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.