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.
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
- Alice Brown Houselisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresSasakwa 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 150 | |
| 2020 | 80 | -70 (-47%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1901 USGS Stonewall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sasakwa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
109 since 1996Regional 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 burning | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wewoka Agency | OUTLAW |
| 8 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 743 acres | Chickasaw Agency | BIG TIME FIRE |
| 3 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 acres | Wewoka Agency | NO INDICES |
| 25 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Chickasaw Agency | EASTJESSE |
| 20 August 2011 | Other causes | 28 acres | Wewoka Agency | ROCKY POINT |
| 13 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Wewoka Agency | SNAKESKIN |
| 1 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33 acres | Wewoka Agency | CLAYTON HARJO |
| 28 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 9.7 acres | Wewoka Agency | ANGRY LUSTY MAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konawa Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | $10,000 | Strong 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Sasakwa | $5,000 | Indirect 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | $3,500 | Power lines and trees were downed due to the strong wind gust. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | $500 | Outdoor storage shed destroyed...Time estimated from radar. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | $500 | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1630-1640 LST) to report time. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | Relayed image. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (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 1998 | Flash Flood | Sasakwa | - | Flash flooding washed out a bridge on Highway 56 and a car was subsequently washed off the road. One person was rescued. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | 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 Sasakwa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2657321 | 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 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.




