Savanna, Oklahoma
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the McAlester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74565. The Survey maps it on the Savanna quadrangle. 623 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 735 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSavanna fell from 730 to 623 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 730 | |
| 2010 | 686 | -44 (-6%) |
| 2020 | 623 | -63 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1898 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1898 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Savanna quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Savanna between 1992 and 2017, burning about 2,332 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Talihina Agency | BENT RIM |
| 4 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 500 acres | Talihina Agency | OVERPASS |
| 7 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20107 |
| 21 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20126 |
| 7 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 170 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CABLE |
| 6 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20055 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Savanna: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Sand & Moon Sand Strip | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jenson Sand Co Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mcconnell Const Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Savanna in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 18 hail, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savanna | $28,000 | Two barns were destroyed. Turbines and shingles were ripped from a roof, and ten trees were uprooted. A travel trailer was overturned, and a sheet of plywood was ripped from some decking and blown away. Four power poles were snapped near Savanna, knocking out power to Savanna area customers of the Kiamichi Electric Cooperative. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Savanna | $20,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Savanna | $15,000 | Half dollar size hail damaged vehicles and homes. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Savanna | $15,000 | Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Savanna | $15,000 | A storm tracker for a local tv station reported ping pong ball size hail. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savanna | $5,000 | Emergency management reported a few power poles were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind and some outbuildings received minor damage. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Savanna | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savanna | - | A storm tracker for a local tv station estimated 80 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Savanna | - | Several roads were flooded across Pittsburg County. Portions of Highway 270 near Alderson and Highway 69 near Savanna were flooded. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savanna | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savanna | - | A storm chaser measured a 78 mile an hour wind gust. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Savanna | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 60 to 70 mph winds at the Army Ammunitions Plant five miles west of Savanna. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Savanna | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Savanna | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Savanna | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Savanna | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Savanna | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Savanna | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Savanna | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Savanna | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Savanna | - | no account filed |
| November 1999 | Hail | Savanna | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Savanna | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Savanna | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Savanna | - | 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 Savanna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2394677 | 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 1097851. 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.









