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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.

Savanna within Pittsburg County

Population over time

3 figures

Savanna 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.

YearPeople Change
2000730
2010686-44 (-6%)
2020623-63 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

23 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
9 September 2006Naturalunder an acreTalihina AgencyBENT RIM
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarism70 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2002Debris and open burning10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 August 2011Arson/incendiarism500 acresTalihina AgencyOVERPASS
7 July 2012Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20107
21 July 2012Arson/incendiarism40 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20126
7 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined170 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryCABLE
6 March 2012Debris and open burning15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20055

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hall Sand & Moon Sand StripSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jenson Sand Co Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcconnell Const Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 1998Thunderstorm WindSavanna$28,000Two 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 2024HailSavanna$20,000Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
March 2024HailSavanna$15,000Half dollar size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
March 2024HailSavanna$15,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
May 2021HailSavanna$15,000A storm tracker for a local tv station reported ping pong ball size hail.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindSavanna$5,000Emergency management reported a few power poles were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind and some outbuildings received minor damage.
June 2018HailSavanna$5,000no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindSavanna-A storm tracker for a local tv station estimated 80 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2015Flash FloodSavanna-Several roads were flooded across Pittsburg County. Portions of Highway 270 near Alderson and Highway 69 near Savanna were flooded.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindSavanna-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindSavanna-A storm chaser measured a 78 mile an hour wind gust.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindSavanna-A severe thunderstorm produced 60 to 70 mph winds at the Army Ammunitions Plant five miles west of Savanna.
March 2024HailSavanna-no account filed
May 2024HailSavanna-no account filed
April 2018HailSavanna-no account filed
March 2011HailSavanna-no account filed
April 2011HailSavanna-no account filed
April 2007HailSavanna-no account filed
April 2005HailSavanna-no account filed
May 2001HailSavanna-no account filed
May 2001HailSavanna-no account filed
November 1999HailSavanna-no account filed
May 1999HailSavanna-no account filed
June 1998HailSavanna-no account filed
February 1998HailSavanna-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pittsburg 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
Brewer1.4 miles18
Halley1.6 miles18
Chambers3.0 miles18
Frink4.8 miles18
Blanco6.5 miles18
Haywood6.8 miles17
Pittsburg8.0 miles17
Kiowa8.0 miles17

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 SavannaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2394677The 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.