Sawyer, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fort Towson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74756. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Towson quadrangle. 340 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 423 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSawyer grew from 321 to 340 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 | 321 | |
| 2020 | 340 | +19 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 Alikchi quadrangle1:125000, 5 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
- 1971 USGS Fort Towson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Sawyer between 1992 and 2014, burning about 575 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20384 |
| 14 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10148 |
| 30 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20303 |
| 5 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20305 |
| 5 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20306 |
| 16 April 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sawyer: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dave Buster Construction Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sawyer in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawyer | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew the roof off a barn. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawyer | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees near Sawyer, with some trees falling onto roads. Power lines were also blown down in the area. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawyer | $100 | Large tree limbs down and hail of unknown size |
| March 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Sawyer | - | A tornado was photographed near Hugo Lake. No damage is known to have occurred with this tornado. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawyer | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several large trees. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Sawyer | - | no account filed |
| January 2005 | Hail | Sawyer | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Sawyer | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Sawyer | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fallon | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Virgil | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| West Fort Towson | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Towson | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Huskey | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Messer | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hugo | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Shoals | 8.1 miles | 9 |
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 Sawyer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2324032 | 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 1097856. 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.







