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Wekiwa, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Tulsa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74063. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wekiwa quadrangle.

Wekiwa within Tulsa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

22 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Wekiwa between 2000 and 2018, burning about 13,444 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
14 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySHELL LAKE
14 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPawnee AgencyMULE
14 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use150 acresOsage AgencyWILD MTN
27 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOsage AgencyBLACK JACK
6 April 2011Arson/incendiarism50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40303
2 April 2011Debris and open burning3,340 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeEAST
12 April 2008Debris and open burning35 acresOsage AgencyRUBBER ARM
7 March 2010Debris and open burning488 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSEVEN MILE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulsa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Wekiwa: 12 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Arkansas No.1 Dredge and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cummins Dredge and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tulsa County

Storms near this place

16 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wekiwa in 16 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death and 30 injuries. 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
March 2015Tornado (EF2)Wekiwa1 killed, 30 hurt, $2,000,000This is the third segment of a three segment tornado. The tornado moved into Tulsa County at W Archer Road to the east of S 209th W Avenue. The roofs of several homes were damaged and trees were uprooted as it crossed S 193rd W Avenue. The tornado moved southeast crossing Highway 412, where it snapped or uprooted numerous trees and blew a tractor trailer off the road. A doughnut shop was destroyed at S 177th W Avenue, homes were damaged, and trees and poles were snapped. It crossed the Arkansas River and moved through the River Oaks Estates Mobile Home Park where it destroyed 58 mobile homes and two permanent homes. One fatality and about 30 injuries occurred in this park. The tornado crossed the Arkansas River again as it moved east-southeast toward Sand Springs, uprooting numerous trees before dissipating on the south side of Sand Springs, south of Highway 412 and just west of Highway 97. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 125 to 135 mph.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWekiwa$160,000,000Thunderstorm wind, gusting to over 100 mph at times, resulted in at least $160 million in estimated damage across Tulsa County during this severe thunderstorm. Debris removal and damage to the utility infrastructure across the county accounted for about $57 million of that estimate. Some people were without power for over a week.
April 2024HailWekiwa$15,000Half dollar size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWekiwa$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines and power poles near S 209th West Avenue and W Wekiwa Road.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindWekiwa$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a barn.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWekiwa$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines.
May 2025FloodWekiwa-Portions of Wekiwa Road were flooded near 177th West Avenue.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWekiwa-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, and snapped numerous large tree limbs.
May 2025HailWekiwa-no account filed
May 2025HailWekiwa-no account filed
October 2025HailWekiwa-no account filed
March 2024HailWekiwa-no account filed
September 2023HailWekiwa-no account filed
May 2022HailWekiwa-no account filed
March 2017HailWekiwa-no account filed
June 2011HailWekiwa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tulsa 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
Fisher2.3 miles15
Lotsee2.4 miles15
Shirk3.2 miles14
Sand Springs3.5 miles16
Prattville4.4 miles14
Lake4.9 miles16
Gray5.1 miles16
Price5.7 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122597463The 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 1100928. 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.