Welling, Oklahoma
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the East Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74471. It lies near Minning Camp Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Tahlequah quadrangle. 781 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWelling grew from 771 to 781 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 | 771 | |
| 2020 | 781 | +10 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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 Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1905 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
464 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 464 fires within 5 miles of Welling between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,528 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 192 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 | 192 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 106 |
| Debris and open burning | 97 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30547 |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30467 |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Welling: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Ryals Chert Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Welling in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2008: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welling | $100 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welling | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and blew a satellite dish off of a house. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Welling | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welling | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Welling | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welling | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsa La Gi Indian Village | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Park Hill | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Indian Meadows | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Briggs | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Etta | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Tailholt | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Tahlequah | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Green Country Estates | 4.7 miles | 18 |
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 Welling | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q517131 | 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 1099478. 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.








