West Siloam Springs, Oklahoma
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Colcord census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74964. The Survey maps it on the Siloam Springs quadrangle. 1,000 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,142 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWest Siloam Springs grew from 846 to 1,000 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 | 846 | |
| 2020 | 1,000 | +154 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1899 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of West Siloam Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,421 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 65 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 | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30358 |
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 120 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30408 |
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 West Siloam Springs: 4 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siloam Springs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Siloam Springs in 2 storm reports between 1995 and 1996: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Siloam Springs | $100 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | West Siloam Springs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dripping Springs | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Flint | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Beckwith | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Tonnece | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Colcord | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| Flint Creek | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Row | 9.4 miles | 18 | |
| Kansas | 12.0 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 West Siloam Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3287705 | 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 1099609. 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.







