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Wheatland, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Oklahoma City Southwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73097. The Survey maps it on the Mustang quadrangle. It stands 1,319 feet above sea level.

Wheatland within Oklahoma County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

1 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wheatland in 2005, burning about 26,000 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined1

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
27 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined26,000 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryVELMA COMPLEX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oklahoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Wheatland: 6 past producers, 5 producers. 5 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
Bill Hinkle Trucking ServiceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cecils Sandloading ServiceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fill Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Frazier Pit Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Muraska PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Patterson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Portland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pritners Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oklahoma County

Storms near this place

23 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheatland in 23 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 11 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2023Tornado (EF1)Wheatland$100,000This tornado developed northwest of SW 44th Street and Council Road and just north of Western Heights High School. The tornado moved northeast, crossing Interstate 40 just east of Rockwell Avenue, and dissipated near NW 23rd Street between MacArthur Blvs and Ann Arbor Avenue. One building near SW 36th and Council had one exterior wall blown outward, and there was tree and power pole damage at various spots along the tornado path.
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Wheatland$100,000A tornado moved into Oklahoma County from Canadian County in western Oklahoma City and moved generally east along and near SW 15th Street before dissipating near SW 15th and Meridian Avenue. Buildings, power lines and trees were damaged, including broken windows at a couple of motels along Meridian Avenue. Damage amounts were estimated.
May 2013Flash FloodWheatland$30,000Reports of water over roadways at several locations including S Rockwell and SW 89th, SW 59th and S County Line Rd, and S Portland and SW 89th. Sinkhole opened at intersection of SW 74th and S Rockwell Ave, making the road impassable.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindWheatland$5,000Two power poles down 2 blocks east of Council and Highway 152.
April 2016Tornado (EF0)Wheatland$5,000This tornado moved into Oklahoma County crossing County Line Road just south of SW 29th Street. It moved northeast for less than one mile in Oklahoma County dissipating before reaching Council Road. And outbuilding and a radio tower were damaged as well as a few trees.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWheatland$2,000A couple small sheet metal buildings destroyed. Piece of wood pierced the windshield of a truck.
May 2025HailWheatland-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2023HailWheatland-MPing report.
July 2023HailWheatland-MPing report.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWheatland-Power poles and power lines were damaged along SW 29th street from Council to Rockwell.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindWheatland-As a tornado moved into Oklahoma County, an area of damaging thunderstorms winds south of the tornado also produced damage to trees and outbuildings along County Line Road between SW 29th and SW 44th Streets and along SW 44th Street between County Line Road and Council Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWheatland-Estimated 60 to 65 mph gusts. No damage reported.
March 2015HailWheatland-No damage was reported.
May 2015Flash FloodWheatland-Over 3 inches of rain fell in one hour at Will Rogers World Airport in southwest Oklahoma City. This resulted in areas of flooding across southwestern portions of the Oklahoma City metro. No damage was reported.
May 2013Flash FloodWheatland-County Line Road flooded between SW 44th and 59th St. No damage reported.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWheatland-Wind damage was widespread across southwest Oklahoma City as the tornadic storm produced several surges of intense winds as it moved across the area. The damage was widespread from County Line Road from SW 29th and SW 44th Streets, southeastward across Will Rogers World Airport to along SW 89th Steet between Portland Avenue and Pennsylvanie Avenue. An outbuilding was destroyed at Western Heights High School near SW 44th Street and Council Road with winds estimated at 95 mph. Winds gusts of 61 knots (70 mph) were measured at 7:05 pm CDT at the Will Rogers Airport (OKC) ASOS with one of these surges, followed by another gust of 62 knots (71 mph) with a second surge at 7:21 pm CDT.
August 2006HailWheatland-Hail was observed on Highway 152 and County Line Road.
May 2025HailWheatland-no account filed
April 2020HailWheatland-no account filed
August 2019HailWheatland-no account filed
May 2018HailWheatland-no account filed
March 2013HailWheatland-no account filed
April 2001HailWheatland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oklahoma 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
Lillard Park3.7 miles19
Woodlawn Park7.8 miles16
Bethany8.4 miles16
Oklahoma City8.7 miles19
Flynn8.7 miles18
Warr Acres8.8 miles19
Valley Brook9.1 miles18
Smith Village11.0 miles18

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 WheatlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q11258830The 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 1100120. 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.