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Wolco, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Barnsdall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74002. The Survey maps it on the Wolco quadrangle.

Wolco within Osage County

On record in Wolco

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

113 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Wolco between 2003 and 2020, burning about 20,415 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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
Debris and open burning45
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
17 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use35 acresOsage AgencyRASBERRY
11 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOsage AgencyGLENN
8 July 2013Natural10 acresOsage AgencyOLD RAILROAD
3 July 2009Fireworksunder an acreOsage AgencyALFRED
9 April 2014Equipment and vehicle use50 acresOsage AgencyHWY 11
5 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined145 acresOsage AgencyBDALL
5 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOsage AgencyJOHNSTON
5 April 2008Arson/incendiarism293 acresOsage AgencyGRAND FINALE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wolco: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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

Every working recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolco in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2012HailWolco$5,000no account filed
April 2024Tornado (EF0)Wolco-This is the first segment of a two-segment tornado. The tornado developed just west of the Osage/Washington County line, between the 2700 Road and the 2600 Road. It moved east-northeast, snapping large tree limbs near the county line. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 75 to 80 mph. The tornado continued into Washington County.
April 2026HailWolco-no account filed
April 2026HailWolco-no account filed
April 2012HailWolco-no account filed
September 2009HailWolco-no account filed
April 2006HailWolco-no account filed
October 1998Thunderstorm WindWolco-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osage 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
Avant3.4 miles14
Nichols3.8 miles13
Gilland4.4 miles13
Barnsdall5.1 miles13
Tallant7.5 miles13
Woolaroc8.8 miles13
Nelagoney10.9 miles14
Pershing11.5 miles13

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 Q122592474The 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 1100948. 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.