Zena, Oklahoma
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Jay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74346. The Survey maps it on the Jay quadrangle. 181 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 951 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresZena grew from 122 to 181 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 | 122 | |
| 2020 | 181 | +59 (+48%) |
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
- 1971 USGS Jay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
315 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 315 fires within 5 miles of Zena between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,878 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 110 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 123 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 110 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30432 |
| 8 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zena in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Zena | $400,000 | This tornado developed along the leading edge of the bow echo. Near the beginning of its track, it destroyed a large swath of hardwood trees and severely damaged a home. Several other homes were damaged by the tornado, barns and outbuildings were destroyed, and power poles were snapped. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 115 to 125 mph. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Zena | $50,000 | Large hail damaged vehicles, and the roofs of homes. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Zena | $50,000 | Large hail damaged vehicles, and the roofs of homes. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zena | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large shed. Large tree limbs were also blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zena | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and damaged the roofs of a few barns. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zena | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zena | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew a large tree down onto a highway. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Zena | - | This tornado developed near the shore of Grand Lake and traveled east-northeast, snapping large tree limbs and uprooting many trees in its path. No significant damage was noted to the homes in the path near the lake shore. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zena | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees at Shangri-La Marina. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zena | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zena | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees. |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zena | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zena | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a large tree down. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Zena | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Zena | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Zena | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zena | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Zena | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Zena | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Zena | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Zena | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Zena | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zena | - | 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.
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 Zena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2210123 | 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 1100957. 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.
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.







