THE TULSA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Osage Cuestas setting.
Tulsa city has 197.7 square miles of land in Osage County, Rogers County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County. Its Census reference point is in Osage Cuestas, within Central Irregular Plains.
Irregular plains form a transition between northern agricultural country and more wooded uplands to the south and east. Grassland and forest historically mixed, with wider woodland belts beside streams.
Regional context: Central Irregular Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 4 county geographies.
Tulsa intersects 4 county geographies: Osage County, Rogers County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County. A Tulsa mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Tulsa by land and water
The Census records 4.09 square miles of water within Tulsa, or 2% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 1.9% recorded for Oklahoma. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Tulsa city has 16.6 times the land area of nearby Catoosa city (11.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

