THE WAGONER COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Osage Cuestas setting.
Wagoner County has 561.9 square miles of land in Oklahoma. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Wagoner County: Osage Cuestas, Northern Cross Timbers, Dissected Springfield Plateau-Elk River Hills, among others.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Wagoner County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Osage Cuestas92.2%
- Northern Cross Timbers3.4%
- Dissected Springfield Plateau-Elk River Hills2.8%
- Lower Boston Mountains1.6%
Cross Timbers in Wagoner County
The Cross Timbers mark a transition from prairie to more wooded eastern landscapes. Native grassland is interspersed with post oak and blackjack oak, creating a woodland-and-open-country mosaic.
Read the regional source ↗Ozark Highlands in Wagoner County
Wooded uplands over limestone, dolomite and sandstone characterize the Ozarks. Springs, caves and spring-fed streams are widespread regional features within a landscape of uneven plateaus and valleys.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Wagoner County
The atlas lists 17 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Wagoner County, including Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Bixby. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Wagoner County by land and water
The Census records 28.9 square miles of water within Wagoner County, or 4.9% of its total area. That share is close to Wagoner County’s 4.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wagoner County has 328.4 times the land area of nearby Porter town (1.71 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Cherokee County, Mayes County, Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Rogers County, Tulsa County within Oklahoma. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

