Ochelata Oklahoma Map

About Ochelata, Oklahoma

Ochelata is a locality in Washington County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 427. The population density is 252.5 people per km². Ochelata is located at 36.6001°N, 95.9797°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ochelata is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74051.

Ochelata emerges from the low, sun-bleached expanse of the Osage prairie where the wind carries the dry, persistent scent of cured grasses and turned earth. It lies 10.2 miles south of Bartlesville, OK (from Bartlesville, OK: bearing 180°T), and is situated 18.1 miles north-northwest of Collinsville. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, defined by the heavy, shifting light that turns the landscape a deep, bruised violet as the afternoon wanes. To the west, the land yields to the dense, tangled thickets of the Cross Timbers, while the immediate basin is softened by the slow, deliberate meander of Keeler Creek. Though the distant silhouettes of the Coker Hills suggest a rugged complexity beyond the reach of the eye, the ground beneath Ochelata remains a steady, rhythmic series of swells, holding the heat of the day long after the sun has retreated behind the treeline.

Oil-stained earth and the ghosts of early drilling rigs mark the inheritance of Ochelata, a place forged in the era when the promise of black gold drew laborers to these plains. The economy clings to the memory of those subterranean riches, though it now finds its pulse in the quiet persistence of agricultural trade and the maintenance of the surrounding ranchlands. Residents often seek the solitude of the Candy Creeek Wildlife Management Area, where the silence is broken only by the rustle of scrub oak or the sudden, sharp flight of a hawk. A few miles further, the stillness of Oknoname 113090 Reservoir provides a mirror for the wide, unchanging sky, reflecting the stoic, unhurried character of a place that measures time not by the clock, but by the slow, inevitable turn of the seasons across the red-dusted plains.

About This Ochelata Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ochelata, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.600091, -95.979711. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Ochelata includes the ZIP code (74051), telephone area code (918), county seat of Washington County (Bartlesville), and school district assignment (Caney Valley Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.