Choctaw County, Oklahoma

64 topographic sheets and 13 fire insurance atlases across 4 places.

Research this county

From the record

12 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Oklahoma within the United States

Choctaw County within Oklahoma

What the record shows

4 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Hugo, Fort Towson, Boswell, Soper, between 1904 and 1943.
13 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
468 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
12 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 9 buildings, 2 sites and 1 district.
3 of the 12 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 33 populated places in this county; 33 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Chief's House	building	1971	71000660
Everidge Cabin and Cemetery	building	1982	82003674
Hugo Armory	building	1988	88001378
Hugo Frisco Railroad Depot	building	1980	80003259
Hugo Historic District	district	1980	80003260
Hugo Public Library	building	1988	88001379
Speer School	building	1988	88001380
Spencer Academy	site	1975	75001562
Spencer Academy	site	1975	75001562
Spencerville School Campus	building	1988	88001381
Spencerville School Campus	building	1988	88001381
Willie W. Wilson House	building	1982	82003673

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 946 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-02-07, scale 1:32800 — 1949-02-07, scale 1:32800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-02-20, scale 1:18500 — 1955-02-20, scale 1:18500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-02-23, scale 1:18000 — 1955-02-23, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-12-19, scale 1:18000 — 1960-12-19, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-02-23, scale 1:18000 — 1961-02-23, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-30, scale 1:20000 — 1966-03-30, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-05-02, scale 1:53954 — 1967-05-02, scale 1:53954. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-02-08, scale 1:74000 — 1970-02-08, scale 1:74000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-11, scale 1:18000 — 1974-02-11, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-21, scale 1:80000 — 1976-03-21, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-14, scale 1:80000 — 1978-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64166 — 1979-11-10, scale 1:64166. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64250 — 1979-11-10, scale 1:64250. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-07, scale 1:62000 — 1982-03-07, scale 1:62000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

6 stations, 2 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

ARTHUR CITY 1891 to 1970
HUGO 1915 to 2006, hottest 47.8 C, coldest -22.2 C
BOSWELL 1 S 1941 to 1999, hottest 42.8 C, coldest -19.4 C
SPENCERVILLE 1 E 1941 to 1956
SOBOL TWR 1952 to 1991
HUGO 1.9 ENE 2018 to 2026

Red River at Arthur City, TX 1905 to 2026
Muddy Boggy Creek near Unger, OK 1982 to 2026

The 1950 census, district by district

35 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

12-1Boswell town: Boswell town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Town limits; Town limits; 4th, Main, 6th
12-2Boswell town - That part Bounded by Town limits; 6th, Main, 4th; Town limits; Town limits
12-3Everidge township: Everidge township - That part east of U.S. Highway 271 and west and north of Unnamed road from Grant through Ervin to township line, outside Grant town
12-4Everidge township - That part west of U.S. Highway 271, outside Grant town
12-5Everidge township - That part east of U.S. Highway 271 and east and south of Unnamed road from Grant through Ervin to township line, outside Grant town
12-6Fort Towson town
12-7Grant town
12-8Hugo city: Hugo city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Duke, Ward line, Duke; 4th
12-9Hugo city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; 4th; Duke; Ward line
12-10Hugo city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits, Ward line; Ward line; Kiamichi extended, Kiamichi; City limits
12-11Hugo city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Kiamichi, Kiamichi extended; Ward line; City limits; City limits
12-12Hugo city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Duke, Ward line, Duke; City limits; City limits; 5th
12-13Hugo city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Duke; 5th; City limits; City limits, Ward line
12-14Hugo city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; Ward line; Bluff extended, Bluff, H, Arthur; City limits
12-15Hugo city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Arthur, H, Bluff, Bluff extended; Ward line; Ward line; City limits
12-16Hunter township: Hunter township - That part northeast of Clear Boggy Creek
12-17Hunter township - That part southwest of Clear Boggy Creek and north of U.S. Highway 70, outside Boswell town
12-18Hunter township - That part south of U.S. Highway 70 and west and south of Unnamed Boswell - Oberlin Highway to county line, outside Boswell town
12-19Hunter township - That part east and north of Unnamed Boswell - Oberlin Highway from county line to Boswell, south of U.S. Highway 70 and west of Unnamed Highway from U.S. Highway 70 through Unger and Crowder to county line, outside Boswell town
12-20Hunter township - That part south of U.S. Highway 70 and east of Unnamed Highway from U.S. Highway 70 through Unger and Crowder to county line
12-21Jeter township: Jeter township - That part north and northeast of U.S. Highway 70, Hugo city
12-22Jeter township - That part south of U.S. Highway 70 and west and south of Unnamed Highway from U.S. Highway 70 through Gay to east township line
12-23Jeter township - That part south and southwest of U.S. Highway 70 and east and north of Unnamed Highway from U.S. Highway 70 through Gay to east township line, outside Hugo city
12-24Oakes township: Oakes township - That part north of U.S. Highway 70 and east of Sugar Creek, outside Soper town
12-25Oakes township - That part west of Sugar Creek
12-26Oakes township - That part south of U.S. Highway 70, outside Soper town
12-27Ratliffe township: Ratliffe township - That part north of Long Creek
12-28Ratliffe township - That part south of Long Creek, outside Hugo city
12-29Soper town
12-30Swink town
12-31Wilson township: Wilson township - That part north of U.S. Highway 70 and east of Unnamed Fort Towson - Sobol Highway from U.S. Highway 70 to north county line, outside Fort Towson town
12-32Wilson township - That part west of Unnamed Fort Towson - Sobol Highway from north county line to U.S. Highway 70, north of U.S. Highway 70 and east of Unnamed Highway from U.S. Highway 70 across Schooler Lake to north county line
12-33Wilson township - That part northwest of U.S. Highway 70 and west of Unnamed Highway from U.S. Highway 70 across Schooler Lake to county line
12-34Wilson township - That part north and east of Kiamichi River and south of U.S. Highway 70, outside Fort Towson and Swink towns
12-35Wilson township - That part south of Kiamichi River

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

334 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 334 of them, burning about 13,045 acres. 28 started naturally and 142 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Arson/incendiarism	142
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	66
Debris and open burning	56
Natural	28
Equipment and vehicle use	20
Recreation and ceremony	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Smoking	3

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
27 December 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,602 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	ALLEN
13 March 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	640 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	LONG CREEK
9 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	640 acres	Talihina Agency	NORTHFORK
9 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	500 acres	Talihina Agency	LICK
18 February 1999	Debris and open burning	480 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
13 February 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	480 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
28 December 2005	Debris and open burning	400 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LINDEN - 628
9 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	400 acres	Talihina Agency	SAND BLUFF

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1954 to 2026

60 of 423 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 423 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 43 injuries and about $9,873,300 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Hail	199
Thunderstorm Wind	159
Tornado	30
Flash Flood	25
Flood	6
Lightning	4

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2015	Flood	Fallon	1 killed	A man drove into flood waters on Ballpark Road north of Hugo during the evening of May 21st. The vehicle became stranded. The driver was able to escape the flood water but then went back into the water to gather personal items. He reportedly stepped into a hole, went under water, and was swept away. The man drown and was recovered on May 22nd.
April 1982	Tornado (F5)	not stated	25 hurt, $2,500,000	no account filed
April 1954	Tornado (F3)	not stated	12 hurt, $250,000	no account filed
May 1960	Tornado (F4)	not stated	3 hurt, $250,000	no account filed
May 2016	Tornado (EF3)	Boswell Ammons Arpt	2 hurt, $3,000,000	This is the second segment of a two segment tornado that began at 624 pm CDT in Bryan County, Oklahoma. The tornado strengthened and widened rapidly after developing southeast of Bennington. It was about 2500 yards wide and was producing EF-2 damage to trees by the time it reached the Choctaw County border at around 627 pm CDT. \|\|In Choctaw County, the tornado continued to widen as it moved northeast, producing a damage path of about 1.8 miles across, to the southwest of Boswell. The tornado made a turn to the east at the N4000 Road and maintained an eastward movement until dissipating before reaching the N4090 Road. The tornado destroyed at least three mobile homes. Two injuries occurred in one of the mobile homes, one of which was a critical injury. Numerous homes were damaged by this tornado, with the worst damage including major loss of the roof structure and collapse of a few exterior walls. Numerous outbuildings were also destroyed. A metal, high-voltage transmission tower/truss was destroyed, and numerous power poles were snapped. Many trees were snapped or uprooted in the path. Trees in several areas were reduced to shortened trunks with short stumps where large limbs previously existed. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 140 to 150 mph.
November 2022	Tornado (EF2)	Ord	1 hurt, $900,000	This tornado developed in Lamar County, Texas, and produced EF-4 damage northwest of Paris, and then crossed the Red River into Choctaw County. Extensive tree damage occurred just north of the Red River with numerous hardwood trees snapped from E2150 Road to E2140 Road. The tornado moved northeast, becoming about a mile wide several miles south of Sawyer, and continued to produce a very wide damage swath until a couple miles north of Highway 70. Throughout the path, numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, numerous power poles were snapped, numerous outbuildings were destroyed, and 38 homes were damaged, at least sixteen of which were severely damaged. The tornado dissipated between the N 4340 Road and N 4360 Road, and south of the E1980 Road. Based on the damage in Choctaw County, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 110 to 120 mph.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Ft Towson	$480,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts measured to at least 75 mph damaged a power plant near Fort Towson.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$325,000	Thunderstorm wind estimated at 80 miles an hour produced a large amount of damage in the Hugo area. Several businesses including a radio station, lumber company, sale barn, veterinary clinic and a feed lot received damage. Three homes had large trees fall on them. Numerous power poles and power lines were blown down. In addition several trees and large tree limbs blocked roads.
May 2016	Tornado (EF1)	Goodland	$250,000	This tornado developed west of Hugo and moved eastward across town. Numerous homes and businesses were damaged, storage buildings were destroyed, trees were uprooted, signs were blown down, and power poles were snapped. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.
April 1982	Tornado (F3)	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
May 1960	Tornado (F4)	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
April 2026	Tornado (EF1)	Speer	$150,000	This tornado developed west of the 4240 Road, near Pinekke Road. It moved east-southeast snapping large tree limbs and uprooting small trees. The tornado crossed Highway 93 on the northern banks of Lake Hugo, where some trees were uprooted and large tree limbs were snapped. Numerous trees were uprooted and a few were snapped south of Apple, and a home was damaged. It continued to move east-southeast across the E2000 Road, and then crossed Highway 147 before dissipating over rugged terrain. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.
March 2002	Flash Flood	Countywide	$100,000	Heavy rain fell on and off across Choctaw county from the late evening hours on the 18th to the evening hours of the 19th. 4.90 inches of rain was reported near Hugo during this time frame. The heavy rainfall resulted in considerable flash flooding and flooding across the county. The first reports of flooding came around 1005 am. Highway 70 eight miles west of Hugo was reported to be covered by water and several county roads were reported to be barricaded due to high water. Later that afternoon Highway 70 was also under water west of Soper and near Boswell. Highway 109 was also under water at several locations between Ord and Froggville. The flooding was so severe that many county roads were washed out and a few bridges were damaged.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$75,000	Thunderstorm wind resulted in at least $75,000 in debris removal and damage to the utility infrastructure across the county during this severe thunderstorm.
September 2005	Lightning	Ft Towson	$75,000	A lightning strike caused a fire at a residence. The fire destroyed the home.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Soper	$70,000	Thunderstorm winds nearly destroyed one house. A shop was severely damaged, and other houses in the area suffered roof damage. Some trees were also blown down. There were fortunately no injuries.
April 2026	Hail	Boswell	$50,000	Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
December 2015	Flood	Unger	$50,000	Portions of Highway 70 between Boswell and Soper were reduced to one lane for repairs to damage from extensive flooding.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ft Towson	$50,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees, two of which fell onto homes near Raymond Gary State Park.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$50,000	Severe thunderstorms developed and moved eastward across central and southern Oklahoma during the morning, producing damaging winds across much of the area and hail as large as golf balls at SE 29th and Luther Road in Oklahoma City. In Cushing in Payne County winds up to 63 mph took part of the roof off a metal building, blew a tree down, and blew windshields out of cars. In Agra in Lincoln County a barn was destroyed. Severe thunderstorm winds in Hugo in Choctaw County downed numerous trees and power poles, landing on several mobile homes and barns. Roofs were also blown off a shed and a mobile home. The storms were electrically very active, with three reported cases of lightning damage. In Norman in Cleveland County lightning set fire to a duplex around 0900 CST, causing about $45,000 in damage. Also in Norman about an hour later lightning struck and destroyed a house chimney. In Seminole County southeast of Wolf an oil tank battery was hit by lightning and set on fire early in the afternoon.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Boswell	$45,000	A large and powerful severe thunderstorm moved across Choctaw County from west to east on the evening of June 4. This storm produced the radar signature of a large bow echo and was a prolific wind producer. The worst part of the storm moved eastward along US Hwy 70, downing numerous trees and power lines countywide. While the storm produced damage countywide, the worst-hit areas of Choctaw County were near Fort Towson. This storm produced widespread wind damage from Bryan County east to the Arkansas border. Specific reports from Choctaw County follow:- The Choctaw Electric Cooperative reported outages at each of its 13 substations due to broken power poles and trees which toppled onto transmission lines. Nearly 7,500 CEC customers in eastern Choctaw and western McCurtain Counties were without electricity after the storm. CEC replaced 20 broken poles, eight transformers, and one mile of line.- Public Service Company of Oklahoma reported 1,500 customers without electricity in the Fort Towson area following the storm. Hugo and Swink also had scattered power outages according to PSO.- Around 820 PM CDT, a large tree was blown down along US Hwy 70 one mile west of Boswell.- Around 842 PM CDT, spotters estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour in Hugo. These winds uprooted numerous trees and power lines which blocked several roadways around town. A newspaper clipping from the Hugo Daily News showed a picture of a very large uprooted tree that barely missed falling onto two homes on Clayton Street.- Around 845 PM CDT, a large tree was blown ont US Hwy 70 one mile east of Hugo, blocking the roadway.- Spotters reported tree damage between Hugo and Sawyer around 849 PM CDT.- The Oklahoma mesonet site 2 miles northwest of Hugo measured a 53 mph gust between 845 and 900 PM CDT.- Seven large trees were blown down in Ft. Towson's Hopson Park. Large branches were snapped off of trees all over town, blocking streets and falling on vehicles. At least one falling tree caused considerable damage to a car (pictured in the Hugo Daily News).- A barn was flattened near Fort Towson (pictured in the Hugo Daily News).
March 2023	Hail	Hugo	$40,000	Half dollar size hail damage vehicles and homes.
May 2023	Hail	Boswell	$30,000	Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
May 2023	Hail	Unger	$25,000	Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Speer	$25,000	Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a barn near Speer.
April 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Boswell	$25,000	Thunderstorm winds caused a tree to fall on a mobile home and a vehicle parked near the mobile home in Boswell. The Dodson Feed Store in Boswell had its roof torn away by the high winds. Countywide, the winds knocked down numerous trees and caused power outages as the thunderstorms moved to the east at 45 miles an hour.
February 2013	Hail	Ft Towson	$25,000	no account filed
February 2009	Hail	Hugo	$25,000	no account filed
November 1983	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
April 1981	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
May 1961	Tornado (F3)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
April 1957	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
May 2021	Hail	New Oberlin	$20,000	Baseball size hail damaged vehicles.
May 2021	Hail	Bluff	$20,000	Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Gay	$20,000	Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a barn southwest of Gay.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$20,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines and snapped numerous limbs. A few structures had their roofs damaged by the wind.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$20,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down and destroyed a barn and shop building.
March 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$20,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down a lamppost and toppled a brick wall of a downtown business.
March 2000	Lightning	Boswell	$20,000	Lightning struck a house and interacted with the electrical wiring to cause a fire that destroyed the house's roof and caused structural damage.
May 2021	Hail	Forney	$15,000	Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Apple	$15,000	Thunderstorms developing from north to south brought strong winds to eastern Choctaw County early on the evening of August 10. Near Apple, a residence had part of its roof blown off and a nearby shop had its entire roof blown off. Numerous trees were uprooted and blown down. East of Messer, power lines were blown down. Trees were blown down all the way to Fort Towson.
June 2019	Hail	Soper	$15,000	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	Messer	$15,000	no account filed
February 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$14,000	A cattle barn west of Hugo was destroyed by thunderstorm winds. In Hugo, over 550 PSO customers lost their power when the wind broke a support wire from an electric poll which then swung up into the power line, causing a power failure.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Boswell	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees and damaged the roofs of homes.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Forney	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down about a dozen power poles.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Soper	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of two mobile homes and uprooted a couple of hardwood trees.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Soper	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds blew the roofs off of two barns.
March 2019	Hail	Speer	$10,000	no account filed
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Unger	$6,000	A house along Unger Road experienced roof damage, and very large trees were blown down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$6,000	Numerous trees were blown down around Hugo and across much of Choctaw County. A newspaper clipping pictured a very large oak tree that had fallen onto a storage building in a backyard along West Poplar Street. In addition, the metal roofing was blown off of a car wash in Hugo.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo Nash Arpt	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a business on the east side of town.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Boswell	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped power poles.
February 2013	Hail	Ft Towson	$5,000	Large hail broke windows out of a vehicle and trailer.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Boswell	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines in Boswell.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Boswell	$5,000	An official with City Hall reported power poles blown down by strong thunderstorm winds on the west side of town.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree. The tree fell on a car.
April 2007	Flash Flood	Soper	$5,000	Heavy thunderstorm rains caused severe street flooding. Water entered one home.
February 2000	Lightning	Hugo	$5,000	Lightning struck two homes destroying some of the electronics in them. The lightning also caused a power outage for 75 customers in the neighborhood. The thunder with the lightning was so loud it broke two of the windows in one of the homes.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Ft Towson	$5,000	Tree limbs were blown down in Fort Towson. One large tree limb fell on a historical home.

Mines and quarries

34 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 34 workings inside this county. 9 still produce and 25 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction	22
Stone, Crushed/Broken	12

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status
Idabel Stone Co Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Idabel Stone Co Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Idabel Stone Co. Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Two State Crushing Co Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Wray Wible Materials Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Borman Field Co. Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Buster Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Choctaw Materials Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Choctaw Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dave Buster Construction Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Green Construction Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Griffith Sand Co Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
H D Youngman Construction Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Redd Sand and Gravel Co Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 4 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Boswell

West Choctaw census division · 74727 · Boswell quadrangle

16 sheets, 1901 to 1985

Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Fort Towson

Fort Towson census division · 74735 · On Fort Towson Creek · Fort Towson quadrangle

15 sheets, 1901 to 1985

Fire insurance: 3 atlases
Hugo

Hugo census division · 74743 · Hugo quadrangle

16 sheets, 1901 to 1985

Fire insurance: 6 atlases
Soper

West Choctaw census division · 74759 · Soper quadrangle

15 sheets, 1901 to 1985

Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Apple

Fort Towson census division · 74756 · On Frazier Creek · Rattan quadrangle

16 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Bluff

West Choctaw census division · 74759 · Bluff quadrangle

14 sheets, 1903 to 1991
Duland

West Choctaw census division · 74759 · On Lick Creek · Bluff quadrangle

14 sheets, 1903 to 1991
Fallon

Hugo census division · 74743 · Shoals quadrangle

9 sheets, 1951 to 1991
Forney

Hugo census division · 74743 · Hugo quadrangle

16 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Frogville

Fort Towson census division · 74743 · Frogville quadrangle

10 sheets, 1951 to 1991
Gay

Hugo census division · 74743 · On Hanubby Creek · Grant quadrangle

13 sheets, 1903 to 1991
Goodland

Hugo census division · 74743 · Grant quadrangle

13 sheets, 1903 to 1991
Grant

Hugo census division · 74738 · Grant quadrangle

13 sheets, 1903 to 1991
Hamden

Hugo census division · 74523 · Antlers East quadrangle

16 sheets, 1901 to 1985
High Hill

Fort Towson census division · 74735 · Near Round Mountain · Spencerville quadrangle

15 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Huskey

Fort Towson census division · 74735 · Frogville quadrangle

10 sheets, 1951 to 1991
Jasper

West Choctaw census division · 74759 · On Big Branch · Soper quadrangle

15 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Kent

Hugo census division · 74759 · Hugo quadrangle

16 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Mayhew

West Choctaw census division · 74727 · Boswell SW quadrangle

15 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Messer

Hugo census division · 74743 · On Turnbull Creek · Hugo Dam quadrangle

15 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Nelson

West Choctaw census division · 74759 · Antlers West quadrangle

16 sheets, 1901 to 1985
New Oberlin

West Choctaw census division · 74727 · New Oberlin quadrangle

12 sheets, 1903 to 1991
Ord

Hugo census division · 74738 · On Owl Creek · Shoals quadrangle

9 sheets, 1951 to 1991
Sand Bluff

West Choctaw census division · 74759 · Near Pine Hollow · Darwin quadrangle

16 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Sawyer

Fort Towson census division · 74756 · On Rock Creek · Fort Towson quadrangle

15 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Shoals

Hugo census division · 74738 · Shoals quadrangle

9 sheets, 1951 to 1991
Speer

Hugo census division · 74743 · Hugo quadrangle

16 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Spencerville

Fort Towson census division · 74756 · Spencerville quadrangle

15 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Sunkist

West Choctaw census division · 74727 · On Spring Branch · Boswell NW quadrangle

15 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Swink

Fort Towson census division · 74761 · Swink quadrangle

17 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Unger

West Choctaw census division · 74727 · Boswell quadrangle

16 sheets, 1901 to 1985
Virgil

Fort Towson census division · 74756 · On Dixon Branch · Hugo Dam quadrangle

15 sheets, 1901 to 1985
West Fort Towson

Fort Towson census division · 74735 · On Fort Towson Creek · Fort Towson quadrangle

15 sheets, 1901 to 1985

Recorded here

Hugo, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1904 to 1943

Fort Towson, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1916 to 1927

Boswell, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1916

Soper, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1916

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

1 structure

Fort Towson

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
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.