Bacone, Oklahoma
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Muskogee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74403. It lies near Tower Hill. The Survey maps it on the Northeast Muskogee quadrangle.
On record in Bacone
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Bacone College Historic Districtlisted 2014 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1901 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1905 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Wagoner SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Northeast Muskogee quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bacone between 1993 and 2012, burning about 229 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | DUMB LUCK |
| 20 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30377 |
| 1 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 40307 |
| 4 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 40303 |
| 5 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 40301 |
| 26 February 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30087 |
| 29 January 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 81 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | LITTLE SOCKS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bacone: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Arkola Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sinor Sand Co Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bacone in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bacone | $200,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind caused significant damage to a shopping center on the north side of Muskogee. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Bacone | $25,000 | no account filed |
| November 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bacone | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto power lines and a house, and blew down a large section of a privacy fence. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Bacone | $5,000 | A vehicle driven into a flooded intersection, was washed off the road and into a ditch, where the driver needed to be rescued. |
| June 2022 | Flash Flood | Bacone | - | Portions of several roads on the southeast side of Muskogee were flooded. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Bacone | - | Flooding was reported at the intersection of Gibson Street and N York Street. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Bacone | - | Portions of Gibson Street were flooded near the Muskogee Turnpike. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bacone | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew over a set of metal bleachers at Bacone College. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Bacone | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskogee | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Hyde Park | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Shopton | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Wybark | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Grandview Heights | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| West Muskogee | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Fort Gibson | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Creek Agency (historical) | 7.2 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594432 | 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 1089778. 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.
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.











