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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.

Bacone within Muskogee County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

9 since 1993

Regional 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/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeDUMB LUCK
20 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
18 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30377
1 August 2012Arson/incendiarism50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40307
4 July 2012Arson/incendiarism25 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40303
5 April 2011Arson/incendiarism12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40301
26 February 2012Arson/incendiarism60 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30087
29 January 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution81 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeLITTLE SOCKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Arkola Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sinor Sand Co Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Muskogee County

Storms near this place

9 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBacone$200,000Strong thunderstorm wind caused significant damage to a shopping center on the north side of Muskogee.
April 2014HailBacone$25,000no account filed
November 2024Thunderstorm WindBacone$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto power lines and a house, and blew down a large section of a privacy fence.
July 2021Flash FloodBacone$5,000A vehicle driven into a flooded intersection, was washed off the road and into a ditch, where the driver needed to be rescued.
June 2022Flash FloodBacone-Portions of several roads on the southeast side of Muskogee were flooded.
July 2021Flash FloodBacone-Flooding was reported at the intersection of Gibson Street and N York Street.
April 2017Flash FloodBacone-Portions of Gibson Street were flooded near the Muskogee Turnpike.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBacone-Strong thunderstorm wind blew over a set of metal bleachers at Bacone College.
August 2011HailBacone-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Muskogee County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Muskogee2.0 miles19
Hyde Park2.5 miles18
Shopton2.9 miles19
Wybark3.1 miles18
Grandview Heights3.9 miles19
West Muskogee4.3 miles18
Fort Gibson5.2 miles18
Creek Agency (historical)7.2 miles18

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 Q122594432The 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.