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Bokchito, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Central Bryan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74726. It stands on Academy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bokchito quadrangle. 574 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.

Bokchito within Bryan County

On record in Bokchito

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Bokchito fell from 632 to 574 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010632
2020574-58 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bokchito between 2005 and 2006, burning about 228 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
7 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresChickasaw AgencyORE JAMES
1 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryTERREL ROAD
8 January 2006Smoking7.0 acresTalihina AgencyS.BOKCHIT2
27 January 2006Firearms and explosives use1.3 acresTalihina AgencySHOTGUNSHL
1 January 2006Smoking180 acresTalihina AgencyS BOKCHITO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bryan 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 Bokchito: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bryan County

Storms near this place

34 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bokchito in 34 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 21 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2001Thunderstorm WindBokchito$40,000The roof was blown off a feed store. A car was damaged, and trees and power lines were downed.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindBokchito$25,000A large barn was destroyed by straight line winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindBokchito$8,000The majority of the wind damage occurred on the west side of town where a new tin roof was blown off a home. An outbuilding used as a fireworks stand was also damaged. A light pole was snapped in two. Numerous tree limbs and signs were also downed. An emergency manager, who was observing the storm, had his truck moved approximately 15 inches by the wind.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBokchito$5,000Social media image showing damage to several large trees and a small greenhouse.
September 1996Thunderstorm WindBokchito$2,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBokchito$500Severe thunderstorm winds downed large trees.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBokchito$100no account filed
April 2025Tornado (EFU)Bokchito-A storm chaser shared video of this tornado north of Bokchito. No damage was reported as the tornado did not appear to affect any structures, although some tree damage may have occurred. The path is based on detailed location and observational information provided by the storm chaser.
May 2023HailBokchito-Relayed photo from social media.
March 2015Thunderstorm WindBokchito-No damage was reported.
July 2007Flash FloodBokchito-Cherokee Lake Road South was closed due to flooding.
October 1994HailBokchito-A severe thunderstorm produced hail up to quarter-size in Bryan County.
April 2020HailBokchito-no account filed
March 2016HailBokchito-no account filed
May 2016HailBokchito-no account filed
June 2011HailBokchito-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBokchito-no account filed
March 2008HailBokchito-no account filed
March 2008HailBokchito-no account filed
May 2006HailBokchito-no account filed
August 2005HailBokchito-no account filed
May 2003HailBokchito-no account filed
April 2002HailBokchito-no account filed
May 2001HailBokchito-no account filed
January 1998HailBokchito-no account filed
November 1996HailBokchito-no account filed
September 1996HailBokchito-no account filed
September 1996HailBokchito-no account filed
March 1995HailBokchito-no account filed
August 1994HailBokchito-no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindBokchito-no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindBokchito-no account filed
February 1993HailBokchito-no account filed
February 1993HailBokchito-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bryan 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
Banty4.4 miles14
Pritchard4.6 miles14
Blue4.8 miles7
Bennington5.6 miles14
Old Bennington6.6 miles14
Sevenmile Corner6.6 miles14
Pirtle6.9 miles8
Utica9.0 miles7

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.

Wikipedia article on BokchitoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2473552The 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 1090368. 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.