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.
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
- Armstrong Academy Sitelisted 1972
Population over time
2 figuresBokchito 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 632 | |
| 2020 | 574 | -58 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1899 USGS Atoka quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Atoka quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Bokchito quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Tishomingo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2005Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Chickasaw Agency | ORE JAMES |
| 1 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | TERREL ROAD |
| 8 January 2006 | Smoking | 7.0 acres | Talihina Agency | S.BOKCHIT2 |
| 27 January 2006 | Firearms and explosives use | 1.3 acres | Talihina Agency | SHOTGUNSHL |
| 1 January 2006 | Smoking | 180 acres | Talihina Agency | S BOKCHITO |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Storms near this place
34 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bokchito | $40,000 | The roof was blown off a feed store. A car was damaged, and trees and power lines were downed. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bokchito | $25,000 | A large barn was destroyed by straight line winds. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bokchito | $8,000 | The 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bokchito | $5,000 | Social media image showing damage to several large trees and a small greenhouse. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bokchito | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bokchito | $500 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed large trees. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bokchito | $100 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Tornado (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 2023 | Hail | Bokchito | - | Relayed photo from social media. |
| March 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bokchito | - | No damage was reported. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Bokchito | - | Cherokee Lake Road South was closed due to flooding. |
| October 1994 | Hail | Bokchito | - | A severe thunderstorm produced hail up to quarter-size in Bryan County. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| February 1993 | Hail | Bokchito | - | no account filed |
| February 1993 | Hail | Bokchito | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banty | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pritchard | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Blue | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Bennington | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Old Bennington | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sevenmile Corner | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pirtle | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Utica | 9.0 miles | 7 |
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 Bokchito | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2473552 | 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 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.





