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Bokoshe, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Panama-Bokoshe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74930. It lies near Bald Knob. The Survey maps it on the Bokoshe quadrangle. 396 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 515 feet above sea level.

Bokoshe within Le Flore County

Population over time

2 figures

Bokoshe fell from 512 to 396 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
2010512
2020396-116 (-23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Bokoshe between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,650 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 27 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2002Arson/incendiarism50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
17 August 2010Arson/incendiarism99 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20184
8 July 2001Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bokoshe: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bokoshe in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 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
August 2009Flash FloodBokoshe$30,000Over three and a half inches of rain in a couple hours resulted in flooded streets in town. Flood water entered a cafe and a store.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindBokoshe$20,000Strong thunderstorm wind severely damaged the roof of a home.
March 2019HailBokoshe$10,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindBokoshe$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs, and blew down power lines.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBokoshe$5,000Several power lines were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBokoshe$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree and power lines on Twilight Road near Bokoshe.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindBokoshe$500Several large trees were blown over.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindBokoshe$100Large tree limb blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 2025Flash FloodBokoshe-Several roads were closed due to flooding in and around Bokoshe.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBokoshe-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2015FloodBokoshe-Station Road near Bokoshe was flooded. Buck Creek Road near Panama was flooded.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBokoshe-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBokoshe-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 70 mph were estimated by emergency management personnel. Trees were blown down by the wind.
October 2009Flash FloodBokoshe-Several roads were flooded in and around Bokoshe and Poteau as well as across the rural areas of northern Le Flore County. Several water rescues were conducted as motorists became stranded in flood water.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindBokoshe-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and large tree limbs.
May 2005Flash FloodBokoshe-Portions of Highway 9 were closed from near Bokoshe to near Panama due to high water.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Bokoshe-The tornado that hit Carterville in Haskell county traveled east into Le Flore county before dissipating 2.8 miles northwest of Bokoshe. Damage in Le Flore county was limited to trees.
May 2017HailBokoshe-no account filed
April 2008HailBokoshe-no account filed
April 2006HailBokoshe-no account filed
May 2003HailBokoshe-no account filed
May 2003HailBokoshe-no account filed
June 1999HailBokoshe-no account filed
May 1998HailBokoshe-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindBokoshe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Le Flore 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
Bedwell4.1 miles14
Milton4.5 miles16
Latham4.5 miles17
Ward4.7 miles14
Calhoun6.1 miles16
Panama6.2 miles14
Coal Creek6.6 miles14
Bordeaux6.8 miles17

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 BokosheAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2340307The 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 1090373. 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.