Bomar, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the East Love census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73448. The Survey maps it on the Thackerville quadrangle.

Bomar within Love County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

1902 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1943 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000
1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Thackerville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

15 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Bomar between 2006 and 2020, burning about 759 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Debris and open burning	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
4 August 2008	Arson/incendiarism	9.3 acres	Chickasaw Agency	ADDINGTON BEND
2 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	100 acres	Chickasaw Agency	LOVE VALLEY
26 July 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	TRUCK RIM
24 July 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	2.6 acres	Chickasaw Agency	CEMETERY RD
17 July 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	13 acres	Chickasaw Agency	ADDINGTON
17 July 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	4272 RR
17 July 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	LATIMORE
7 June 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	FIRE ON 120

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Love County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bomar: 7 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Gravel 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
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

Every working recorded in Love 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Thackerville	4.6 miles	13
Marietta	5.4 miles	13
Burneyville	9.2 miles	13
Dunbar	10.0 miles	13
Greenville	10.2 miles	17
Enville	11.4 miles	12
Turner	11.5 miles	13
Eastman	11.5 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1763676. 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.