Boswell, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the West Choctaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74727. The Survey maps it on the Boswell quadrangle. 579 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBoswell fell from 709 to 579 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 | 709 | |
| 2020 | 579 | -130 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Boswell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Boswell between 2006 and 2016, burning about 323 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Talihina Agency | MUDDY BOGGY BRANCH |
| 22 July 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 acres | Talihina Agency | TWENTY COW |
| 9 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Talihina Agency | SLASH |
| 31 December 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 January 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Talihina Agency | RANDYSTORE |
| 20 January 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Talihina Agency | ROCK CREEK |
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 Boswell: 4 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
51 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boswell in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 27 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Boswell | $50,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | $45,000 | A large and powerful severe thunderstorm moved across Choctaw County from west to east on the evening of June 4. This storm produced the radar signature of a large bow echo and was a prolific wind producer. The worst part of the storm moved eastward along US Hwy 70, downing numerous trees and power lines countywide. While the storm produced damage countywide, the worst-hit areas of Choctaw County were near Fort Towson. This storm produced widespread wind damage from Bryan County east to the Arkansas border. Specific reports from Choctaw County follow:- The Choctaw Electric Cooperative reported outages at each of its 13 substations due to broken power poles and trees which toppled onto transmission lines. Nearly 7,500 CEC customers in eastern Choctaw and western McCurtain Counties were without electricity after the storm. CEC replaced 20 broken poles, eight transformers, and one mile of line.- Public Service Company of Oklahoma reported 1,500 customers without electricity in the Fort Towson area following the storm. Hugo and Swink also had scattered power outages according to PSO.- Around 820 PM CDT, a large tree was blown down along US Hwy 70 one mile west of Boswell.- Around 842 PM CDT, spotters estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour in Hugo. These winds uprooted numerous trees and power lines which blocked several roadways around town. A newspaper clipping from the Hugo Daily News showed a picture of a very large uprooted tree that barely missed falling onto two homes on Clayton Street.- Around 845 PM CDT, a large tree was blown ont US Hwy 70 one mile east of Hugo, blocking the roadway.- Spotters reported tree damage between Hugo and Sawyer around 849 PM CDT.- The Oklahoma mesonet site 2 miles northwest of Hugo measured a 53 mph gust between 845 and 900 PM CDT.- Seven large trees were blown down in Ft. Towson's Hopson Park. Large branches were snapped off of trees all over town, blocking streets and falling on vehicles. At least one falling tree caused considerable damage to a car (pictured in the Hugo Daily News).- A barn was flattened near Fort Towson (pictured in the Hugo Daily News). |
| May 2023 | Hail | Boswell | $30,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused a tree to fall on a mobile home and a vehicle parked near the mobile home in Boswell. The Dodson Feed Store in Boswell had its roof torn away by the high winds. Countywide, the winds knocked down numerous trees and caused power outages as the thunderstorms moved to the east at 45 miles an hour. |
| March 2000 | Lightning | Boswell | $20,000 | Lightning struck a house and interacted with the electrical wiring to cause a fire that destroyed the house's roof and caused structural damage. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees and damaged the roofs of homes. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped power poles. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines in Boswell. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | $5,000 | An official with City Hall reported power poles blown down by strong thunderstorm winds on the west side of town. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Boswell | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a peach tree, snapped large tree limbs, and blew shingles from the roof of a home. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | $100 | Four-inch tree limbs were blown down in Boswell. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Boswell | - | Several county roads were flooded. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees. Some of the trees blocked roads. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour damaged the top of a few trees. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Boswell | - | Severe thunderstorms in southeast Oklahoma produced hail as large as golf balls in Bryan County three miles southwest of Colbert (at Denison Dam) and east of Bokchito. Golf ball-size hail was also reported six miles south of Boswell in Choctaw County. |
| February 2021 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Boswell | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Boswell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayhew | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Unger | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Jasper | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sand Bluff | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Sunkist | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Soper | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| New Oberlin | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Duland | 9.6 miles | 14 |
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 Boswell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1852591 | 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 1090411. 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.









