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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.

Boswell within Choctaw County

Population over time

2 figures

Boswell 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.

YearPeople Change
2010709
2020579-130 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

6 since 2006

Regional 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/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
23 July 2006Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresTalihina AgencyMUDDY BOGGY BRANCH
22 July 2006Railroad operations and maintenance21 acresTalihina AgencyTWENTY COW
9 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresTalihina AgencySLASH
31 December 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 January 2006Naturalunder an acreTalihina AgencyRANDYSTORE
20 January 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencyROCK CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Choctaw 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Choctaw County

Storms near this place

51 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026HailBoswell$50,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBoswell$45,000A 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 2023HailBoswell$30,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindBoswell$25,000Thunderstorm 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 2000LightningBoswell$20,000Lightning struck a house and interacted with the electrical wiring to cause a fire that destroyed the house's roof and caused structural damage.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBoswell$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees and damaged the roofs of homes.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindBoswell$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped power poles.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindBoswell$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines in Boswell.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBoswell$5,000An official with City Hall reported power poles blown down by strong thunderstorm winds on the west side of town.
June 2019HailBoswell$5,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindBoswell$5,000no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindBoswell$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a peach tree, snapped large tree limbs, and blew shingles from the roof of a home.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBoswell$100Four-inch tree limbs were blown down in Boswell.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindBoswell-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindBoswell-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
October 2009Flash FloodBoswell-Several county roads were flooded.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindBoswell-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindBoswell-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBoswell-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees. Some of the trees blocked roads.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBoswell-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour damaged the top of a few trees.
April 1995HailBoswell-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 2021HailBoswell-no account filed
April 2020HailBoswell-no account filed
April 2017HailBoswell-no account filed
April 2016HailBoswell-no account filed
May 2015HailBoswell-no account filed
May 2015HailBoswell-no account filed
April 2014HailBoswell-no account filed
July 2013HailBoswell-no account filed
April 2011HailBoswell-no account filed
April 2008HailBoswell-no account filed
March 2008HailBoswell-no account filed
March 2008HailBoswell-no account filed
September 2006HailBoswell-no account filed
April 2005HailBoswell-no account filed
November 2004HailBoswell-no account filed
February 2002Thunderstorm WindBoswell-no account filed
February 2001Thunderstorm WindBoswell-no account filed
April 2001HailBoswell-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindBoswell-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindBoswell-no account filed
May 2001HailBoswell-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindBoswell-no account filed
May 1999HailBoswell-no account filed
February 1998HailBoswell-no account filed
February 1996HailBoswell-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindBoswell-no account filed
November 1996HailBoswell-no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindBoswell-no account filed
April 1994HailBoswell-no account filed
April 1994HailBoswell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Choctaw 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
Mayhew2.5 miles15
Unger4.6 miles16
Jasper6.4 miles15
Sand Bluff7.8 miles16
Sunkist8.0 miles15
Soper9.1 miles15
New Oberlin9.2 miles12
Duland9.6 miles14

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 BoswellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1852591The 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.