BlockBouse Junction, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fairview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73860. The Survey maps it on the Belva quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Belva quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
14 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bouse Junction in 14 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 7 hail, 4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Bouse Junction | $2,000 | A highly visible tornado touched down to the west-northwest of Bouse Junction and moved north-northeast, then north-northwest across northwestern Major County. The tornado damaged the roof of a barn, but otherwise moved through rural areas. The tornado moved into Woods County to the southwest of Waynoka. ||Bouse Junction is the intersection of U.S. Highway 412 and U.S. Highway 281. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Bouse Junction | - | The report was relayed through mPING. The event time was adjusted based on radar observations. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Bouse Junction | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Bouse Junction | - | South of Bouse junction on Hwy 281. |
| April 2017 | Tornado (EFU) | Bouse Junction | - | A storm chaser from KOCO (TV) observed a tornado estimated to have occurred about 5 miles southwest of Bouse Junction. The tornado slowly drifted south or southwest through 647 pm CDT. No known damage occurred. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bouse Junction | - | No damage reported. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bouse Junction | - | Several tree limbs were blown down. |
| October 2013 | Hail | Bouse Junction | - | No damage was reported. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Bouse Junction | - | Storm chasers reported a brief tornado that is estimated to have occurred about 4 miles northwest of Bouse Junction (the junction of US Highways 281 and 412.) This tornado produced no known damage. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Bouse Junction | - | Numerous storm chasers observed this tornado which produced no known damage as it moved northeast into Woods county. The location is estimated. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bouse Junction | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Bouse Junction | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Bouse Junction | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Bouse Junction | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Phroso | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cheyenne Valley | 12.8 miles | 9 | |
| Chester | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Orion | 15.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bado | 16.1 miles | 8 | |
| Dane | 20.1 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Springs | 21.5 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558129 | 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 1100225. 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.
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.