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Bowden, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Sapulpa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74131. The Survey maps it on the Sapulpa North quadrangle.

Bowden within Creek County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

4 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bowden between 2005 and 2006, burning about 206 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
13 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPawnee AgencyYALE 2
12 December 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHILTON
3 November 2006Arson/incendiarism162 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeCHAPPEL
25 November 2005Debris and open burning40 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeROSKO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Creek County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Bowden: 11 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Arkansas No.1 Dredge and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand Springs Dredge and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Creek County

Storms near this place

3 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bowden in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBowden$75,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees, several of which fell onto homes.
August 2023HailBowden-no account filed
April 2000HailBowden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Creek 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
Hilton4.2 miles14
Sapulpa4.7 miles20
Kiefer8.2 miles20
Kellyville10.6 miles17
Mounds12.9 miles20
Heyburn14.7 miles16
New Mannford14.9 miles13
Mannford15.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1090424. 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.