BlockBowers, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Wilburton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74578. The Survey maps it on the Gowen quadrangle.
On record in Bowers
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Bowers Schoollisted 1988 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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 Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 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
- 1971 USGS Gowen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Gowen quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
328 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Bowers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,742 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 129 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 | 129 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 95 |
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Smoking | 3.5 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20367 |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20234 |
| 18 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20476 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bowers: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Flagstone | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100226. 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.