Bowring, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pawhuska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74056. The Survey maps it on the Bowring quadrangle. 78 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1909 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Bowring quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Bowring between 2002 and 2016, burning about 15,059 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 acres | Osage Agency | WAH-SHA-SHE |
| 1 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Osage Agency | GUSHER |
| 26 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Osage Agency | JOHN DEERE |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Osage Agency | HICKEY |
| 19 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Osage Agency | LONE RANGER |
| 29 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3,035 acres | Osage Agency | HULAH |
| 28 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 8,000 acres | Osage Agency | HULAH2 |
| 25 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Osage Agency | DAGGER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bowring in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowring | $100 | Large tree limbs were blown down |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowring | $100 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowring | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs west of Hulah. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Bowring | - | One and a half inch hail fell 3 miles southwest of Elgin, Kansas. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowring | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs at Hulah Lake. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowring | - | The automated observing equipment at Frank Phillips Airport near Bartlesville measured a wind gust of 71 miles an hour. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowring | - | 60 mph winds at Wah-Sha-She State Park knocked down power lines. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Bowring | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowring | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Bowring | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Bowring | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowring | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowring | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowring | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowring | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Bowring | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowring | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Bowring | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Bowring | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Whippoorwill | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Herd | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hickory Hill | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hulah | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bigheart | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Boulangerville | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Boulanger Landing | 7.6 miles | 12 |
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 Bowring | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4951397 | 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 1090431. 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.
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.





