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Boynton, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Boynton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74422. The Survey maps it on the Boynton quadrangle. 161 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 625 feet above sea level.

Boynton within Muskogee County

Population over time

2 figures

Boynton fell from 248 to 161 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
2010248
2020161-87 (-35%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

What the histories say of this town

383 words

1 chapter about Boynton from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.

ChapterFrom Length
Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma, Including the Counties of MuskogeeMuskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma, Including the Counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig, and Ottawa (1922)383 words

Fires near this place

5 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Boynton between 2004 and 2011, burning about 8,309 acres in total. None 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
Arson/incendiarism5

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
5 April 2011Arson/incendiarism25 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30248
9 March 2004Arson/incendiarism165 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryCOW LICK
31 March 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeROB COOK
5 November 2007Arson/incendiarism29 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeFELONY ARREST
1 January 2006Arson/incendiarism8,080 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeWAINWRIGHT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Boynton: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
County Shale PitClayProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Muskogee County

Storms near this place

33 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boynton in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 22 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 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
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBoynton$346,000Thunderstorm wind resulted in at least $346,000 in debris removal and damage to the utility infrastructure across the county during this severe thunderstorm.
March 2008Flash FloodBoynton$50,000Heavy rain flooded and damaged numerous county roads across Muskogee County.
March 2024HailBoynton$15,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
January 2008HailBoynton$10,000no account filed
October 2019Tornado (EF0)Boynton$2,000A tornado developed southeast of Boynton to the south of W 83rd Street S, and moved northeast to a point north of W 33rd Street S. It uprooted a couple medium sized trees, blew down a power pole, and snapped large tree limbs. Much of the tornado path was across farmland, so the damage noted above generally occurred as the tornado crossed section line roads. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 80 to 85 mph.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBoynton$100Three-inch tree limbs blown down along SH 72
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBoynton-Thunderstorm winds estimated to 60 mph blew down large tree limbs.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBoynton-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb. The tree limb blocked a road.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Boynton-There was a brief tornado touchdown south of Boynton.
May 1998Tornado (F0)Boynton-Brief tornado touchdown. No known damage or injuries.
May 1998Tornado (F0)Boynton-Brief tornado touchdown in open country
April 1997HailBoynton-Isolated severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the evening of April 7th. The storms produced dime size hail at Broken Arrow, 2 miles northwest of Checotah, and at Boynton.
March 2016HailBoynton-no account filed
March 2008HailBoynton-no account filed
March 2008HailBoynton-no account filed
May 2008HailBoynton-no account filed
April 2006HailBoynton-no account filed
May 2006HailBoynton-no account filed
April 2005HailBoynton-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBoynton-no account filed
November 2004HailBoynton-no account filed
May 2003HailBoynton-no account filed
May 2003HailBoynton-no account filed
May 2000HailBoynton-no account filed
May 2000HailBoynton-no account filed
May 2000HailBoynton-no account filed
June 1999HailBoynton-no account filed
May 1998HailBoynton-no account filed
May 1998HailBoynton-no account filed
May 1997HailBoynton-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindBoynton-no account filed
April 1995HailBoynton-no account filed
May 1993HailBoynton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Muskogee 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
Wainwright5.5 miles14
Council Hill6.4 miles15
Flusche6.5 miles14
Beland7.0 miles14
Jamesville7.4 miles15
Yahola8.3 miles14
Oak-Ta-Hah (historical)8.7 miles14
Midway8.8 miles15

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 BoyntonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2275990The 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 1090441. 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.