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.
Population over time
2 figuresBoynton 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 248 | |
| 2020 | 161 | -87 (-35%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1896 USGS Okmulgee quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Okmulgee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Boynton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:100000
What the histories say of this town
383 words1 chapter about Boynton from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma, Including the Counties of Muskogee | Muskogee 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 2004Regional 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/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30248 |
| 9 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 165 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | COW LICK |
| 31 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | ROB COOK |
| 5 November 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 29 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | FELONY ARREST |
| 1 January 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 8,080 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | WAINWRIGHT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
33 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boynton | $346,000 | Thunderstorm wind resulted in at least $346,000 in debris removal and damage to the utility infrastructure across the county during this severe thunderstorm. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Boynton | $50,000 | Heavy rain flooded and damaged numerous county roads across Muskogee County. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Boynton | $15,000 | Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes. |
| January 2008 | Hail | Boynton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Boynton | $2,000 | A 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boynton | $100 | Three-inch tree limbs blown down along SH 72 |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boynton | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated to 60 mph blew down large tree limbs. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boynton | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb. The tree limb blocked a road. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Boynton | - | There was a brief tornado touchdown south of Boynton. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Boynton | - | Brief tornado touchdown. No known damage or injuries. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Boynton | - | Brief tornado touchdown in open country |
| April 1997 | Hail | Boynton | - | 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 2016 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Boynton | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Boynton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wainwright | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Council Hill | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Flusche | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Beland | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Jamesville | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Yahola | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Oak-Ta-Hah (historical) | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Midway | 8.8 miles | 15 |
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 Boynton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2275990 | 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 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.







