Broxton, Oklahoma
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Apache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73006. The Survey maps it on the Boone quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Apache quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Boone quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Boone quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
120 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Broxton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,479 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 14 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 | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 acres | Anadarko Agency | PORK RIND |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | TWIN CITY FIRE |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | FORT COBB FIRE |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Anadarko Agency | APACHE WYE FIRE |
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Anadarko Agency | FIRE DANCE |
| 15 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 122 acres | Anadarko Agency | KIOWA-2468-68 |
| 12 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 7.7 acres | Anadarko Agency | RIVERS EDGE |
| 8 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | LAFERTY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Ridge | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hatchetville | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Apache Wye | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Stecker | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Boone | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Apache | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fort Cobb | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Squaretop | 8.4 miles | 13 |
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 Broxton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14708403 | 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 1100239. 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.




