Cowden Junction, Oklahoma
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Northeast Washita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73021. The Survey maps it on the Colony quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Eakly quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Colony quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Anadarko quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Cowden Junction between 2006 and 2018, burning about 2,515 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Concho Field Office | COLEMAN |
| 6 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,480 acres | Concho Field Office | COLONY |
| 11 August 2007 | Natural | 76 acres | Concho Field Office | LAWRENCE |
| 8 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Concho Field Office | SEGER |
| 24 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Concho Field Office | CADDO JACK |
| 3 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 575 acres | Concho Field Office | COLONY |
| 26 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Concho Field Office | PARIS |
| 23 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 300 acres | Concho Field Office | LEVI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cowden Junction: 8 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay. 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 Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Agricultural Gypsum Corp | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gypsum Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gypsum Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gypsum Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gypsum Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowden | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Colony | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Corn | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Cloud Chief | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Indian Village (historical) | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Valley | 11.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cordell | 14.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bessie | 16.1 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122591464 | 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 1100329. 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.




