Cowlington, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Spiro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74959. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Muldrow SW quadrangle. 109 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 472 feet above sea level.
On record in Cowlington
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Overstreet Houselisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresCowlington fell from 155 to 109 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 | 155 | |
| 2020 | 109 | -46 (-30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1900 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Muldrow SW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Muldrow SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Cowlington between 1993 and 2017, burning about 389 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20355 |
| 4 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20259 |
| 6 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20130 |
| 17 March 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 February 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cowlington: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cowlington in 20 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Cowlington | $110,000 | An F1 tornado touchdown in Cowlington. The tornado damaged eight single-family homes, destroyed two mobile homes, and damaged two trailers. A mattress was lodged in a tree behind a mobile home in which its roof was peeled back. The tornado also uprooted several trees. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Cowlington | $50,000 | Several county roads were damaged by flooding in the northwestern portion of the county. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlington | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour uprooted trees. Homes were damaged. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlington | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew roofs off of barns, blew down power lines, and blew down a large electrical tower. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Cowlington | $20,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlington | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew several outbuildings over. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlington | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour snapped a tree and damaged houses. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlington | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour destroyed a carport. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlington | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Highway 9. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Cowlington | - | Portions of Highway 59 near Cowlington were flooded. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlington | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlington | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Cowlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Cowlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Cowlington | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Cowlington | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Cowlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlington | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Cowlington | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ward | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Stony Point | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sunset Corner | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Spiro | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bokoshe | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Coal Creek | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Skullyville | 7.4 miles | 14 |
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 Cowlington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2156878 | 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 1102933. 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.








