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Bryan County, Oklahoma

82 topographic sheets and 41 fire insurance atlases across 8 places.

Research this county

From the record

17 National Register listings published here, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Oklahoma within the United States
Bryan County within Oklahoma
Explore by year 1904 1922

What the record shows

  • 8 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Durant, Caddo, Colbert, Bokchito, Bennington, Calera, Sterrett, Cale, between 1894 and 1948.
  • 41 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 539 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 17 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 8 buildings, 7 sites and 2 districts.
  • 8 of the 17 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 50 populated places in this county; 50 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

3 photographs, 1938

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Depression and drought struck towns as well as farms. Laborers, clerks, building tradesmen immigrated as well as farm people. Caddo, Oklahoma
Depression and drought struck towns as well as farms. Laborers, clerks, building tradesmen immigrated as well as farm people. Caddo, Oklahoma
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress
The town of Caddo, Oklahoma. Migrants leave the small towns as well as the farms of the southwest. This region is a source of many emigrants to the Pacific Coast
The town of Caddo, Oklahoma. Migrants leave the small towns as well as the farms of the southwest. This region is a source of many emigrants to the Pacific Coast
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress
The town of Caddo in southeast Okalahoma
The town of Caddo in southeast Okalahoma
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

17

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Armstrong Academy Sitesite197272001056
Bloomfield Academy Sitesite197272001055
Bryan County Courthousebuilding198484002974
Caddo Community Buildingbuilding198888001376
Carriage Pointsite197272001058
Colbert's Ferry Sitesite197272001057
Colbert's Ferry Sitesite197272001057
Durant Downtown Historic Districtdistrict200707000517
Fort McCullochsite197171000659
Fort Washitadistrict196666000626
Robert E. Lee Schoolbuilding198888001374
Nail's Stationsite197272001059
Oklahoma Presbyterian Collegebuilding197676001556
Roberta School Campusbuilding198888001377
Roberta School Campusbuilding198888001377
Robert Lee Williams Public Librarybuilding198888001375
J. L. Wilson Buildingbuilding198282003668

Digitised newspapers

6 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

Durant Weekly News

Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.], 190? to 1944. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

2 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 2 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Lee's Cottages, U.S. Highway 69 - 75, Durant, Oklahoma, Boston Public Library - undated
Lee's Cottages, U.S. Highway 69 - 75, Durant, Oklahoma. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Durant Municipal Building and Court House, Boston Public Library - undated
Durant Municipal Building and Court House. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

43 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 2,062 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 43 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-09-21, scale 1:70000
1949-09-21, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-09-21, scale 1:70000
1949-09-21, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-09-21, scale 1:70000
1949-09-21, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-09-21, scale 1:70000
1949-09-21, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-11-21, scale 1:69000
1952-11-21, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-11-21, scale 1:69000
1952-11-21, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-11-21, scale 1:69000
1952-11-21, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-11-21, scale 1:69000
1952-11-21, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-11-15, scale 1:68200
1954-11-15, scale 1:68200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-11-15, scale 1:68200
1954-11-15, scale 1:68200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-11-15, scale 1:68200
1954-11-15, scale 1:68200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-11-15, scale 1:68200
1954-11-15, scale 1:68200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-02-20, scale 1:18500
1955-02-20, scale 1:18500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-02-20, scale 1:18500
1955-02-20, scale 1:18500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-02-20, scale 1:18500
1955-02-20, scale 1:18500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-02-20, scale 1:18500
1955-02-20, scale 1:18500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-04-29, scale 1:18000
1963-04-29, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-04-29, scale 1:18000
1963-04-29, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-04-29, scale 1:18000
1963-04-29, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-04-29, scale 1:18000
1963-04-29, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-30, scale 1:20000
1966-03-30, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-30, scale 1:20000
1966-03-30, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-30, scale 1:20000
1966-03-30, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-30, scale 1:20000
1966-03-30, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-05-02, scale 1:53662
1967-05-02, scale 1:53662. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-05-02, scale 1:53662
1967-05-02, scale 1:53662. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-05-02, scale 1:53662
1967-05-02, scale 1:53662. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-11, scale 1:18000
1974-02-11, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-11, scale 1:18000
1974-02-11, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-11, scale 1:18000
1974-02-11, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-11, scale 1:18000
1974-02-11, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-02-26, scale 1:20000
1976-02-26, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-02-26, scale 1:20000
1976-02-26, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-02-26, scale 1:20000
1976-02-26, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-02-26, scale 1:20000
1976-02-26, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64000
1979-11-10, scale 1:64000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64000
1979-11-10, scale 1:64000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64000
1979-11-10, scale 1:64000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64000
1979-11-10, scale 1:64000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-07, scale 1:62000
1982-03-07, scale 1:62000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-07, scale 1:62000
1982-03-07, scale 1:62000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-07, scale 1:62000
1982-03-07, scale 1:62000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-07, scale 1:63000
1982-03-07, scale 1:63000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

10 stations, 3 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

51 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 7-1Achille town
  • 7-2Albany township: Albany township - That part east and north of Unnamed Highway from north township line through Albany to Island Bayou and north of Island Bayou
  • 7-3Albany township - That part west and south of Unnamed Highway from north township line through Albany to Island Bayou and north of Island Bayou
  • 7-4Albany township - That part south of Island Bayou
  • 7-5Bennington town
  • 7-6Bennington township: Bennington township - That part north of St. Louis San Francisco Railroad, outside Bennington town
  • 7-7Bennington township - That part south of St. Louis San Francisco Railroad and south and west of Unnamed Highway from Bennington to Blue River and south of Blue River, outside Bennington town
  • 7-8Bennington township - That part south of St. Louis San Francisco Railroad and north and east of Unnamed Highway from Bennington to Blue River and north of Blue River, outside Bennington town
  • 7-9Bokchito town
  • 7-10Bokchito township: Bokchito township - That part north of St. Louis San Francisco Railroad, outside Bokchito town
  • 7-11Bokchito township - That part south of St. Louis San Francisco Railroad, outside Bokchito town
  • 7-12Brown township: Brown township - That part north of U.S. Highway 70
  • 7-13Brown township - That part south of U.S. Highway 70
  • 7-14Caddo town
  • 7-15Caddo township: Caddo township - That part southeast of U.S. Highway 75 (69), outside Caddo town
  • 7-16Caddo township - That part northwest of U.S. Highway 75 (69), outside Caddo and Kenefick towns
  • 7-17Calera town
  • 7-18Calera township: Calera township - That part east of State Highway 299
  • 7-19Calera township - That part west of State Highway 299, outside Calera town
  • 7-20Colbert town
  • 7-21Colbert township: Colbert township - That part north and west of Sand Creek
  • 7-22Colbert township - That part south and east of Sand Creek and west of Unnamed Highway from north township line across lower fork of Sandy Creek to south township line, including all islands in this enumeration district, outside Colbert town
  • 7-23Colbert township - That part east of Unnamed Highway, from north township line across lower fork of Sandy Creek to south township line, outside Achille town
  • 7-24Durant city: Durant city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits; U.S. Highway 70, Main, Main extended; Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad
  • 7-25Durant city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Main extended, Main, U.S. Highway 70; City limits; City limits; Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad
  • 7-26Durant city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; City limits, Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad; Poplar; 4th Ave., Ward line, 4th Ave., Ward line
  • 7-27Durant city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Poplar; Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad; Elm extended, Elm; 4th Ave.
  • 7-28Durant city - That part of Ward 2, excluding Bryan Hotel Bounded by Elm, Elm extended;Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad; St. Louis San Francisco Railroad; 4th Ave.
  • 7-29Bryan Hotel (In Durant city, Ward 2)
  • 7-30Durant city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by St. Louis San Francisco Railroad; Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad; City limits; 4th Ave.
  • 7-31Durant city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; Ward line, 4th Ave., Ward line, 4th Ave.; Poplar, 6th Ave., Plum, 7th Ave., Walnut; Ward line, 9th Ave., Ward line, 9th Ave.
  • 7-32Durant city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Walnut, 7th Ave., Plum, 6th Ave., Poplar; 4th Ave.; Elm; 9th Ave.
  • 7-33Durant city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Elm; 4th Ave.; St. Louis San Francisco Railroad; 9th Ave.
  • 7-34Durant city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by St. Louis San Francisco Railroad; 4th Ave.; City limits; 9th Ave.
  • 7-35Durant city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; 9th Ave., Ward line, 9th Ave., Ward line, 9th Ave.; Locust; 15th Ave., City limits
  • 7-36Durant city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; 15th Ave., Elm, Washington Ave.; Evergreen; City limits
  • 7-37Durant city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Locust; 9th Ave.; Evergreen; Washington Ave., Elm, 15th Ave.
  • 7-38Durant city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Evergreen; 9th Ave.; Texas, 15th Ave., Mississippi, City limits; City limits
  • 7-39Durant city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Texas; 9th Ave.; City limits; City limits, Mississippi, 15th Ave.
  • 7-40Kemp town
  • 7-41Kemp township: Kemp township - That part north of State Highway 299
  • 7-42Kemp township - That part west and south of Unnamed Highway from State Highway 299 through Kemp to south county line, outside Kemp City town and Kemp town
  • 7-43Kemp township - That part east and north of Unnamed Highway from State Highway 299 through Kemp to south county line and south of State Highway 299, outside Kemp town
  • 7-44Kemp City town (Hendrix, P.O.)
  • 7-45Kenefick town
  • 7-46Matoy township: Matoy township - That part east of Bois d'Arc Creek
  • 7-47Matoy township - That part west of Bois d'Arc Creek
  • 7-48Speairs township: Speairs township - That part north and east of State Highway 299 and northwest of U.S. Highway 75 (69)
  • 7-49Speairs township - That part south and west of State Highway 299 and west of U.S. Highway 75 (69), outside Durant city
  • 7-50Speairs township - That part southeast and east of U.S. Highway 75 (69), outside Durant city, and excluding Navy Auxiliary Air Facilities
  • 7-51Navy Auxiliary Air Facilities (In Speairs township)

Wildfire, 1995 to 2018

55 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 55 of them, burning about 14,747 acres. 3 started naturally and 22 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking4
Debris and open burning3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives use1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 December 2005Arson/incendiarism10,000 acresTalihina AgencyACHILLE
24 February 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,680 acresChickasaw AgencySILO CAMP
31 December 2005Natural1,000 acresTalihina AgencyARMSTRONG
5 March 2007Debris and open burning700 acresChickasaw AgencyROBINSON ROAD
28 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined345 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryCALERA RAILROAD
1 January 2006Smoking180 acresTalihina AgencyS BOKCHITO
24 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined146 acresTalihina AgencyRHUE FIRE
12 March 2004Arson/incendiarism90 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20182

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1951 to 2026

60 of 619 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 619 reports for this county, causing 8 deaths, 30 injuries and about $9,706,160 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail282
Thunderstorm Wind255
Tornado40
Flash Flood32
Lightning6
Heavy Rain2
Funnel Cloud1
Flood1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1957Tornado (F4)not stated3 killed, 3 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 2019Tornado (EF3)Blue2 killed, 11 hurt, $300,000A tornado developed about 2 miles south-southeast of Blue, and quickly became a large and strong tornado. Before crossing SH-70 east of Blue, the tornado widened to 1400 yards and damaged or destroyed a number of mobile homes. One mobile home was blown about 50-75 yards east-northeast into a grove of trees. A woman in this mobile home suffered significant injuries and died in a hospital on May 2. The tornado crossed US-70 producing significant tree damage. Just north of US-70, another mobile home was destroyed and blown away with another fatality. The tornado moved northeast into a less densely populate area, although at least one other home was unroofed northeast of Blue.||About two miles south of the Atoka County line, the tornado hit an anchored mobile home that was destroyed with the debris scattered hundreds of yards to the east and southeast. The tornado continued to produce tree damage in northern Bryan County and moved into Atoka County near just west of Matoy Road.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindNorthern Woodville1 killed, $50,000no account filed
May 2015Tornado (EF2)Blue1 killedA strong tornado developed in Bryan County near the intersection of Old US Highway 70 and Pirtle Road, 2.5 miles west-southwest of Blue. The tornado moved northeast and destroyed a mobile home north of Blue where a 48-year old woman was killed. This was one of a few mobile homes that were destroyed as the tornado moved through Bryan County (DI 3, DOD 8-9). Other homes also suffered roof damage or other damage from falling trees. From north of Blue, the tornado turned to the north and moved into Atoka County.
April 2003LightningCalera1 killedA woman was killed when she was struck by lightning as she was walking to her car.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindCalera5 hurt, $45,000Widespread damage to trees and power lines reported, with structural damage to homes. One vehicle was blown off the road, and several injuries were also reported.
March 1971Tornado (F3)not stated3 hurt, $250,000no account filed
October 1959Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
April 1982Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
April 1964Tornado (F3)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
October 1970Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
February 2001Thunderstorm WindDurant1 hurt, $5,000A tractor-trailer overturned on Highway 70, on the east end of the Roosevelt bridge. The driver was injured and taken to a local hospital.
September 1954Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $2,500no account filed
September 2010Tornado (EF1)Colbert1 hurtA brief tornado damaged two homes and overturned two trucks on Highway 69. One of the drivers sustained minor injuries while in his truck. Fifteen steel transmission lines were also downed. At least 1000 people were without power due to the damage. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
May 1981Tornado (F3)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
April 1994Tornado (F1)Nr Kemp - Yuba$500,000no account filed
May 1992Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
March 1991Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
February 1987Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
March 1971Tornado (F3)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDurant$150,000Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph caused major damage in and around Durant. At least 4 businesses in downtown sustained damage. A building was unroofed on Main Street and a nearby clinic was partially unroofed. The roof of a feed store was blown off and then tossed onto a car. The Walmart greenhouse was also blown away. Buildings in an industrial park suffered damage to overhead doors and one building had a corner blown out. Choctaw Bingo reported damage to awnings and the roof. Outbuildings at approximately 6 residences just north of the airport were damaged or destroyed. 1000-gallon tanks were blown over at 21st and Evergreen. Several trees up to 1-foot in diameter were uprooted and numerous fences were blown down. One downed tree landed on the roof of a fire station, causing $2500 in damage.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindDurant Eaker Arpt$100,000A wind gust measured at the City of Durant Emergency Operations Center. Relayed images show four light aircraft damaged by thunderstorms winds at nearby Durant Eaker Field (KDUA).
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Cobb$100,000This tornado touched down about 3 miles west-northwest of Armstrong and moved generally east for 5 miles damaging a number of homes, barns and trees.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCalera$100,000Significant and widespread wind damage was reported in Calera. A roof was blown off a trailer house on the east side of town, at least three trailer houses were destroyed, and one brick home was damaged by downed trees. Numerous barns and outbuildings were damaged and/or unroofed. Three businesses in an industrial complex at the airport sustained structural damage. Fifteen other businesses received minor damage.
June 2015Flash FloodHendrix$80,000Water entered into businesses and homes.
November 2022Tornado (EF1)Calera$75,000A tornado touched down southwest of Calera crossing US-69 and blowing a semi truck and trailer into the median. A number of unoccupied, unanchored mobile homes just north of US-69 were displaced and damaged including at least one that was rolled and destroyed. The tornado moved northeast, parallel to and just northwest of US-69, and moved into the west and north sides of Calera. A number of trees had damage or were snapped in Calera with at least two houses heavily damaged by falling trees. Other homes in town received shingle damage from the tornado. The tornado dissipated just northeast of the city limits of Calera before reaching Choctaw Road.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindColbert$65,000Four mobile homes and nine barns were destroyed by high winds.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindBennington$50,000Relayed images courtesy of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management show the roof of a large brick outbuilding blown off along with siding damage to a nearby house. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindKenefic$50,000Sixteen power poles were downed, the roof was blown off of a mobile home, and a barn and several other buildings were damaged. Time estimated.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDurant Eaker Arpt$50,000Durant police department reported trees and power lines down with trees blocking roads and on homes. Monetary damage estimated.
May 2009Flash FloodArmstrong$50,000Several city streets and county roads had to be closed near Durant and Calera due to water running over top of them. Several motorists became stranded after driving into high water, with some having to be rescued. One person sustained a minor injury when his truck crashed while driving through flood waters. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindDurant$50,000Severe thunderstorm winds in Bryan County downed power lines and uprooted trees in Achille and blew two barns down nine miles east-southeast of Durant.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindDurant$50,000Thunderstorms in southeast Oklahoma during the afternoon hours on the 12th produced damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds destroyed two barns, ripped the roof off a dog kennel, damaged a mobile home, and knocked down power poles and trees in Durant. Thunderstorm winds measured at 78 mph damaged hangers and roofs and windows of other buildings at Eaker Field Airport three miles south of Durant.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindDurant$50,000Thunderstorms in southeast Oklahoma during the afternoon hours on the 12th produced damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds destroyed two barns, ripped the roof off a dog kennel, damaged a mobile home, and knocked down power poles and trees in Durant. Thunderstorm winds measured at 78 mph damaged hangers and roofs and windows of other buildings at Eaker Field Airport three miles south of Durant.
April 1999Flash FloodWest Portion$50,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindBokchito$40,000The roof was blown off a feed store. A car was damaged, and trees and power lines were downed.
November 1996LightningCalera$35,000no account filed
April 2008Thunderstorm WindDurant Eaker Arpt$30,000A microburst occurred at the north end of the airport on the south side of Rodeo Road. A trailer roof was blown off. One barn was destroyed and numerous power lines were downed. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCalera$25,000A barn was destroyed and trees were blown down near the intersection of Platter Road and Choice Lane. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCartwright$25,000Relayed images show minor damage to the metal roof of a church in the community of Cartwright. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCartwright$25,000Relayed images showing a large tree uprooted, causing significant damage to a mobile home. Time is radar estimated.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindBokchito$25,000A large barn was destroyed by straight line winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRoberta$25,000A trailer house was destroyed.
April 1982Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1980Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1974Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1972Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1969Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1957Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1955Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1951Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Blue$20,000A tornado was observed at close range by a storm chaser. The tornado was observed to break branches off a number of trees, and damage a building as it crossed Robinson Road, then cross over a pond.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCaddo$20,000Utility pole and multiple trees downed. Roof removed from house.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindKenefic$20,000Winds caused isolated damage, removing the roof from a trailer home. A wall came down with the roof.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindCaddo$15,000Roof damage occurred to the Dairy Queen in Caddo. Power lines were also blown down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDurant Eaker Arpt$15,000Trees and power lines reported down on the west side of Durant.
June 2007Flash FloodDurant$15,000Several roads were closed due to high water. Several cars were also reportedly under water. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 1998LightningYuba$15,000no account filed
April 2008Thunderstorm WindAlbany$13,000Several trees were blown down and a trailer home was damaged on State Highway 78 just west of Yuba. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAchille$12,000Severe thunderstorm winds ripped the roof off a mobile home and downed power lines and large trees.

Mines and quarries

97 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 97 workings inside this county. 5 still produce and 92 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction63
Stone, Crushed/Broken34

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bryan County Sand Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lattimore Industries Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bryan County Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
H C Ruskin Corp Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H C Ruskin Corp Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H C Ruskin Corp Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

50

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 8 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Durant, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets and 11 fire insurance atlases, 1894 to 1948

Caddo, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1894 to 1920

Colbert, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1899 to 1918

Bokchito, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1904 to 1924

Bennington, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets and 4 fire insurance atlases, 1904 to 1916

Calera, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1911 to 1918

Sterrett, Oklahoma

0 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1901 to 1904

Cale, Oklahoma

0 topographic sheets and 1 fire insurance atlases, 1899

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.