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Durham, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cheyenne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73642. The Survey maps it on the Durham quadrangle. 21 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,461 feet above sea level.

Durham within Roger Mills County

On record in Durham

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

19 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Durham between 2003 and 2020, burning about 7,905 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use100 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined340 acresCibola National ForestDURHAM
4 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCibola National ForestBARKER
2 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.3 acresCibola National ForestNORTH TANK
6 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCibola National ForestTURLEY
26 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.5 acresCibola National ForestBUFFALO
15 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use10 acresCibola National ForestCREEK
23 May 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresCibola National ForestTURKEY CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roger Mills County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Durham: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Roger Mills County

Storms near this place

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durham in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 16 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Tornado (EF2)Durham$30,000This tornado moved into northwestern Roger Mills County from Ellis County and into the Antelope Hills region. As the tornado crossed County Roads N1760 and N1757, the tornado snapped many trees and partially debarked some. Two oil field outbuildings were also damaged in this area. Many trees were also snapped and uprooted nnear County Road N1780 and a few power poles were snapped. The tornado then turned south-southeast and damaged more trees and a barn after crossing County Road E0785. The tornado dissipated soon after this.
November 2012HailDurham$5,000Quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported in Durham. The hail resulted in damage to several home windows.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindDurham$100no account filed
June 2023Tornado (EFU)Durham-A storm chaser reported a tornado southwest of Durham in far western Roger Mills County. No damage is known to have occurred and the tornado path is estimated.
May 2016Tornado (EF1)Durham-A tornado moved from the Texas panhandle into northwestern Roger Mills County about 5 miles west-northwest of Durham. Two large trees were snapped just inside Oklahoma.
April 2015HailDurham-No known damage.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindDurham-No known damage.
November 2012HailDurham-No damage was reported.
November 2012HailDurham-No damage was reported.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindDurham-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
May 2016HailDurham-no account filed
May 2016HailDurham-no account filed
August 2013HailDurham-no account filed
September 2006HailDurham-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDurham-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDurham-no account filed
May 2003HailDurham-no account filed
May 2000HailDurham-no account filed
June 1999HailDurham-no account filed
May 1998HailDurham-no account filed
May 1997HailDurham-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindDurham-no account filed
May 1996HailDurham-no account filed
June 1995HailDurham-no account filed
May 1993HailDurham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roger Mills County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Crawford6.7 miles9
Roll12.1 miles8
Mackie12.8 miles11
Reydon13.0 miles11
Rankin15.0 miles11
Cheyenne20.7 miles11
Strong City20.9 miles11
Dempsey23.0 miles11

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 DurhamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5316449The 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 1101403. 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.