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.
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
Antelope Hillslisted 1978- Break O'Day Farmlisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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
- 1966 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 2003Regional 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 340 acres | Cibola National Forest | DURHAM |
| 4 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | BARKER |
| 2 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.3 acres | Cibola National Forest | NORTH TANK |
| 6 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | TURLEY |
| 26 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.5 acres | Cibola National Forest | BUFFALO |
| 15 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Cibola National Forest | CREEK |
| 23 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | TURKEY CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Durham | $30,000 | This 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 2012 | Hail | Durham | $5,000 | Quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported in Durham. The hail resulted in damage to several home windows. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durham | $100 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Tornado (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 2016 | Tornado (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 2015 | Hail | Durham | - | No known damage. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durham | - | No known damage. |
| November 2012 | Hail | Durham | - | No damage was reported. |
| November 2012 | Hail | Durham | - | No damage was reported. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durham | - | No damage was reported with the wind gust. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Durham | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Durham | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Durham | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Durham | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durham | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durham | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Durham | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Durham | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Durham | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Durham | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Durham | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durham | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Durham | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Durham | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Durham | - | 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.
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 Durham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5316449 | 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 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.





