Durwood, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Ardmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73401. The Survey maps it on the Mannsville quadrangle.

Durwood within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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.

1901 USGS Tishomingo quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Mannsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Tishomingo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Durwood between 2001 and 2017, burning about 258 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
20 August 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	200 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	NORTH 5600 COMPLEX
15 March 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	11 acres	Chickasaw Agency	DURWOOD RANCH
10 March 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	BASS CAT
16 February 2006	Arson/incendiarism	30 acres	Chickasaw Agency	ELMWOOD
12 December 2017	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
14 January 2008	Debris and open burning	6.1 acres	Chickasaw Agency	PIG PEAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Durwood: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Carter 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dickson	1.3 miles	14
Caldwell Hill	2.8 miles	18
Provence	3.5 miles	18
Dripping Springs	4.0 miles	18
Baum	6.4 miles	14
Gene Autry	8.3 miles	17
Ardmore	9.5 miles	17
Springer	13.4 miles	17

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 Durwood	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18150145	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 1100372. 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.