Farmers Hill, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Valliant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74736. It lies near Whitegrass Flats. The Survey maps it on the Millerton quadrangle.

Farmers Hill within McCurtain County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1951 USGS Millerton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

22 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Farmers Hill between 1993 and 2019, burning about 358 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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
Debris and open burning	9
Arson/incendiarism	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Fireworks	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
29 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
16 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	30 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
21 August 2013	Fireworks	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	6250
2 August 2013	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	6187
18 August 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	RED RIVER 16:52
11 August 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Talihina Agency	SE283
31 July 2011	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10368
10 July 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LINDEN - 116

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Farmers Hill: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Red River Materials Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in McCurtain County

Storms near this place

9 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmers Hill in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 funnel cloud, 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 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Farmers Hill	-	Trees were blown down just north of the intersection of Highway 98 and Highway 37.
May 2020	Flash Flood	Farmers Hill	-	Kestrel Road near the intersection of Highway 98 was washed out due to heavy rainfall.
April 2020	Hail	Farmers Hill	-	Quarter size hail fell at the intersection of Highways 37 and 98 west of Idabel.
May 2019	Tornado (EF0)	Farmers Hill	-	Storm spotters near the intersection of Highway 98 and Highway 37 observed a tornado briefly touch down in an open pasture to the north-northwest of their location near Baker Road. The tornado remained over open pasture and did not damage any trees or structures in the area before lifting prior to crossing Highway 98 a couple of miles south of the Millerton community.
April 2017	Hail	Farmers Hill	-	Penny size hail fell on Highway 98 south of the Millerton community.
March 2016	Hail	Farmers Hill	-	Dime to penny size hail fell at the Choctaw Travel Plaza on Highway 37 near the Oklahoma/Texas state line.
May 2015	Flood	Farmers Hill	-	Excessive heavy rainfall during the month of May resulted in very high water on the Red River bordering McCurtain County in Southeast Oklahoma and Red River and Bowie Counties in Northeast Texas. Rainfall amounts during the month of May across the Upper and Middle Red River basins of Southern Oklahoma and Northern Texas totaled over 20 inches of rain. The Oklahoma state climatologist reported that May of 2015 was the all time wettest month of any month in state history. This excessive heavy rainfall resulted in Red River levels that eclipsed the flood of May of 1990 at Pecan Point and was just shy of the Red River flood of May of 1908 at Pecan Point. The river did not crest at Pecan Point north of Dekalb, Texas until the first week of June of 2015 so final crest information will be included in the June, 2015 Storm Data report. The Red River at Pecan Point north of Dekalb, Texas went above the 24 foot flood stage on May 10th, 2015 and remained above that flood stage at the end of the month. The Red River at Pecan Point north of Dekalb, Texas went above the 30 foot major flood stage on May 24th and remained above that major flood stage at the end of the month. Thousands of acres of pasture and and farm land were flooded and livestock had to be evacuated. Bank erosion was extreme on the McCurtain County side of the Red River as well as the Red River and Bowie County sides of the river. The United States Highway 259 bridge going over the Red River was closed and while the Highway 37 bridge between Clarksville, Texas and Idabel, Oklahoma was threatened, it was not closed.
June 2015	Flood	Farmers Hill	-	Excessive heavy rainfall during the month of May resulted in very high water on the Red River bordering McCurtain County in Southeast Oklahoma and Red River and Bowie Counties in Northeast Texas during the entire month of June. Rainfall amounts during the month of May across the Upper and Middle Red River basins of Southern Oklahoma and Northern Texas totaled over 20 inches of rain. The Oklahoma State Climatologist reported that May of 2015 was the all time wettest month of any month in state history. Lake Texhoma, a flood control reservoir to the Red River upstream of Arthur City, Texas rose to its highest pool stage on record early on June 1st at 645.66 feet with peak releases of around 140,000 CFS. The Muddy Boggy Creek tributary to the Red River rose to near its flood of record cresting near 55 feet earlier on May 29th with inflows upwards of 70,000 CFS into the Red River. Muddy Boggy Creek crested just shy of the 1990 flood of record with 55.27 feet near Unger, Oklahoma. Other tributaries of the Red River also crested at very high levels during the final week of May and early in June, 2015 below Lake Texhoma including Bois D'Arc and Bokchito Creeks. Finally the Kiamichi River at Hugo Reservoir crested \|just below a record pool stage after May 25th and contributed peak releases of near 60,000 CFS as well to the Red River. This excessive heavy rainfall and inflow into the Red River resulted in levels that eclipsed the flood of May of 1990 at Pecan Point and was just shy of the Red River flood of May of 1908 at Pecan Point. The Red River at Pecan Point north of Dekalb, Texas went above the 24 foot flood stage on May 10th, 2015 and remained above that flood stage through the entire month of June and did not fall below flood stage until until July, 2015. The Red River at Pecan Point north of Dekalb, Texas went above the 30 foot major flood stage on May 24th, 2015 and crested at a stage of 35.0 feet on June 2nd, 2015. This is the 3rd highest crest in recorded history at the gauging location, eclipsed only by the flood of record of 36.0 feet in 1938 and 35.5 feet in 1908. The river fell below the 30 foot major flood stage on June 10th. A secondary rise on the Red River developed because of excessive heavy rainfall once again in the middle Red River Basin from the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill. As a result, the Red River went back above the 30 foot major flood stage on June 22nd and crested at a stage of 32.5 feet on June 24th. The Red River then fell below the 30 foot major flood stage on June 28th. Thousands of acres of pasture and and farm land were flooded and livestock had to be evacuated. Bank erosion was extreme on the McCurtain County side of the Red River as well as the Red River and Bowie County sides of the river. The United States Highway 259 bridge going over the Red River was closed and while the Highway 37 bridge between Clarksville, Texas and Idabel, Oklahoma was threatened, it was not closed. The number of structures and homes suffering damage from the rising river and a monetary amount for the damage was not available for this writing.
May 2011	Funnel Cloud	Farmers Hill	-	A funnel cloud was reported in southwest McCurtain County.

Every storm recorded in McCurtain 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
Mount Zion	1.4 miles	9
Iron Stob Corner	4.2 miles	9
Millerton	4.2 miles	9
Garvin	4.5 miles	9
Valliant	6.7 miles	17
Doaksville (historical)	8.2 miles	17
Felker	8.2 miles	17
Wright City	9.4 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100406. 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.