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Graham, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ardmore North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73437. It stands on Russell Pretty Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fox quadrangle. It stands 932 feet above sea level.

Graham within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

22 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Graham between 2000 and 2011, burning about 5,831 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
29 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryGRAHAM
8 July 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresChickasaw Agency2 HOG HEAD
9 April 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution500 acresChickasaw AgencyFOX GRAHAM
8 April 2005Natural1,000 acresChickasaw AgencyCLEMSCOTT
15 April 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution87 acresChickasaw AgencyFOXBRUSH
12 April 2011Debris and open burning2,751 acresChickasaw AgencyBULLY FIRE
24 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined57 acresChickasaw AgencyVISTA
24 March 2005Natural60 acresChickasaw AgencyFRAZIER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Graham: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Limestone PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Graham in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2019HailGraham-Relayed from nwschat.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGraham-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
March 2017HailGraham-no account filed
May 2003HailGraham-no account filed
March 2001HailGraham-no account filed
June 1999HailGraham-no account filed
April 1995HailGraham-no account filed
May 1994HailGraham-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Clemscott1.3 miles15
Old Scott1.4 miles15
Fox3.5 miles15
Pike City (historical)4.0 miles14
Oil City4.6 miles15
Milo5.1 miles15
Pooleville5.7 miles16
Pruitt City6.8 miles14

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 GrahamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5592603The 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 1093291. 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.