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Hammon, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Roger Mills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73650. The Survey maps it on the Hammon quadrangle. 479 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,745 feet above sea level.

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Hammon within Roger Mills County

On record in Hammon

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Hammon fell from 568 to 479 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010568
2020479-89 (-16%)

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

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hammon between 2005 and 2019, burning about 401 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Natural1

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
1 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresConcho Field OfficeRED BIRD 2
12 July 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.1 acresConcho Field OfficeREDBIRD
10 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresConcho Field OfficeROBBINS
21 April 2005Natural3.0 acresConcho Field OfficeTANK
6 March 2018Equipment and vehicle use344 acresConcho Field OfficeRED MOON
1 March 2005Other causes2.5 acresConcho Field OfficeARCHER
15 December 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresConcho Field OfficeWILBUR
12 December 2005Equipment and vehicle use15 acresConcho Field OfficeWRECK

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 Hammon: 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

60 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hammon in 60 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 41 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flood. 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
March 2010Tornado (EF2)Hammon$1,000,000A relatively long track tornado touched down in a rural area to the southwest of Hammon, and then tracked to the northeast towards the town of Hammon. This tornado was on the ground for around 40 minutes, moving mainly over rural areas. Initially, the only damage from the tornado was snapped trees and power poles/lines. As the tornado tracked northeast near the end of the tornado track, the tornado clipped the southeastern edge of the town of Hammon. A couple of trailers, the county barn, and a home sustained major damage. Other buildings, trees, power lines/poles, and cars also received significant damage near and around the town of Hammon. The tornado moved into Custer County and finally dissipated to the northeast of Hammon. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 2016FloodHammon$40,000Six inches of water was inside a church building.
April 1999HailHammon$20,000no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHammon$5,000Power line damage reported in the community of Hammon. Time is radar estimated.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindHammon$5,000Several areas of damage reported, including large tree limbs downed, damage to the siding of a house, power lines downed, sheet metal siding of a barn ripped off, and a weakly built garage destroyed.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindHammon$5,000Several power lines were downed.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindHammon$5,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHammon$1,000Several tree limbs were downed by high winds. Nickel size hail was also reported. Monetary damages were estimated.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindHammon$500A barn was damaged.
March 2026HailHammon-The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated based on radar observations. The report was relayed by emergency management.
March 2025HailHammon-Emergency management relayed the report.
May 2025HailHammon-The report was relayed by emergency management. The location is approximate.
May 2025HailHammon-The location is approximate.
May 2025HailHammon-The report was relayed by a broadcast media storm chaser. The location is approximate.
June 2025HailHammon-An image showing a ruler measurement was relayed by emergency management. The location is approximate.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHammon-Location is approximate.
April 2024Tornado (EF0)Hammon-A media storm chaser observed a brief tornado estimated to be about 6 miles northwest of Hammon. No damage is known to have occurred.
May 2024HailHammon-MPing report.
May 2024HailHammon-MPing report.
August 2016HailHammon-Time estimated via radar.
April 2015HailHammon-No damage reports.
April 2015HailHammon-No damage reports.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Hammon-The tornado that developed just inside Beckham County north of Elk City moved into Roger Mills County. The tornado damaged trees and a cattle feeder.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHammon-The wind gust was relayed by KWTV-9.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHammon-No damage occurred with the wind gust.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindHammon-Quarter-size hail was also reported at this location.
April 2010HailHammon-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was also reported.
May 2008HailHammon-The report was relayed by the National Severe Storms Laboratory SHAVE verification project.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHammon-Wind gust was reported near the intersection of Highway 33 and Highway 34 by KOCO-TV.
April 2000HailHammon-Hail fell on Highway 34.
April 2025HailHammon-no account filed
July 2023HailHammon-no account filed
May 2022HailHammon-no account filed
October 2022HailHammon-no account filed
April 2019HailHammon-no account filed
August 2016HailHammon-no account filed
May 2013HailHammon-no account filed
June 2012HailHammon-no account filed
June 2012HailHammon-no account filed
June 2011HailHammon-no account filed
May 2011HailHammon-no account filed
May 2011HailHammon-no account filed
July 2010HailHammon-no account filed
April 2009HailHammon-no account filed
April 2009HailHammon-no account filed
May 2008HailHammon-no account filed
November 2006HailHammon-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindHammon-no account filed
May 2003HailHammon-no account filed
May 2002HailHammon-no account filed
March 2000HailHammon-no account filed
March 2000HailHammon-no account filed
March 2000HailHammon-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindHammon-no account filed
May 1997HailHammon-no account filed
August 1997HailHammon-no account filed
August 1997HailHammon-no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindHammon-no account filed
August 1994HailHammon-no account filed
December 1993Thunderstorm WindHammon-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
Hammon Junction1.6 miles8
Carpenter7.1 miles8
Herring7.4 miles11
Strong City11.8 miles11
Cheyenne15.4 miles11
Berlin18.0 miles9
Rosehill19.7 miles11
Roll20.2 miles8

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 HammonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2169126The 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 1093499. 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.