BlockHough, Oklahoma
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Guymon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73942. The Survey maps it on the Hough quadrangle. 20 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,284 feet above sea level.
On record in Hough
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
- Hough Woodframe Elevatorlisted 1983
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Hough quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Guymon quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hough: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 Caliche Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Caliche Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
32 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hough in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 20 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Hough | $18,000 | This tornado formed over open country at 1906 CST about eleven miles west southwest of Hough Oklahoma near Muncy and tracked eastward along East West County Road 13 before dissipating at 1917 CST roughly seven miles southwest of Hough...or just east of where East West County Road 13 ends and between North South County Roads 73 and 75. The tornado damaged a grain elevator and also two irrigation pivots...however no injuries were reported. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Hough | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm over Texas County produced hail up to golf ball-size. This storm had reports from the Guymon Office of Highway Patrol (OHP), storm spotters, and an Amarillo TV station. There were several reports of broken windows and the sides of mobile homes were dented. Local corn and wheat fields also received severe damage. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Hough | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm over Texas county produced hail up to golfball size. This storm had reports from the Guymon Oklahoma Highway Patrol, storm spotters and an Amarillo TV station. There were several reports of broken windows and the sides of trailer homes were dented. Local corn and wheat fields also received severe damage. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hough | - | Spotter reported large trees down from the wind on the side of the road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hough | - | Damage to tree, a barn, and greenhouse was reported. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hough | - | Estimated 60 MPH gust. |
| October 2016 | Flash Flood | Hough | - | Fast moving water running over highway 136 from road E-North to state line in northern Texas county. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Hough | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved into Texas County during the early evening hours of the 14th. As storms passed west of the town of Guymon (Texas County), the County Emergency Manager reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch) 13 miles west-northwest of town (Texas County). The storms decreased in intensity after producing this hail and quickly moved into the northern Texas Panhandle. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Hough | - | A line of thunderstorms developed across the Central Plains and moved southeastward into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th. As an embedded thunderstorm within the line moved towards the city of Guymon (Texas County), a trained storm spotter 10 miles north of Guymon (Texas County) reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch). The line of thunderstorms preceded across the Oklahoma Panhandle before exiting shortly before midnight on the 17th. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hough | - | A line of thunderstorms developed over southeastern Colorado and moved to the southeast into the northern portion of the Oklahoma Panhandle counties. Upon entering the Panhandle the line took a left turn and began moving to the east. As the line moved near Guymon (Texas County), a trained storm spotter 15 miles north of Guymon (Texas Panhandle) reported a 65 mph thunderstorm gust. The line of thunderstorms continued moving to the east across the northern portion of the county after producing this gust. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hough | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hough | - | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hough | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hough | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hough | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hough | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Hough | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Hough | - | 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 Hough | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5912848 | 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 1100508. 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.
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.