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Hucmac, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Seiling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73724. The Survey maps it on the Hucmac quadrangle.

Hucmac within Dewey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hucmac between 2005 and 2006, burning about 155 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
3 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresConcho Field OfficeINDIAN
25 May 2006Debris and open burning125 acresConcho Field OfficeBOB TATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dewey 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 Hucmac: 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dewey County

Storms near this place

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hucmac in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1998Tornado (F0)Hucmac$3,000no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindHucmac$50Several six inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
June 2025HailHucmac-The report was relayed through mPING.
September 2012HailHucmac-Public reported 1 hail.
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Hucmac-This tornado is labeled A1 (Segment #1 of the Canton Lake tornado). This large tornado began west of Canton and moved north-northeast toward (and eventually over) Canton Lake. The damage was confined to trees and power poles/lines during the early stages of the tornado. However, more significant damage occurred as the tornado moved into Blaine County. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
May 2010HailHucmac-The report was relayed by Vortex2.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHucmac-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
March 2006HailHucmac-Hail was observed at the junction of Highway 270 and Highway 51.
June 2019HailHucmac-no account filed
June 2018HailHucmac-no account filed
April 2016HailHucmac-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindHucmac-no account filed
May 2004HailHucmac-no account filed
October 2004HailHucmac-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindHucmac-no account filed
May 2002HailHucmac-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dewey 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
Fonda6.5 miles8
Leonel8.9 miles9
Taloga9.0 miles8
Seiling9.2 miles8
Oakwood9.9 miles9
Parallel11.1 miles9
Lenora14.1 miles8
Nobscot14.8 miles9

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.

Wikidata item Q122554760The 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 1100512. 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.