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Markham, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Keystone Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74085. The Survey maps it on the Oilton quadrangle.

Markham within Creek County

On record in Markham

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

16 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Markham between 2006 and 2018, burning about 846 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 September 2006Debris and open burning4.0 acresPawnee AgencyMATTIE EAGLECHIEF
7 August 2012Natural2.0 acresPawnee AgencyUNDERWOOD
26 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePawnee AgencyLAWSON RD
21 August 2006Natural1.0 acresPawnee AgencyBFOT
21 April 2011Recreation and ceremony10 acresPawnee AgencyRIVER CAMP
2 April 2015Debris and open burning250 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeFORMAN
11 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePawnee AgencyWHIPE
8 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresPawnee AgencyCHAPMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Creek County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Markham: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Creek County

Storms near this place

2 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Markham in 2 storm reports in 2022: 1 flash flood, 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 2022Flash FloodMarkham-Portions of roads in and around Oilton were flooded, and a home in Oilton was threatened by flood water.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMarkham-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.

Every storm recorded in Creek 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
Oilton2.0 miles12
Player2.4 miles12
Pemeta2.6 miles12
Frey2.9 miles12
Drumright5.0 miles11
Silver City6.3 miles13
Olive7.1 miles13
Lawrence Creek9.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100605. 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.