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Peckham, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Braman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74647. The Survey maps it on the Peckham quadrangle.

Peckham within Kay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

1 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Peckham in 2000, burning about 10 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
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 July 2000Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouthern Plains Regional OfficeCAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kay County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Peckham: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Kay County

Storms near this place

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peckham in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Peckham$20,000This tornado began southwest of Newkirk, west of Ranch Drive and north of Canteen Road damaging a barn and a carport. The tornado continued northeast damaging trees before dissipating near Waverly Street and Peckham Road west of Newkirk.
August 2025HailPeckham-The location is approximate.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindPeckham-An estimated wind gust from a broadcast media storm chaser. The location is approximate.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPeckham-No damage reported.
April 2002HailPeckham-no account filed
September 1999HailPeckham-no account filed
April 1996HailPeckham-no account filed
April 1996HailPeckham-no account filed
May 1996HailPeckham-no account filed
September 1996HailPeckham-no account filed
May 1994HailPeckham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kay 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
Bender3.8 miles10
Grainville4.3 miles10
Dilworth4.7 miles10
Middleton5.8 miles11
Sumpter6.3 miles11
Newkirk6.5 miles11
Blackwell8.0 miles11
Kildare8.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1096533. 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.