Stidham, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Eufaula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74432. The Survey maps it on the Stidham quadrangle. 17 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 627 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1900 USGS Canadian quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Stidham quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Eufaula quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Stidham between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,478 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 38 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | MARTIN RANCH |
| 10 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | VIVIAN LANE |
| 21 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.6 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | FAME BRANCH 2 |
| 18 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | FAME BRANCH |
| 14 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 380 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | STIDHAM 2 |
| 31 December 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | NO SAW |
| 3 December 2005 | Debris and open burning | 800 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | STIDMAN |
| 5 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 94 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SHOOTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
39 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stidham in 39 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 21 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Lightning | Stidham | $150,000 | Lightning struck the steeple of a church causing a fire. The chuch was destroyed. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Stidham | $75,000 | This tornado destroyed a mobile home, damaged the roofs of several other homes, destroyed outbuildings, snapped or uprooted numerous trees, and blew down power poles. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Stidham | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Stidham | - | Portions of the N4130 Road near Stidham were impassable due to flooding. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stidham | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| March 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stidham | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stidham | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Stidham | - | Heavy rain caused rural roads to be flooded between Hanna and Stidham. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Stidham | - | Heavy rain caused secondary roads to be flooded near Stidham. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Stidham | - | A F0 tornado briefly touched down west of Stidham. The only damage reported was to trees and a fence. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Stidham | - | Spotters reported a tornado in open country. The tornado moved east-southeast for over two miles. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stidham | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stidham | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fame | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lenna | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Pierce | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Brush Hill | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Vivian | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Carters Corner | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Richardsville | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Onapa | 8.2 miles | 15 |
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 Stidham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2464289 | 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 1098534. 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.
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.






