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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.

Stidham within McIntosh County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

10 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
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
15 March 2008Arson/incendiarism38 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeMARTIN RANCH
10 March 2008Debris and open burning100 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeVIVIAN LANE
21 February 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.6 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeFAME BRANCH 2
18 February 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined29 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeFAME BRANCH
14 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined380 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySTIDHAM 2
31 December 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeNO SAW
3 December 2005Debris and open burning800 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSTIDMAN
5 November 2005Arson/incendiarism94 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSHOOTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McIntosh County

Storms near this place

39 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2005LightningStidham$150,000Lightning struck the steeple of a church causing a fire. The chuch was destroyed.
May 2017Tornado (EF1)Stidham$75,000This 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 2017HailStidham$20,000no account filed
April 2025Flash FloodStidham-Portions of the N4130 Road near Stidham were impassable due to flooding.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindStidham-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
March 2015Thunderstorm WindStidham-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindStidham-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
March 2008Flash FloodStidham-Heavy rain caused rural roads to be flooded between Hanna and Stidham.
March 2008Flash FloodStidham-Heavy rain caused secondary roads to be flooded near Stidham.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Stidham-A F0 tornado briefly touched down west of Stidham. The only damage reported was to trees and a fence.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Stidham-Spotters reported a tornado in open country. The tornado moved east-southeast for over two miles.
April 2017HailStidham-no account filed
April 2009HailStidham-no account filed
April 2008HailStidham-no account filed
April 2008HailStidham-no account filed
March 2008HailStidham-no account filed
May 2008HailStidham-no account filed
April 2008HailStidham-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindStidham-no account filed
July 2007HailStidham-no account filed
October 2007Thunderstorm WindStidham-no account filed
April 2006HailStidham-no account filed
May 2006HailStidham-no account filed
March 2005HailStidham-no account filed
March 2005HailStidham-no account filed
April 2004HailStidham-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindStidham-no account filed
May 2004HailStidham-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindStidham-no account filed
February 2001HailStidham-no account filed
May 2001HailStidham-no account filed
May 2001HailStidham-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindStidham-no account filed
April 1999HailStidham-no account filed
April 1999HailStidham-no account filed
June 1997HailStidham-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindStidham-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindStidham-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindStidham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McIntosh 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
Fame2.9 miles15
Lenna3.7 miles14
Pierce4.6 miles16
Brush Hill5.2 miles16
Vivian5.5 miles15
Carters Corner5.8 miles15
Richardsville7.6 miles16
Onapa8.2 miles15

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 StidhamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2464289The 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.