Alma, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Velma-Alma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73533. The Survey maps it on the Ratliff City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1901 USGS Addington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Ratliff City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Alma between 1996 and 2018, burning about 36,053 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.6 acres | Chickasaw Agency | HONEY LOCUST |
| 27 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | SANNER RANCH |
| 19 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | BLOODWORTH |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 358 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | VELMA EAST |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,824 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | RATLIFF CITY/TATUMS |
| 11 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 62 acres | Chickasaw Agency | ALCORN FIRE |
| 9 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Chickasaw Agency | LAWN DRUNK |
| 8 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Chickasaw Agency | PINTO ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alma in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 6 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Hail | Alma | $4,000 | Seven north facing house windows were reported broken along with a truck window. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Alma | - | The event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Alma | - | Alma road closed due to flooding. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Alma | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Alma | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Alma | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Alma | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countyline | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Santa Fe | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Velma | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Loco | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Harrisburg | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Hope | 15.7 miles | 16 | |
| Oklahoma Hills | 17.3 miles | 15 | |
| Dixie Park | 18.5 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 Alma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3478208 | 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 1089594. 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.




