Corum, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Comanche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73529. The Survey maps it on the Corum quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Temple quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Burkburnett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Corum quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Corum in 2005, burning about 320 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 December 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 320 acres | Anadarko Agency | BEAVER CR. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Corum: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corum in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 14 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Corum | $30,000 | Images courtesy of The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management show portions of County Road 1860 washed out due to flooding. Event time is approximate. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corum | $10,000 | Corum Fire Department building damaged. Time is radar estimated. |
| April 1995 | Tornado (F1) | Corum | $500 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Corum | $200 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Corum | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corum | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Corum | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Corum | - | No damage reported. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Corum | - | The report was relayed by KSWO-7 in Lawton. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Corum | - | The hail was reported on Highway 53 at Corum Road. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Corum | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Corum | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Corum | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Corum | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Corum | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Corum | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corum | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Corum | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corum | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corum | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Corum | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corum | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Corum | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empire City | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Gas City | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Comanche | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Meridian | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sunray | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Liberty | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Oil City | 11.2 miles | 12 | |
| Dixie Park | 11.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1091698. 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.



