BlockEram, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Morris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74422. The Survey maps it on the Morris quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1896 USGS Okmulgee quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Okmulgee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Morris quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Eram between 2000 and 2011, burning about 707 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30248 |
| 9 March 2005 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | COUNC HILL |
| 9 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 165 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | COW LICK |
| 14 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SIMEON'S FIRE |
| 8 December 2000 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 477 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SILVERSPUR |
| 28 January 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | VCCETV |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eram in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Eram | $10,000 | This tornado developed west of the N 330 Road and south of Watts Road, where large tree limbs were snapped. It moved northeast crossing the N 340 Road, where large tree limbs were snapped, and then crossed McKinley Road, damaging the roof of a house. It then crossed the N 350 Road, where large tree limbs were snapped, and dissipated south of Gun Club Road. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 75 to 80 mph. |
| January 2008 | Flash Flood | Eram | - | Heavy rains caused flooding of secondary roads just west of Eram. |
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.
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 Eram | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q97280933 | 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 1100393. 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.