Morris, 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 74445. The Survey maps it on the Morris quadrangle. 1,299 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMorris fell from 1,479 to 1,299 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,479 | |
| 2020 | 1,299 | -180 (-12%) |
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
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Morris between 2006 and 2017, burning about 204 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | MCINLEY |
| 9 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | B & B |
| 15 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | TRAINING DAY |
| 14 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | MORRIS |
| 14 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SIMEON'S FIRE |
| 13 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge | EDMERSON |
| 16 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Wewoka Agency | FOX |
| 7 January 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | STRODE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
46 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morris in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 7 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Morris | $75,000 | This tornado developed just east of Morris and moved northeast. The tornado widened, and turned north-northeast, just north of the E930 Road, and then turned northeast near the E910 Road, and dissipated east of the N4080 Road. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted, numerous power poles were snapped, several homes were damaged, and several outbuildings were destroyed along the path of this tornado. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Morris | $50,000 | Portions of Highway 62 east of Morris were closed due to roadway damage resulting from extensive flooding. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged barns, uprooted trees, snapped large tree limbs, and damaged the roofs of homes in and around Morris. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew over a grain bin and rolled over a hay baler. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew the roof from a barn, and blew down power lines northeast of Morris. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power poles. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a home, and snapped large tree limbs. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew a porch roof off a home. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs, and blew down power lines. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines on Gun Club Road, between the 330 Road and the 340 Road, north of Morris. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Morris | - | Multiple roads in and around Morris were flooded. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Morris | - | Portions of several roads were flooded in and around Morris. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Morris | - | A brief tornado was reported by a trained storm spotter. An NWS damage survey found that the tornado snapped large tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 70 to 80 mph. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Morris | - | Portions of Highway 62 were flooded and closed east of Morris. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, some of which blocked roads in and around Morris. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Morris | - | Portions of Highway 62 east of Morris were closed due to flooding. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Morris | - | Portions of Highway 62 were flooded and closed. |
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | Morris | - | Highway 52 north of Morris was reported flooded. |
| November 2011 | Flash Flood | Morris | - | Highway 62 was flooded and closed. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Morris | - | An officer reported one to two feet of water over several roadways in and around Morris. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | - | The Oklahoma mesonet site near Morris recorded a 58 mile an hour thunderstorm wind gust. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Morris | - | A TV meteorologist from KOTV reported a funnel cloud lifting back up into the clouds. |
| January 2024 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Morris | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morris | - | 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.
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 Morris | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2361800 | 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 1095519. 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.







