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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.

Morris within Okmulgee County

Population over time

2 figures

Morris 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,479
20201,299-180 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

11 since 2006

Regional 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/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning5

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
23 April 2009Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeMCINLEY
9 March 2009Arson/incendiarism10 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeB & B
15 March 2009Debris and open burning25 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeTRAINING DAY
14 March 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeMORRIS
14 March 2008Debris and open burning23 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSIMEON'S FIRE
13 March 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeEDMERSON
16 February 2016Debris and open burning19 acresWewoka AgencyFOX
7 January 2008Arson/incendiarism16 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSTRODE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okmulgee County

Storms near this place

46 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Morris$75,000This 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 2015FloodMorris$50,000Portions of Highway 62 east of Morris were closed due to roadway damage resulting from extensive flooding.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMorris$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged barns, uprooted trees, snapped large tree limbs, and damaged the roofs of homes in and around Morris.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindMorris$25,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew over a grain bin and rolled over a hay baler.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMorris$20,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew the roof from a barn, and blew down power lines northeast of Morris.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindMorris$15,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power poles.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMorris$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a home, and snapped large tree limbs.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindMorris$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew a porch roof off a home.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindMorris$5,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMorris$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMorris$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs, and blew down power lines.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindMorris$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMorris$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines on Gun Club Road, between the 330 Road and the 340 Road, north of Morris.
May 2024Flash FloodMorris-Multiple roads in and around Morris were flooded.
May 2021Flash FloodMorris-Portions of several roads were flooded in and around Morris.
May 2019Tornado (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 2017Flash FloodMorris-Portions of Highway 62 were flooded and closed east of Morris.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMorris-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, some of which blocked roads in and around Morris.
December 2015FloodMorris-Portions of Highway 62 east of Morris were closed due to flooding.
May 2015Flash FloodMorris-Portions of Highway 62 were flooded and closed.
April 2013Flash FloodMorris-Highway 52 north of Morris was reported flooded.
November 2011Flash FloodMorris-Highway 62 was flooded and closed.
April 2011Flash FloodMorris-An officer reported one to two feet of water over several roadways in and around Morris.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMorris-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMorris-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindMorris-The Oklahoma mesonet site near Morris recorded a 58 mile an hour thunderstorm wind gust.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindMorris-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 1998Funnel CloudMorris-A TV meteorologist from KOTV reported a funnel cloud lifting back up into the clouds.
January 2024HailMorris-no account filed
April 2022HailMorris-no account filed
May 2019HailMorris-no account filed
April 2014HailMorris-no account filed
October 2014HailMorris-no account filed
April 2009HailMorris-no account filed
March 2008HailMorris-no account filed
March 2008HailMorris-no account filed
May 2007HailMorris-no account filed
May 2006HailMorris-no account filed
April 2005HailMorris-no account filed
May 2002HailMorris-no account filed
May 2000HailMorris-no account filed
October 1998HailMorris-no account filed
October 1998Thunderstorm WindMorris-no account filed
April 1997HailMorris-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindMorris-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindMorris-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okmulgee 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
Okmulgee5.4 miles14
Brundidge5.5 miles14
Eram5.6 miles14
Pumpkin Center6.5 miles15
Grayson7.2 miles14
Schulter8.2 miles14
Hoffman8.2 miles14
Coalton8.7 miles16

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 MorrisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2361800The 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.