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Morrison, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Noble census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73061. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Morrison quadrangle. 723 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 938 feet above sea level.

Morrison within Noble County

On record in Morrison

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

3 figures

Morrison grew from 636 to 723 between 2000 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
2000636
2010733+97 (+15%)
2020723-10 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

6 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Morrison between 2003 and 2019, burning about 77 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePawnee AgencyCOUTNY LINE
1 August 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresPawnee AgencyWOMACK
17 March 2018Debris and open burning57 acresPawnee AgencyLARIAT
7 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresPawnee AgencyWHANNEL
23 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresPawnee AgencyTURNPIKE
5 November 2019Arson/incendiarism6.5 acresPawnee AgencyMAVERICK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Noble County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Morrison: 10 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Vanadium, Cobalt, Molybdenum, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Morrison North-2Copper, Silver, Chromium, Vanadium, Cobalt, Molybdenum, LeadOccurrence1936
Oak Creek-2Copper, SilverOccurrence1972
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lela South-1CopperOccurrence1975
Lela West-1CopperOccurrence1975
Lela West-2CopperOccurrence1975
Morrison Southeast-1CopperOccurrence1975
Morrison Southeast-2CopperOccurrence1975
Morrison SouthwestCopperOccurrence1975

Every working recorded in Noble County

Storms near this place

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morrison in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 12 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind. 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
March 1997Thunderstorm WindMorrison$36,000A mobile home was blown across a road and into a pasture by severe thunderstorm winds. At a house northwest of Morrison, numerous large trees were uprooted, a corral and a stock trailer were destroyed, and a barn sustained extensive damage. About a mile north of Morrison a small building was destroyed, killing one bull and three cows. The Morrison football field sustained an estimated $15000 in damage to the scoreboard, a goal post, and a utility building. nine power poles east of Morrison were blown down by the severe thunderstorm winds.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindMorrison$20,000Two barns were destroyed, and a pick-up truck was damaged on the west side of town.
March 2004HailMorrison$10,000Greenhouse roof damaged by hail.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindMorrison$10,000Two businesses at the intersection of Highway 64 and Highway 177, also known as Bill's Corner, sustained structural damage. A 15 foot by 15 foot section of sheet metal roofing from one of the businesses was peeled back and lofted southward. At the other business, a 12 foot by 20 foot metal frame, sheet metal exterior building was blown approximately 20 yards to the south and destroyed, while debris from the building pushed over 2 tanks full of diesel, each weighing 2500 pounds. In addition, a highway sign about 150 yards to the north-northwest of these businesses was pushed over almost to the ground, laying down to the south southwest, and a small wooden building approximately 6 feet by 8 feet, near the sign was rolled and destroyed, landing south southwest from its original location.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindMorrison$5,000Numerous two to three inch diameter tree limbs were downed. Minor damag was also reported to a carport. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMorrison$5,000Power lines were downed.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindMorrison$3,000A 10 foot by 14 foot wooden building was pushed over intact onto its west side. Large tree limbs were blown down to the southwest, and a tree about 10 to 12 inches in diameter was split and laying to the southwest, however it appears the tree was at least partially dead.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindMorrison$2,000An outbuilding was destroyed, and numerous 1 to 3 inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
April 2026HailMorrison-Maximum hail size increased from dime to golf ball during the event time. The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025HailMorrison-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2025HailMorrison-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025HailMorrison-The report was relayed through mPING.
November 2025HailMorrison-Numerous sources reported hail nearing 3.75 inches in diameter near the community of Morrison. A relayed image shows a hailstone with a diameter approaching the width of a small soup can, suggesting this hailstone may have been at least 4 inches in diameter. These hailstones establish a new record for the largest hail observed in Oklahoma during November on record.
April 2017HailMorrison-no account filed
April 2009HailMorrison-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindMorrison-no account filed
April 2006HailMorrison-no account filed
June 1999HailMorrison-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMorrison-no account filed
February 1995HailMorrison-no account filed
April 1994HailMorrison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Noble 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
Bills Corner3.2 miles10
Petes Corner5.1 miles10
Sumner6.2 miles10
Drace10.9 miles9
Otoe11.0 miles9
Black Bear11.6 miles9
McMahon12.7 miles9
Red Rock14.4 miles9

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 MorrisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2201583The 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 1095526. 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.