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.
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
Morrison Baptist Churchlisted 1984
Sumner Schoollisted 1996- Morrison Suspension Bridgelisted 1980
Population over time
3 figuresMorrison 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 636 | |
| 2010 | 733 | +97 (+15%) |
| 2020 | 723 | -10 (-1%) |
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 Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Morrison quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Enid quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2003Regional 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 burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | COUTNY LINE |
| 1 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | WOMACK |
| 17 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 57 acres | Pawnee Agency | LARIAT |
| 7 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | WHANNEL |
| 23 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Pawnee Agency | TURNPIKE |
| 5 November 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.5 acres | Pawnee Agency | MAVERICK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrison North-2 | Copper, Silver, Chromium, Vanadium, Cobalt, Molybdenum, Lead | Occurrence | 1936 | |
| Oak Creek-2 | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | 1972 | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lela South-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1975 | |
| Lela West-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1975 | |
| Lela West-2 | Copper | Occurrence | 1975 | |
| Morrison Southeast-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1975 | |
| Morrison Southeast-2 | Copper | Occurrence | 1975 | |
| Morrison Southwest | Copper | Occurrence | 1975 |
Storms near this place
21 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $36,000 | A 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $20,000 | Two barns were destroyed, and a pick-up truck was damaged on the west side of town. |
| March 2004 | Hail | Morrison | $10,000 | Greenhouse roof damaged by hail. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $10,000 | Two 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $5,000 | Numerous two to three inch diameter tree limbs were downed. Minor damag was also reported to a carport. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $5,000 | Power lines were downed. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $3,000 | A 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $2,000 | An outbuilding was destroyed, and numerous 1 to 3 inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Morrison | - | Maximum hail size increased from dime to golf ball during the event time. The report was relayed through mPING. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Morrison | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Morrison | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Morrison | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Morrison | - | 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 2017 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| February 1995 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Morrison | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bills Corner | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Petes Corner | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Sumner | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Drace | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Otoe | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Black Bear | 11.6 miles | 9 | |
| McMahon | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Red Rock | 14.4 miles | 9 |
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 Morrison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2201583 | 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 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.



