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Morse, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Okemah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74859. The Survey maps it on the Mason quadrangle.

Morse within Okfuskee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

74 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Morse between 2005 and 2020, burning about 5,942 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeMORSE CEMETERY
24 September 2016Debris and open burning1.2 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHICKS
9 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHAY MAKER
19 August 2010Debris and open burning35 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSHEPARD
29 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use650 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHARJOCHE
8 April 2011Arson/incendiarism35 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeTWO HEADS
8 April 2011Arson/incendiarism98 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeMASON
5 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined106 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBEAR II

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okfuskee County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Morse: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okfuskee County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morse in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 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
April 2024Thunderstorm WindMorse-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs.

Every storm recorded in Okfuskee 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
Last Chance0.9 miles11
Oriental2.8 miles11
Haydenville4.2 miles11
Mason4.2 miles11
Okfuskee5.0 miles11
IXL5.7 miles11
Woodard Corner6.6 miles11
Castle6.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100647. 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.