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Pyramid Corners, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Craig census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74333. It stands on Whiskey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pyramid Corners quadrangle.

Pyramid Corners within Craig County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Pyramid Corners between 2010 and 2012, burning about 34 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
12 March 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.7 acresCherokee Nation TribeYELLOW TAPE
7 February 2012Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30062
9 December 2010Other causes1.5 acresCherokee Nation TribeCOOKED TURKEY
8 January 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresCherokee Nation TribeMULCH
1 January 2011Debris and open burning26 acresCherokee Nation TribeBEZHIG ISHKODE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Craig County

Storms near this place

23 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pyramid Corners in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 19 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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
June 2008HailPyramid Corners$50,000no account filed
September 2014Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and large tree limbs, blew off shingles from homes, and destroyed a small metal shed.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew off half of garage's roof and tore some shingle off a home.
May 2019Tornado (EF1)Pyramid Corners$3,000This tornado uprooted trees and snapped power poles. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 85 to 90 mph. It was observed by a trained storm spotter.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Vinita measured thunderstorm wind gusts up to 66 mph.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Vinita measured thunderstorm wind gusts up to 58 mph.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Vinita measured thunderstorm wind gusts up to 62 mph.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Vinita measured 65 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station north of Vinita measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station north of Vinita measured 66 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Vinita measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station east of Centralia measured 66 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station east of Centralia measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station north of Vinita measured 59 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station located seven miles east of Centralia measured 66 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Vinita measured 67 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Vinita measured 66 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station north of Vinita measured 61 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station north of Vinita measured 62 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station north of Vinita measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
October 2012Thunderstorm WindPyramid Corners-The Oklahoma Mesonet station east of Centralia measured 73 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2015HailPyramid Corners-no account filed
June 1995HailPyramid Corners-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Craig 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
Cocklebur Flat3.5 miles14
Bluejacket3.8 miles14
Welch5.6 miles14
Kelso6.9 miles14
Rogers8.5 miles15
Hollow9.0 miles14
Todd10.5 miles14
Estella11.1 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q122541477The 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 1763591. 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.