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Reams, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the North Central Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74501. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crowder quadrangle.

Reams within Pittsburg 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Reams between 1992 and 2017, burning about 7,114 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
7 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencyMASSY POINT
14 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 August 2012Arson/incendiarism4,160 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20142
9 April 2017Arson/incendiarism21 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2011Arson/incendiarism50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20247
9 March 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined760 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Reams: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg County

Storms near this place

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reams in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
April 2024Tornado (EFU)Reams-This tornado developed over and moved across Lake Eufaula, from the south-southwest to the south-southeast of Crowder. Many videos and photos were taken of this tornado. It was rated EF-unknown, as it remained over water, resulting in no damage to be assessed. The path length and maximum width are estimated.
October 2023Thunderstorm WindReams-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured to 61 mph near the intersection of Shady Grove Road and Highway 69, northeast of McAlester.
May 2022HailReams-no account filed
June 2018HailReams-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pittsburg 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
Bug Tussle2.5 miles14
Massey Point2.9 miles14
Crowder4.3 miles14
Mekko5.3 miles14
Bristow Point6.0 miles17
Blocker7.0 miles17
Indianola7.8 miles14
Canadian Shores7.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100777. 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.