BlockUnger, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the West Choctaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74727. The Survey maps it on the Boswell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Boswell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Unger between 2006 and 2016, burning about 847 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Talihina Agency | MUDDY BOGGY BRANCH |
| 22 July 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 acres | Talihina Agency | TWENTY COW |
| 9 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Talihina Agency | LICK |
| 9 April 2006 | Natural | 160 acres | Talihina Agency | BIG BRANCH |
| 29 December 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | BIG BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Unger in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flood | Unger | $50,000 | Portions of Highway 70 between Boswell and Soper were reduced to one lane for repairs to damage from extensive flooding. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Unger | $25,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unger | $6,000 | A house along Unger Road experienced roof damage, and very large trees were blown down. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unger | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unger | $1,000 | Several trees were damaged along US Hwy 70 between Unger and Soper. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unger | $500 | There was tree damage near the intersection of OK Hwy 109 and Unger Road. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Unger | - | Highway 70 was closed at the Muddy Boggy River, east of Boswell, due to high water. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Unger | - | Location: intersection of OK Hwy 109 and Unger Road. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Unger | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Unger | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Unger | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1099146. 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.