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Williams, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Cameron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74932. The Survey maps it on the Spiro quadrangle.

Williams within Le Flore County

On record in Williams

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Williams between 1993 and 2017, burning about 387 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism35 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20429
27 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20374
19 September 2004Debris and open burning6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20364
14 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20474
13 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20421
12 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20417
22 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore 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 Williams: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Hamilton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock Island StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williams in 1 storm report in 2025: 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
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Williams-This is the first segment of a two segment tornado. The tornado developed south of Williams Road and west of Green Road, where a few trees were uprooted and large tree limbs were snapped. It moved northeast and crossed Poker Bend Road, where a tree was blown down and large tree limbs were snapped. The tornado continued northeast across Highway 112, then turned more east as it crossed into Arkansas west of Bonanza. The tornado was weak between Highway 112 and the Sebastian County line. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.

Every storm recorded in Le Flore 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
Cameron2.3 miles14
Tahona2.9 miles14
Rock Island4.1 miles23
Pocola5.9 miles23
Coal Creek6.2 miles14
Skullyville6.2 miles14
Shady Point6.3 miles14
Hill6.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1099838. 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.