Oakwood Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.

From the record

One of 11 National Register listings published here for Labette County · listed in 2024 · category: Site.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. 300 South Leawood Drive, Parsons, 67357
When was it listed? May 2024
Category. site
City. Parsons city
National Register reference number. 100010344 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

42 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Oakwood Cemetery between 2015 and 2018, burning about 178 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined	17
Debris and open burning	17
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Smoking	2

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
13 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Labette County	38
9 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Kansas Forest Service	180034
5 July 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Kansas Forest Service	318
12 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Kansas Forest Service	25
11 July 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Labette County	18
9 June 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Labette County	15
9 April 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Kansas Forest Service	180025
11 April 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Labette County	13

Every fire recorded in Labette County

Storms near this property

60 of 135 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parsons, the town this property stands in, in 135 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 55 thunderstorm wind, 42 hail, 12 flash flood, 9 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
July 2007	Flash Flood	Parsons	$540,000	Extremely heavy rainfall from the end of June into early July caused flash flooding throughout Labette County. The flash flooding and the ensuing river flooding resulted in 2 homes being destroyed and 11 others suffering major damage. This resulted in roughly 540 thousand dollars in damage. Major flooding was observed at Parsons and Oswego. Parsons recorded a crest of 35.05 feet while Oswego recorded a crest of 30.0 feet. These crests were 14.05 feet and 13 feet above flood stage respectively. The Neosho fell blow flood stage on the July 7th at both locations.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Parsons	$350,000	A car trying to get away from flood water was swept off a road leading to a water rescue.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$250,000	Several trees, limbs and power lines were downed in the Parsons area. Some of the downed power lines caused fires, but they were extinguished fairly rapidly. Property damage was limited mainly to trees and limbs falling on homes and other structures. Roof damage occurred to a handful of structures from winds peeling back a portion of the roof. Substantial water damage occurred inside at least one of the structures due to rain falling onto a heavily damaged roof. The Parsons Sun contributed to this report.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$180,000	Several large trees were knocked all over town as thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 mph moved through the area. The storms also knocked down 20 power poles all over town. The strong winds also caused minor roof damage to numerous businesses. The trees and debris fell on houses and cars throughout the town.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$120,000	Several trees, limbs and power lines were knocked down from Big Hill Lake, Mound Valley and Parsons.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$50,000	There was unspecified structural damage to a building at the Highway 400/Wallace Rd. Intersection. Power outages were reported across much of Northern Labette County.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$50,000	Substantial damage sustained to hangar as well as damage to rear landing gear and tail section of a Cessna 170 housed inside.
April 1999	Lightning	Parsons	$35,000	Lightning struck a single-story, woodframed house, setting it afire. Though the house was a total loss, no one was injured. The lightning strike also damaged an apartment located directly behind the house.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$25,000	Downed limbs, some of which entangled with power lines, resulted in power outages. The Parsons Sun contributed to this narrative.
August 2002	Lightning	Parsons	$25,000	Initially striking the roof, the lightning traveled down a bedroom wall then "jumped" to another room. South end of attic heavily damaged, the bulk of which was to insulation.
September 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$25,000	Widespread tree and power line damage, including a few trees that were uprooted, one of which fell onto a house. Area newspapers contributed to this report.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$25,000	Downed limbs onto power lines resulted in power outages to approximately 500 residences, of which 81 were still without power the following morning. Time is estimated based on arrival of thunderstorms into northward-neighboring Neosho County.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$25,000	The following property was damaged: Siding was ripped from a house, metal roofing was ripped from the tops of two small businesses, a temporary wall at a building supply proved to be just that as it was blown down, and a sign that had been set with 4-inch metal pipes was bent over. In addtion, damage to trees and power lines was widespread.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$21,000	Two windows were blown out and a portion of the roof was peeled back at a radio station and sporting goods store in downtown. The resulting rain from the open roof and windows soaked the radio equipment at the radio station and soaked half the inventory of the store. The equipment damage kept two radio staitons off the air over the weekend. A very large tree also fell on a house. 1100 residents were without power for awhile.
August 2003	Lightning	Parsons	$20,000	Unspecified number of power poles struck, severing power to 586 residences. By approximately 10 AM the following morning, power had been restored to all but 20 residences. Times of incidents are approximate. Narrative courtesy of Parsons Sun.
September 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$15,000	Widespread tree damage was reported across town. Some damage occurred to the Emergency Operations Center in Parsons.
September 2009	Flash Flood	Parsons	$10,000	Over four inches of rainfall caused several roads to be flooded or barricaded across the city including 12th Street, 13th Street, Crawford and North Lincoln Street.
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$8,000	The visitors dugout at Ray Bennett sofball field was destroyed by a thunderstorm wind gust along with a portion of the outfield fence.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$5,000	This was a delayed report from Twitter of a gas station canopy blown over at the Stockyard Travel Plaza. The time of the event was an estimate from radar.
June 2005	Tornado (F0)	Parsons	$5,000	Brief event that caused minor tree damage.
September 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$5,000	no account filed
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$4,000	The 70 mph winds blew a large grill off a deck and several tree limbs were knocked down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$1,000	Minor damage to one house.
September 2005	Lightning	Parsons	$1,000	Breaker at sub-station struck in Southwest Parsons, severing power to ~1,400 people. Power restored at 0407 CST. (Narrative courtesy Parsons Sun.)
May 2011	Hail	Parsons	$500	The very large hail blew out a deputy's car windshield.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	$500	Minor tree damage occurred.
May 2020	Flash Flood	Parsons	$100	Several water rescues were reported across the county primarily in the Parsons area.
May 2019	Flood	Parsons	$100	Numerous low water crossings were flooded across the county.
August 2019	Flash Flood	Parsons	$100	Various low water crossings were flooded across the county.
August 2013	Flood	Parsons	$100	Water was over numerous low water crossings.
April 2026	Flash Flood	Parsons	-	Numerous streets were flooded with 4.41 inches of rainfall measured.
April 2026	Flash Flood	Parsons	-	A car was swept off of the road due to flowing water.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	Multiple trees and power lines were downed in Parsons.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	Dime sized hail was reported along with 70 mph winds.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	Report of a tree uprooted in the 1400 block of Morton Avenue.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	It was reported that trees and power lines were down.
September 2023	Hail	Parsons	-	Law enforcement reported nickel sized hail.
September 2023	Hail	Parsons	-	Trained spotter reported one inch hail.
May 2022	Heavy Rain	Parsons	-	A Cocorahs station in Parsons, Kansas, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 5.40 inches.
May 2022	Heavy Rain	Parsons	-	A Coop observer in Parson, Kansas, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 7.75 inches.
June 2022	Heavy Rain	Parsons	-	A Coop observer 1 mile northwest of Parsons reported 3.56 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
May 2021	Flood	Parsons	-	Flooding was reported on 10th Street in Parsons. The report came in via social media.
July 2021	Flood	Parsons	-	Very heavy rains forced several water rescues from folks driving into low water crossings.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	Parsons	-	This was a 24 hour rain total of 6.53 inches.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	Several large diameter tree limbs were downed. A significant amount of tree damage was also noted in and around Parsons. Winds were estimated at around 70 mph.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	A peak wind gust at a mesonet site on the north side of Parsons.
June 2019	Flood	Parsons	-	Flooding occurred along a road near the 26,000th St./N. 10th St. intersection. The segment was closed.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	A trained spotter reported the gust.
May 2018	Hail	Parsons	-	Delayed report of one inch hail. A picture was sent in via facebook.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	A few reports of power lines being blown down.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	Measured by official observing equipment.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	No damage was reported.
September 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	Power lines were blown down on the west side of town.
September 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	Winds were estimated by a trained spotter.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	No damage was reported.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	Two small trees were uprooted.
April 2015	Hail	Parsons	-	The hail was nickel to quarter size.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Parsons	-	Tree limbs and power lines were reported down in the community.
April 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Parsons	-	Very brief tornado touchdown over open country. The tornado width was 50 yards.

Every storm recorded in Labette County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

5 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Parsons Filled Arch Bridge	1.2 miles	1985
Carnegie Library	1.3 miles	1976
Parsonian Hotel, The	1.4 miles	2015
Parsons Katy Hospital	2.6 miles	2008
Labette Creek Tributary Bridge	4.9 miles	1985

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100010344 in Record Group 79.
Labette County	All 11 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.