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Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

76 topographic sheets and 39 fire insurance atlases across 6 places.

Research this county

From the record

18 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Oklahoma within the United States
Pottawatomie County within Oklahoma

What the record shows

  • 6 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Tecumseh, Shawnee, Maud, Mcloud, Wanette, Asher, between 1894 and 1950.
  • 39 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 501 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 18 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 14 buildings, 2 structures, 1 district and 1 site.
  • 3 of the 18 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 38 populated places in this county; 38 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

1 photograph, 1939

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Game of dominoes in back room of bar. Saint Louis, Oklahoma. Oil field workers
Game of dominoes in back room of bar. Saint Louis, Oklahoma. Oil field workers
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

18

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Aldridge Hotelbuilding200000000622
Barnard Elementary Schoolbuilding200000000624
Beard Cabinbuilding198383002121
Bell Street Historic Districtdistrict200000001579
Billington Buildingbuilding198585002512
H. T. Douglas Mansion and Garagebuilding198585002517
Governors Mansionbuilding198383002122
Kerfoot Housebuilding198383002123
Nuckolls Housebuilding198383002124
Old Santa Fe Railroad Bridgestructure201010000070
Pottawatomie County Courthousebuilding198484003424
Sacred Heart Mission Sitesite198383002125
Santa Fe Depotbuilding197474001667
Shawnee Friends Missionbuilding197373001569
Squirrel Creek Bridgestructure201010000625
St. Gregory's Abbey and Collegebuilding197575001572
State National Bank Buildingbuilding2020100005083
Walker Housebuilding198383002126

Photographs from libraries nationwide

4 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 4 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Shawnee Indian Sanatorium, two and one-half miles south, Shawnee, Oklahoma, Boston Public Library - undated
Shawnee Indian Sanatorium, two and one-half miles south, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Shawnee Auditorium, Shawnee, Oklahoma, Boston Public Library - undated
Shawnee Auditorium, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Pottawatomie Country Court House, Shawnee, Oklahoma, Boston Public Library - undated
Pottawatomie Country Court House, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Oklahoma, Boston Public Library - undated
Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

36 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,279 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 36 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-06-25, scale 1:17000
1954-06-25, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-06-25, scale 1:17000
1954-06-25, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-06-25, scale 1:17000
1954-06-25, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-06-25, scale 1:17000
1954-06-25, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-03-01, scale 1:17000
1957-03-01, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-03-01, scale 1:17000
1957-03-01, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-03-01, scale 1:17000
1957-03-01, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-03-01, scale 1:17000
1957-03-01, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-01-29, scale 1:18000
1962-01-29, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-01-29, scale 1:18000
1962-01-29, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-01-29, scale 1:18000
1962-01-29, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-01-29, scale 1:18000
1962-01-29, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-06, scale 1:18000
1964-04-06, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-06, scale 1:18000
1964-04-06, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-06, scale 1:18000
1964-04-06, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-06, scale 1:18000
1964-04-06, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-03, scale 1:18000
1965-02-03, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-03, scale 1:18000
1965-02-03, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-03, scale 1:18000
1965-02-03, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-02-03, scale 1:18000
1965-02-03, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-09-29, scale 1:121062
1969-09-29, scale 1:121062. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-09-29, scale 1:120094
1969-09-29, scale 1:120094. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-09-29, scale 1:120094
1969-09-29, scale 1:120094. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-09-29, scale 1:120094
1969-09-29, scale 1:120094. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-19, scale 1:23000
1971-02-19, scale 1:23000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-19, scale 1:23000
1971-02-19, scale 1:23000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-19, scale 1:23000
1971-02-19, scale 1:23000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-19, scale 1:23000
1971-02-19, scale 1:23000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-01, scale 1:40000
1975-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-01, scale 1:40000
1975-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-01, scale 1:40000
1975-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-01-01, scale 1:40000
1975-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-07, scale 1:64000
1982-03-07, scale 1:64000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-07, scale 1:64000
1982-03-07, scale 1:64000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-07, scale 1:63000
1982-03-07, scale 1:63000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-07, scale 1:65000
1982-03-07, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

21 stations, 4 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

83 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 63-1Asher town
  • 63-2Avoca township: Avoca township - That part northeast and north of State Highway 39 and east of State Highway 18, outside Asher town
  • 63-3Avoca township - That part west of State Highway 18, outside Asher town
  • 63-4Avoca township - That part southwest and south of State Highway 39 and east of State Highway 18, outside Asher town
  • 63-5Bales township: Bales township - That part northeast and north of U.S. Highway 270, east of North Canadian River and south and east of Unnamed Highway from North Canadian River to north county line
  • 63-6Bales township - That part west and north of Unnamed Highway from north county line to North Canadian River, west of North Candaian River, north of U.S. Highway 270 and north and west of Unnamed Highway from U.S. Highway 270 across Oklahoma City, Ada and Atoka Railway to west county line, outside McLoud town
  • 63-7Bales township - That part south and east of Unnamed Highway from west county line to Oklahoma City, Ada and Atoka Railway, southwest of Oklahoma City, Ada and Atoka Railway and west of Unnamed Highway from Oklahoma City, Ada and Atoka Railway to south township line
  • 63-8Bales township - That part southwest and south of U.S. Highway 270, south and east of Unnamed Highway from U.S. Highway 270 to Oklahoma City, Ada and Atoka Railway, northeast of Oklahoma City, Ada and Atoka Railway, and east of Unnamed Highway from Oklahoma City, Ada and Atoka Railway to south township line
  • 63-9Brinton township: Brinton township - That part in Townships 9 and 10 N., Range 3 E., north of State Highway 9
  • 63-10Brinton township - That part in Townships 9 and 10 N., Range 2 E. north and northwest of State Highway 9
  • 63-11Brinton township - That part in Township 9 N., Range 2 E. south and southeast of State Highway 9
  • 63-12Brinton township - That part in Township 9 N., Range 3 E. south of State Highway 9
  • 63-13Burnett township: Burnett township - That part northwest of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and north of Unnamed Highway from Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad across Council Creek to west county line, outside Macomb town
  • 63-14Burnett township - That part west of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and south of Unnamed Highway from Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad across Council Creek to west county line
  • 63-15Burnett township - That part southeast and east of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, outside Macomb town
  • 63-16Davis township: Davis township - That part in Township 11 N., Range 4 E. east of State Highway 18
  • 63-17Davis township - That part in Township 11 N., Ranges 3 and 4E. west of State Highway 18
  • 63-18Davis township - That part in Township 10 N., Ranges 3 and 4 E. west of State Highway 18, outside Shawnee city, excluding St. Gregory's Abbey and College, and including the parts which are situated entirely within the corporate limits of the city which are located in the southeast quarter of section 12, Township 10 N., Range south of W. Federal Ave. and west of N. Kickapoo; and in the east one half of section 18, Township 10 N. R. 4 E., east of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, north of E. Wallace and west of N. Minnesota Ave.
  • 63-19St. Gregory's Abbey and College (In Davis township)
  • 63-20Davis township - That part in Township 10 N., Range 4 E. east of State Highway 18, outside Shawnee city
  • 63-21Dent township: Dent township - That part in Township 11 N., Range 6 E.
  • 63-22Dent township - That part in Township 11 N., Range 5 E.
  • 63-23Earlsboro town
  • 63-24Earlsboro township: Earlsboro township - That part north and east of Unnamed Highway from west township line across Oklahoma City, Ada and Atoka Railway and Rogers Creek to east county line, outside Earlsboro town
  • 63-25Earlsboro township - That part south and west of Unnamed Highway from west township line across Oklahoma City, Ada and Atoka Railway and Rogers Creek to east county line
  • 63-26Eason township: Eason township - That part north and east of State Highway 39 and east of Unnamed Highway from State Highway 39 across Aurora Creek to north township line
  • 63-27Eason township - That part west of Unnamed Highway from north township line across Aurora Creek to State Highway 39, south and west of State Highway 39, west and north of Unnamed Highway from State Highway 39 to Wanette and north of Unnamed Highway from Wanette across Pond Creek to west county line, outside Wanette town
  • 63-28Eason township - That part south of State Highway 39, east and south of Unnamed Highway from State Highway 39 to Wanette and south of Unnamed highway from Wanette across Pond Creek to west county line, outside Wanette town
  • 63-29Forest township: Forest township - That part north of State Highway 9 and west of State Highway 18, outside Tecumseh city
  • 63-30Forest township - That part south of State Highway 9 and east of State Highway 18, outside Tecumseh city, and excluding Industrial School for White Girls
  • 63-31Industrial School for White Girls (In Forest township)
  • 63-32Macomb town
  • 63-33McLoud town
  • 63-34Maud city - That part in Pottawatomie County: Maud city - That part north of Monroe
  • 63-35Maud city - That part south of Monroe (Remainder of Maud city is in Seminole County)
  • 63-36Moore township: Moore township - That part east of State Highway 18, outside Maud city
  • 63-37Moore township - That part west of State Highway 18
  • 63-38Rock Creek township: Rock Creek township - That part east of North Canadian River and northeast of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
  • 63-39Rock Creek township - That part west of North Canadian River, southwest of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad and east of State Highway 18, outside Shawnee city
  • 63-40Rock Creek township - That part west of State Highway 18, outside Shawnee city
  • 63-41St. Louis town
  • 63-42St. Louis township: St. Louis township - That part east of State Highway 59 and north and east of Unnamed Highway from State Highway 59 across Bruno Creek to south township line
  • 63-43St. Louis township - That part west, northwest and north of State Highway 59 and east of State Highway 18, outside St. Louis town
  • 63-44St. Louis township - That part west of State Highway 18, south of State Highway 59 to St. Louis and west of Unnamed Highway from St. Louis to south township line, outside St. Louis town
  • 63-45St. Louis township - That part west and south of Unnamed Highway from south township line across Bruno Creek to State Highway 59. southeast and south of State Highway 59 to St. Louis and east of Unnamed Highway from St. Louis to south township line, outside St. Louis town
  • 63-46Shawnee city: Shawnee city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits; N. Independence Ave.; N. Broadway
  • 63-47Shawnee city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by N. Independence Ave., N. Union Ave., E. Severn, N. Oklahoma Ave., Scott; Ward line, City limits, Ward line; N. Ridgewood Ave. extended, E. Ridgewood Ave., N. Union Ave., E. Ridgewood Ave.; N. Broadway
  • 63-48Shawnee city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by E. Ridgewood Ave., N. Union Ave., E. Ridgewood Ave., E. Ridgewood Ave. extended, Ward line, E. 10th extended, E. 10th, N. Broadway
  • 63-49Shawnee city - That part of Ward 1, excluding Aldridge Hotel and Walcott Hotel Bounded by E. 10th, E. 10th extended; Ward line, N. Minnesota Ave.; E. Main; N. Broadway
  • 63-50Aldridge Hotel (In Shawnee city, Ward 1)
  • 63-51Walcott Hotel (In Shawnee city, Ward 1)
  • 63-52Shawnee city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits, N. Kennedy, Ward line; N. Kickapoo; W. Ridgewood Ave., City limits; City limits
  • 63-53Shawnee city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by W. Ridgewood Ave.; N. Broadway; W. 11th, N. Market, W. 10th; N. Park
  • 63-54Shawnee city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by W. Ridgewood Ave., N. Kickapoo, W. Ridgewood Ave.; N. Park; W. Main, Ward line; N. Kickapoo, W. 10th, N. Aydelotte
  • 63-55Shawnee city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by W. Ridgewood Ave.; N. Aydelotte, W. 10th, N. Kickapoo; Ward line; City limits
  • 63-56Shawnee city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by W. 10th, N. Market, W. 11th; N. Broadway; W. Main; N. Park
  • 63-57Shawnee city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Ward line, W. Main; S. Broadway, Ward line, S. Bell; E. Oakland Ave., W. Oakland Ave., S. Park, W. Forrest Ave.; City limits
  • 63-58Shawnee city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by W. Oakland Ave., E. Oakland Ave.; S. Bell, Ward line; Ward line, City limits; S. Park
  • 63-59Shawnee city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by W. Forrest Ave.; S. Park; City limits; City limits
  • 63-60Shawnee city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by E. Main; City limits; City limits; Oak
  • 63-61Shawnee city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by E. Main; Oak; City limits, E. Oakland Ave.; Dixon
  • 63-62Shawnee city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Ward line, E. Main; Dixon, E. Oakland Ave., City limits; City limits; Lincoln Ave., E. Forrest Ave., S. Pennsylvania Ave.
  • 63-63Shamee city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by E. Main; S. Pennsylvania Ave.; E. Oakland Ave., Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, S. Bell, Ward line; S. Broadway
  • 63-64Shamee city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, E. Oakland Ave.; S. Pennsylvania Ave., E. Forrest Ave., Lincoln Ave., City limits; City limits; S. Oklahoma Ave., E. Hayes Ave., S. Philadelphia Ave., E. Farrall Ave., N. Bell, Ward line
  • 63-65Shawnee city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by E. Farrall Ave., S. Philadelphia Ave., E. Hayes Ave.; S. Oklahoma Ave.; City limits; City limits, Ward line, S. Bell
  • 63-66Shawnee city - That part of Ward 5, excluding the area situated entirely within the corporate limits of the city but not a part of the city Bounded by City limits; City limits, N. Harrison Ave.; E. Dewey; Ward line, City limits, Ward line, Scott, N. Oklahoma, E. Severn, N. Union
  • 63-67Shawnee city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by E. Dewey, N. Harrison, City limits; City limits; E. Highland Ave.; Ward line
  • 63-68Shawnee city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by E. Highland Ave.; N. McKinley; E. Main, Ward line, E. Main; N. Minnesota Ave., Ward line
  • 63-69Shawnee city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by E. Highland Ave.; Shawnee, N. Edon; E. Main; N. McKinley
  • 63-70Shawnee city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by E. Highland Ave.; N. Pesotum; E. Main; E. Edom, Shawnee
  • 63-71Shawnee city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by N. Highland Ave.; City limits; E. Main; N. Pesotum
  • 63-72Shawnee city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by City limits; N. Broadway; W. Federal Ave.; N. Kickapoo
  • 63-73Shawnee city - That part of Ward 6, excluding the area situated entirely within the corporate limits of the city but not a part of the city Bounded by City limits; N. Kickapoo, City limits, N. Kickapoo; City limits; City limits
  • 63-74Shawnee city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by W. Federal Ave.; N. Broadway; W. Independence Ave.; City limits, N. Kickapoo, City limits
  • 63-75Shawnee city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by W. Independence Ave.; N: Broadway; W. Kirk Ave.; N. Kickapoo, City limits
  • 63-76Shawnee city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by W. Kirk Ave.; N. Broadway; W. Dewey; N. Kickapoo
  • 63-77Shawnee city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by City limits; N. Kickapoo; Ward line; Kennedy, City limits
  • 63-78Shawnee city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by W. Dewey; N. Broadway; W. Ridgewood Ave.; N. Kickapoo
  • 63-79Tecumseh city: Tecumseh city - That part comprising Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Washington; Broadway, Ward line
  • 63-80Tecumseh city - That part comprising Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; Ward line, Broadway; Washington, Ward line, Washington; City limits
  • 63-81Tecumseh city - That part comprising Ward 3 Bounded by Washington; City limits; City limits; Broadway
  • 63-82Tecumseh city - That part comprising Ward 4 Bounded by Washington, Ward line, Washington; Broadway; City limits; City limits
  • 63-83Wanette town

Wildfire, 1996 to 2020

94 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 94 of them, burning about 6,971 acres. 1 started naturally and 11 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism11
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 January 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,183 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryTURKEY HILL
15 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined600 acresPawnee AgencyBURNETTE
19 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined512 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryBRIAR CREEK
1 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryBETHEL FIRE
29 December 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined232 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryROCK ROAD FIRE
10 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use230 acresSouthern Plains Regional OfficeMULLIN
14 February 1996Arson/incendiarism225 acresChickasaw AgencyOILCENTER
31 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined214 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryBETHEL 2

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1953 to 2026

60 of 712 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 712 reports for this county, causing 12 deaths, 159 injuries and about $46,640,390 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail359
Thunderstorm Wind203
Tornado95
Flash Flood35
Flood10
Lightning9
Heavy Rain1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1970Tornado (F4)not stated4 killed, 80 hurt, $25,000,000no account filed
September 1957Tornado (F4)not stated2 killed, 6 hurt, $250,000no account filed
May 2013Tornado (EF4)Pink2 killed, 6 hurtThe large tornado moved east-northeast into Pottawatomie County then curving northeast as it approached State Highway 102. The tornado moved through a mobile home park north of Independence Road after crossing State Highway 102. Just northeast of the mobile home park, a permanent home was destroyed with much of the debris blown well to the northeast. It continued northeast crossing Interstate 40 near the intersection of US-177, then curved north-northeast finally dissipating near Wolverine Road and Coker Road. One fatality occurred in the mobile home park, and another man was killed in his vehicle.
May 1999Tornado (F2)Shawnee1 killed, 10 hurt, $500,000Tornado D2. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports.
April 2025Flash FloodMacomb1 killed, 1 hurt, $100,000Significant roadway flooding occurred near the intersection of Oklahoma Highways 102 and 59B due to water rise from both the Little River and Sand Creek. Emergency management and broadcast media reported multiple water rescues near this intersection. A man drowned when his car was swept off the road by floodwaters. A responding law enforcement officer was injured as well. Event time is approximate, and residual flooding is likely to have occurred beyond the listed end time.
June 2015Flash FloodMacomb1 killed, $20,000An 80 year old woman was found dead in a partially submerged car near Macomb Thursday night. Law enforcement reported that it appeared the woman ignored barricades and attempted to drive through the water.
July 2016Flash FloodPink1 killed, $10,000A 49 year old woman was traveling on a rural road near Pink, OK when her car was swept of the road by floodwaters, resulting in a direct fatality. The car was found in the creek soon after, but her body was not found until the following Tuesday.
May 2011Tornado (EF2)Dale32 hurtTornado D3 (McLoud tornado.) A tornado developed west-southwest of the intersection of Fishmarket Road and Memorial Road to the south-southwest of McLoud. The tornado moved east-northeast where a telephone company building lost it's roof, and a number of sheds were damaged and causing tree damage as it crossed the intersection and Fishmarket and Memorial roads. Extensive tree damage continued northeast of this intersection, at least one home suffered the destruction of an attached garage and a few homes suffered roof and window damage. The tornado turned north-northeast crossing Interstate 40 near the Walker Road bridge where it struck and semi truck, lifting and destroying the trailer, lofting the pieces to the north. The tornado dissipated soon after crossing Interstate 40. Although the tornado was very narrow, the rotational velocity of the tornado was observed to be very strong. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
May 1981Tornado (F3)not stated6 hurt, $250,000no account filed
September 1957Tornado (F2)not stated3 hurt, $250,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindShawnee3 hurt, $35,000no account filed
May 1965Tornado (F2)not stated3 hurt, $25,000no account filed
May 2010Tornado (EF3)Dale3 hurtThis tornado is labeled #L1. The tornado developed near the junction of Walker and Ingram Roads, causing major damage to home and damaging several trees. The tornado crossed to the east side of the lake, downing high tension power lines and another residence. The tornado grew to its widest near Highway 102. Another home, a mobile home, and barn were severely damaged just east of the highway. Metal poles that were embedded in concrete at the barn were ripped out of the ground with the concrete still attached. A 80,000 pound box car was rolled about 300 yards. A few trees that were damaged were debarked. The tornado lifted south of Interstate 40.
May 2010Tornado (EF3)Tecumseh2 hurtThis tornado lasted for at least 30 miles and continued into Seminole and Okfuskee counties, with significant damage along almost its entire path. At times, the tornado damage path widened up to a mile. The most significant damage was located north and northeast of Earlsboro near the Pottawatomie/Seminole county border. Here a two story home was destroyed except for a few interior walls. A pick-up truck was also lofted approximately a quarter of a mile, and a semi-trailer was lofted or rolled approximately 200 yards. Farther east along its path, seven high tension towers were downed. Significant tree damage was reported along the entire track of the tornado, some of them debarked and stripped off all their branches. This tornado is labeled #J4.||This tornado moved into Seminole County.
October 1998Tornado (F3)Shawnee1 hurt, $1,500,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindMc Loud1 hurt, $35,000Two mobile homes were destroyed, while minor damage, consisting mostly of broken or blown off roof shingles, occurred to four permanent dwellings. Minor damage was also sustained to four other mobile homes. A 3-year old boy, residing in one of the mobile homes that was destroyed, sustained serious injuries.
February 1961Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
December 1953Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $2,500no account filed
April 2023Tornado (EF2)Tecumseh$4,000,000The Shawnee Tornado was the seventeenth tornado of this outbreak. This large, mulitple-vortex tornado initially developed near New Hope Road and Gaddy Road just southeast of Bethel Acres. It moved northeast quickly become a large tornado with a width of up to 1.3 miles. The tornado moved northeast into Shawnee, then turned north moving through western and northern portions of Shawnee with damage at Oklahoma Baptist University, areas near the Shawnee Mall near Interstate 40 and Kickapoo Street, and numerous locations in Shawnee. The large tornado continued north and north-northwest producing damage along both Kickapoo Street and Leo Road all the way north to the Lincoln County line. The tornado moved into Lincoln County just west of Kickapoo Street and dissipated soon after.
May 1960Tornado (F5)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
May 1954Tornado (F4)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
October 1998Thunderstorm WindShawnee$1,500,000no account filed
August 2019LightningShawnee$1,000,000Large 10,000 sq. ft. home was struck by lightning and burned down as thunderstorms moved through the area. Time of strike and damage costs estimated.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindShawnee$1,000,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm Wind3 W Maud$500,000Isolated thunderstorms late on the 3rd produced strong winds which downed 16, 80-foot transmission poles, destroyed three barns, damaged roofs, overturned a mobile home and damaged numerous trees from 1 to 3 miles west of Maud. A fire from a lightning strike resulted in $200,000 in damage to home under construction in Edmond.
February 2023Tornado (EF2)Aydelotte$250,000This tornado developed just north of the Shawnee Mall on the north side of Shawnee and raced to the north-northeast creating tree damage and damage to a pivot irrigator. Several power poles were damaged along Wolverine Road near Harrison Avenue before the tornado turned northeast moving through a neighborhood near Moccassin Trail Road and Bryan Road. Several homes in this neighborhood had significant roof damage with at least one home losing its entire roof. The tornado continues producing tree, power pole, fence and outbuilding damage before crossing into Lincoln County near Brangus Road.
August 2007Flash FloodTecumseh$250,000A couple of feet of water covered the wastewater treatment plant. Several outlets, fans, and pumps were damaged as a result. The Tecumseh High School had one inch of water in several classrooms. Five feet of water accumulated at Broadway and Tecumseh. Water was over the vehicle roofs near the US 177 interchange. Five residences received minor flood damage. A couple of residents had to be rescued from their home, as well as 5 people from their vehicles due to the high water. Numerous streets were flooded in Shawnee as well due to the high water. The southern portions of Pottawatomie county had extensive fence damage due to baled hay and other debris being washed through them. Numerous roads were closed in Bethel Acres, Pink, Brooksville, Macomb, and Wannette. In Earlsboro, one woman and two children had to be rescued from their vehicle at Kings Road. No injuries were reported at any location. Monetary damages were estimated.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindShawnee$250,000The roofs of four buildings at Remington Place Apartments were blown off, affecting 56 residences.
March 1990Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
November 1985Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 1979Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1977Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1968Tornado (F3)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1960Tornado (F4)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1957Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 2022Tornado (EF2)Earlsboro$200,000This tornado touched down initially just southeast of the town of Earlsboro and made a looping path striking Earlsboro. The tornado initially moved northeast, then north about one-half mile west of the Pottawatomie-Seminole County line, then turned northwest and west along and north of Bob Crouch Road to the northeast of Earlsboro. The tornado then moved southeast and south across the east side of Earlsboro moving down Willie Stargell Avenue. The most significant damage was near the end of the path a mobile home, metal buildings and a outbuilding were destroyed.
May 2015Flash FloodBrooksville$200,000Flood waters have risen into several area homes.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindShawnee$200,000The roof was blown off of a building at Gordon Cooper Vo-Tech. Trees were also downed over Firelake Golf Course and numerous large limbs were snapped. At least one power pole was snapped. Six tribal buildings sustained minor damage, including the Citizen Pottawatomi Cultural Heritage Center. A door and the air conditioning unit were damaged at the Unity Health Center. Seven homes sustained minor damage, with a tree falling on one of the houses. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Shawnee$200,000Tornado D3 (Pottawatomie County portion). See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports.
April 2026Tornado (EF1)Aydelotte$150,000A few minutes after the tornado near Dale dissipated, a separate circulation was noted on radar, which tightened and moved to the south and southeast. This tornado likely began northwest of the Leo Avenue and Wolverine Road intersection. While moving to the southeast, sporadic EF0 damage to trees was noted on Leo Avenue, north of Garretts Lake Road. EF1 damage was assessed to a gas station awning along Oklahoma State Highway 18 and Westech Road.
January 2026Tornado (EF1)Shawnee$100,000A tornado developed on the north side of Shawnee, just north of Shawnee Regional Airport. The tornado damaged one home moving through a neighborhood west of State Highway 3E, but damage was mostly to trees and fences. Crossing Interstate 40, a hotel received roof damage just east of Shawnee Mall, and a bread truck was blown over near a Wal Mart. Two businesses were damaged northeast of the hotel and just west of Harrison Avenue. At one business, a roof AC unit was damaged, garage doors were blown in, vehicle windows were broken, and trees and power lines were downed. The tornado dissipated near Harrison Avenue south of Garretts Lake Road.
April 2023Tornado (EF2)Pink$100,000The fourteenth tornado of the outbreak developed north of Pink southeast of the intersection of Walker Road and Waco Road, and moved north-northwest and then northwest before moving into Cleveland County south of Lake Road. In Pottawatomie County, a number of homes, mobile homes and a church were damaged by the tornado with at least one home where the entire roof was removed.
May 2022Tornado (EF0)St Louis$100,000A tornado developed under a strengthening supercell, first spotted as a narrow columnar condensation to the ground by media helicopter and storm chasers. The tornado likely formed about 4 miles west of Maud and then moved northeast. EF0 damage was found to trees on highway 9A 1.5 miles northwest of Maud. Other trees were damaged on Johnson Rd. Numerous greenhouses and storage sheds were damaged with debris being lofted east of Johnson Rd as observed by storm chasers and media helicopter about one mile northwest of Maud. The tornado weakened after moving north of Maud.
May 2015Flash FloodShawnee$100,000Widespread flooding with numerous cars submerged in high water.
May 2015Flash FloodDale$100,000Several stalled vehicles in flooded streets in and around Shawnee.
June 2007FloodShawnee$100,000In Shawnee, 45th Street between West Bryant and East Harrison was closed due to high water. Forty-six single family homes and seven commercial buildings sustained major flood damage. About sixty homes were reported to have minor flood damage. Monetary damages were estimated.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindMaud$100,000Twenty outbuildings and 4 barns received minor damage, while the walls of one home were heavily damaged. A tractor-trailer was also blown over.
January 2026Tornado (EF1)Pink$75,000This is a continuation of a tornado that developed in Cleveland County. After crossing Pottawatomie Road into Pottawatomie County, a number of large, dead trees were broken, a small outbuilding destroyed and a porch was damaged. Continuing northeast, an outbuilding was damaged along Fishmarket Road, and at least two homes received roof damage in the area between the Shawnee Twin Lakes. The tornado dissipated northeast of Homer Lane Road and Patterson Road between the lakes.
February 2023Tornado (EF1)Dale$75,000This tornado moved out of Cleveland County crossing Pottawatomie Road just southeast of 89th Street/Memorial Road. The tornado moved east-northeast producing tree damage, roof damage to a home and flipping an RV as it approached Interstate 40. The tornado continued to produce tree and power pole damage moving east and northeast before dissipating after crossing State Highway 270 just north of Garretts Lake Road.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Pink$75,000Tornado D1 (Pottawatomie County portion). See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports. The end point of this tornado was changed from 3 miles northeast of Pink to 2 miles north-northeast of Pink. Please refer to the original version of May Storm Data for more information.
October 1998Tornado (F1)Shawnee$75,000no account filed
May 2015Flash FloodShawnee$60,000Numerous high water rescues with several vehicles underwater.
April 2023Tornado (EF1)Dale$50,000A tornado developed in Bethel Acres near Bethel Road south of Clear Pond Road, and moved north-northwest dissipating northwest of the intersection of Bethel Road and Lake Road. At least one home and two mobile homes were damaged, including one mobile home that was partially pushed over. This was the sixteenth tornado of the outbreak.
April 2023Tornado (EF3)Pink$50,000The twelfth tornado of the outbreak developed about 2 miles south-southeast of Pink. This tornado was very slow, moving only 0.6 mile in 5 minutes near the intersection of Okay Road and Willow View Road. A metal truss electric transmission tower collapsed in the tornado and is the source of the EF3 rating. The tornado also damaged at least two homes and numerous trees.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindShawnee$50,000Several trees were uprooted or damaged. Damage also occurred at an industrial park. Several semi-trucks were rolled over. One semi was destroyed when it rolled into a truck wash. The walls of the truck wash collapsed. The doors and roof to a steel building were also damaged.
December 1999LightningShawnee$50,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindTecumseh$50,000no account filed
April 2001Tornado (F1)Maud$40,000This tornado caused structural damage to oil pumping and storage equipment approximately 2 miles southwest of Harjo and structural damage to trailer homes 1 mile west of Harjo. The beginning and ending times of this tornado were listed incorrectly in the original version of storm data. The beginning time should be 0200 CST, while the ending time should be 0206 CST.
October 1998Tornado (F1)Shawnee$40,000no account filed
April 2024Tornado (EF0)Shawnee$30,000A tornado developed southwest of US Highway 177 and Acme Road and moved northeast through the northwestern portion of Shawnee. A few homes had shingle damage and there were some sheds, fences, metal buildings, trees and power poles damaged along the path.

Mines and quarries

45 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 45 workings inside this county. 9 still produce and 36 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction45

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chancellor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Corff Sand & Gravel Co Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Corff Sand & Gravel Co Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Corff Sand and Gravel Co Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Markwell Sand Co Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

38

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 6 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Pottawatomie County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Tecumseh, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets and 10 fire insurance atlases, 1894 to 1949

Shawnee, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1896 to 1950

Maud, Oklahoma

0 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1904 to 1933

Mcloud, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1904 to 1928

Wanette, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1904 to 1930

Asher, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1919

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.