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19 National Register listings published here.
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Seminole County, Oklahoma
50 topographic sheets and 14 fire insurance atlases across 3 places.
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What the record shows
- 3 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Wewoka, Seminole, Konawa, between 1888 and 1949.
- 14 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
- 222 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 19 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 14 buildings, 3 structures and 2 sites.
- 2 of the 19 listings were added during the 1970s.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 20 populated places in this county; 20 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Photographs
40 photographs, 1939Taken 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.
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
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Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
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Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
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Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
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Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Places on the National Register
19Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Brown House | building | 1982 | 82003701 | |
 | Jackson Brown House | building | 1980 | 80003299 |
| Silas L. Brown House | building | 1985 | 85001697 | |
 | W. E. Grisso Mansion | building | 1975 | 75001573 |
 | Home Stake Oil and Gas Company Building | building | 1986 | 86001094 |
 | Hotel Aldridge | building | 1986 | 86001083 |
 | J. Coody Johnson Building | building | 1985 | 85001744 |
 | Konawa Armory | building | 1994 | 94000483 |
| Mekasukey Academy | site | 1974 | 74001668 | |
 | Rosenwald Hall | building | 1984 | 84003427 |
 | Seminole County Courthouse | building | 1984 | 84003429 |
| Seminole High School | building | 2022 | 100007546 | |
 | Seminole Municipal Building | building | 2015 | 15000580 |
| Seminole Whipping Tree | site | 1981 | 81000468 | |
| Sinclair Loading Rack | structure | 1985 | 85001698 | |
 | Strother Memorial Chapel | building | 2003 | 03000880 |
| Van-Sanford Apartments | building | 2025 | 100011957 | |
| Wewoka Switch and Side Tracks | structure | 1985 | 85002475 | |
| Wewoka Switch and Side Tracks | structure | 1985 | 85002475 |
Photographs from libraries nationwide
2 shownSelected from the Digital Public Library of America's 2 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.
The county from the air
26 shownFlown 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 687 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 26 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.
Weather records
10 stations, 3 gagesThe 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.
- SEMINOLE 1933 to 2026, hottest 45.6 C, coldest -24.4 C
- WEWOKA 3 SW 1937 to 2018, hottest 44.4 C, coldest -36.7 C
- KONAWA 1942 to 2018
- SNOMAC 2 NE 1948 to 1963
- SEMINOLE 4SSW MESONET 2009 to 2026, hottest 44.4 C, coldest -25.0 C
- SEMINOLE 2.6 WNW 2011 to 2015
- WEWOKA 7.4 NNW 2013 to 2021
- SEMINOLE 10.2 NNE 2019 to 2020
- SEMINOLE 4.1 NW 2022 to 2026
- WEWOKA 5.7 WSW 2025 to 2026
- Little River near Sasakwa, OK 1942 to 2026
- Salt Creek near Dewright, OK 1959 to 1967
- Little River near Bowlegs, OK 1983 to 1988
The 1950 census, district by district
78 districtsWho 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.
- 67-1Brown township: Brown township - That part in Township 8 N., Range 8 E., outside Wewoka city
- 67-2Brown township - That part in Township 8 N., Range 7 E., outside Lima town and Wewoka city
- 67-3Brown township - That part in the north 1/2 of Township 7 N., Ranges 7 and 8 E., including all islands in this enumeration district
- 67-4Brown township - That part, in the south 1/2 of Township 7 N., Ranges 7 and 8 E.
- 67-5Cromwell town
- 67-6Econtuchka township: Econtuchka township - That part east of State Highway 99 and north of Unnamed graded road from State Highway 99 to east township line
- 67-7Econtuchka township - That part in the west 1/2 of Townships 10 and 11, Range 6 E. west of State Highway 99
- 67-8Econtuchka township - That part in the east 1/2 of Townships 10 and 11, Range 5 E.
- 67-9Econtuchka township - That part in Township 9 N., Range 5 E. north of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
- 67-10Econtuchka township - That part in sections 4 to 9, Township 9 N., Range 6 E.
- 67-11Econtuchka township - That part south of Unnamed graded road from east township line to State Highway 99, east of State Highway 99 and north of State Highway 9
- 67-12Econtuchka township - That part south of State Highway 9, east of State Highway 99 and northeast of U.S. Highway 270, outside Seminole city
- 67-13Econtuchka township - That part west of State Highway 99, south of Unnamed graded road from State Highway 99 to intersection of U.S. Highway 270 and northeast of U.S. Highway 270, outside Seminole city
- 67-14Econtuchka township - That part southwest of U.S. Highway 270, south and east of Unnamed Highway from U.S. Highway 270 across State Highway 9 to Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad and northeast of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, outside Seminole city
- 67-15Econtuchka township - That part in Township 9 N., Range 5 E. south of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
- 67-16Econtuchka township - That part in Township 9 N., Range 6 E., southwest of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad and west of State Highway 99, outside Seminole city
- 67-17Econtuchka township - That part southwest of U.S. Highway 270 and east of State Highway 99, outside Seminole city
- 67-18Konawa town: Konawa town - That part Pounded by Town limits; Town limits; Town limits; Oklahoma City, Ada and Atoka Railroad, Town limits
- 67-19Konawa town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Oklahoma City, Ada and Atoka Railroad; South, Division, Main; Town limits
- 67-20Konawa town - That part Bounded by Main, Division, South; Oklahoma City, Ada and Atoka Railroad, Town limits; Town limit; Town limits
- 67-21Konawa township: Konawa township - That part north of State Highway 56, northeast and north of Unnamed Highway from State Highway 56 to intersection of State Highway 99 and southeast of State Highway 99
- 67-22Konawa township - That part northwest of State Highway 99 and north of State Highway 39, outside Konawa town
- 67-23Konawa township - That part south of State Highway 39 and south and west of State Highway 99, outside Konawa town
- 67-24Konawa township - That part south of State Highway 56, southwest and south of Unnamed Highway from State Highway 56 to intersection of State Highway 99 and southeast, north and east of State Highway 99, outside Konawa town
- 67-25Lima town
- 67-26Lincoln township: Lincoln township - That part in Townships 8 and 9 N., Range 8 E.
- 67-27Lincoln township - That part in Township 9 N., Range 7 E. north and northeast of State Highway 9
- 67-28Lincoln township - That part in Townships 8 and 9 N., Range 7 E. south and southwest of State Highway 9, outside Lima town
- 67-29Maud city - That part in Seminole County (Remainder of Maud city is in Pottawatomie County)
- 67-30Miller township: Miller township - That part east, northeast and north of Little River
- 67-31Miller township - That part west, southwest and south of Little River and northwest and north of State Highway 56, outside Sasakwa town
- 67-32Miller township - That part south of Little River and southeast and south of State Highway 56, outside Sasakwa town
- 67-33Red Mound township: Red Mound township - That part in Townships 10, 11 and 12 N., Range 8 E. north of State Highway 99A to Cromwell and north of Farm to Market road (F M) from Cromwell to east county line, outside Cromwell town
- 67-34Red Mound township - That part in Townships 10 and 11 N., Range 7 E. north of State Highway 99A
- 67-35Red Mound township - That part south of State Highway 99A to Cromwell and south of Farm to Market road (F M) from Cromwell to east county line, outside Cromwell town
- 67-36Sasakwa town
- 67-37Seminole city: Seminole city - That part of ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits; City limits; Unnamed road
- 67-38Seminole city - That part of ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Unnamed road; U.S. Highway 270, Broadway, 8th, Evans Ave.; Main
- 67-39Seminole city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Seminole Ave., 5th, Evans Ave.; 8th; Broadway, 4th, Broadway; Main
- 67-40Seminole city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Broadway, U.S. Highway 270; Unnamed road; City limits; City limits, 8th extended, 8th
- 67-41Seminole city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Broadway; 8th, 8th extended; City limits; 4th, 4th extended, 4th
- 67-42Seminole city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Broadway; 4th, 4th extended, 4th; City limits; 1st, 1st extended, 1st
- 67-43Seminole city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Broadway; 1st, 1st extended; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad; City limits
- 67-44Seminole city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits, Broadway; City limits; City limits; City limits
- 67-45Seminole city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad; 1st extended, 1st; City limits; City limits
- 67-46Seminole city - That part of Ward 3, excluding Frank Hotel Bounded by Strother Ave., City limits; Main; Broadway, 1st, Broadway; Highland
- 67-47Frank Hotel (In Seminole city, Ward 3)
- 67-48Seminole city - That part of ward 3 Bounded by Simpson Ave. Jefferson, Strother Ave.; Highland; Broadway, City limits, Broadway; City limits
- 67-49Seminole city - That part of ward 4 Bounded by City limits; City limits; City limits; State Highway 99
- 67-50Seminole city - That part of Ward 4 Founded by City limits; State Highway 99, City limits; Strother Ave.; University
- 67-51Seminole city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Van Dr.; University, Strother Ave., Jefferson; Simpson Ave. City limits; City limits, Strother Ave., Gessel, Hoover Ave., Timmons
- 67-52Seminole city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Van Dr.; Timmons, Hoover, Gessel; Strother Ave., City limits; City limits, Ideal
- 67-53Seminole city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; University; Van Dr.; Ideal
- 67-54Seminole city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; Ideal; City limits; City limits
- 67-55Wewoka city: Wewoka city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits; 1st; Wewoka Ave., State Highway 56
- 67-56Wewoka city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; State Highway 56, Wewoka Ave.; 1st; Okfuskee Ave., Okfuskee Ave. extended
- 67-57Wewoka city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Okfuskee Ave. extended, Okfuskee Ave.; 1st, City limits; City limits
- 67-58Wewoka city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by 1st; Okfuskee Ave.; 3rd, City limits; City limits
- 67-59Wewoka city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by 1st; City limits; 3rd; Okfuskee Ave.
- 67-60Wewoka city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by 3rd, City limits; City limits; 7th; Brown Ave.
- 67-61Wewoka city - That part of Ward 3, excluding Wilson Hotel Bounded by 3rd; Brown Ave.; 7th; Mekusukey Ave.
- 67-62Wilson Hotel (In Wewoka city, Ward 3)
- 67-63Wewoka city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by 3rd; Mekusukey Ave.; 7th; Seminole Ave.
- 67-64Wewoka city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by 3rd; Seminole Ave.; 7th; City limits
- 67-65Wewoka city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits, 7th; Hitchite Ave.; City limits; City limits
- 67-66Wewoka city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by 7th; Okfuskee Ave.; 14th, City limits; Hitchite Ave.
- 67-67Wewoka city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by 7th; Wewoka Ave.; 14th; Okfuskee Ave.
- 67-68Wewoka city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by 7th; City limits; 14th; Wewoka Ave.
- 67-69Wewoka city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by 14th; City limits; City limits; Holdenville Blvd.
- 67-70Wewoka city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by 14th, Okfuskee Ave., 14th; Holdenville Blvd.; City limits; City limits
- 67-71Wolf township: Wolf township - That part in sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13 and 14, Township 8 N., Range 6 E.
- 67-72Wolf township - That part in sections 3, 10 and 15, Township 8 N., Range 6 E.
- 67-73Wolf township - That part west of State Highway 99, north of Unnamed graded road from State Highway 99 to intersection of State Highway 59, southeast of State Highway 59 and east of Unnamed Highway from State Highway 59 to north township line
- 67-74Wolf township - That part west of Unnamed Highway from north township line to State Highway 59. northwest, west and north of State Highway 59, outside Maud city
- 67-75Wolf township - That part north of the township line between Townships 7 and 8 N., Ranges 5 and 6 E. west of State Highway 99, south of Unnamed graded road from State Highway 99 to State Highway 59 and east and south of State Highway 59, outside Maud City
- 67-76Wolf township - That part south of the south line of sections 13, 14, and 15, Township 8 N., Range 6 E., east of State Highway 99 and northwest, east and north of Little River
- 67-77Wolf township - That part east of State Highway 99 and southeast, west and south of Little River
- 67-78Wolf township - That part south of the township line between Townships 7 and 8 N., Ranges 5 and 6 E. west of State Highway 99, including all islands in this enumeration district
Wildfire, 1996 to 2020
856 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 856 of them, burning about 70,677 acres. 27 started naturally and 209 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 343 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 209 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 106 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 98 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 38 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 December 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,122 acres | Wewoka Agency | LITTLERIV2 |
| 27 December 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,760 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | SPORTSMAN LAKE FIRE |
| 29 December 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4,100 acres | Wewoka Agency | SHERWOOD F |
| 27 December 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,500 acres | Wewoka Agency | MEKASUKEY |
| 19 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,300 acres | Wewoka Agency | VAMOOSA |
| 22 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,100 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | SHERWOOD FOREST |
| 1 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Wewoka Agency | 1ST WEWOKA |
| 22 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1,642 acres | Wewoka Agency | WALKER |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1954 to 2026
60 of 504 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 504 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 63 injuries and about $17,770,915 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 271 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 144 |
| Tornado | 61 |
| Flash Flood | 21 |
| Lightning | 5 |
| Flood | 2 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Seminole | 1 killed, $50,000 | Three to four feet of water accumulated at the Seminole Ford/Mercury car dealership. Numerous city and county roads were closed due to the high water. A 67-year old woman drowned as her car was washed off the roadway into Magnolia Creek. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF3) | Seminole | 26 hurt | This tornado continued from Pottawatomie county, moved through Seminole county and continued into Okfuskee County just east of Cromwell. This tornado lasted at least 30 miles, with significant damage along 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. Several hangers were destroyed at the Seminole Municipal Airport north of Seminole, and one small aircraft was flipped onto one of the destroyed hangers. Two mobile homes were destroyed near the airport and one resident suffered a broken arm. Significant tree damage was reported along the entire track of the tornado, some of them debarked and stripped off all their branches. See the documentation by the NWS Tulsa office for information of this tornado in Okfuskee County. This tornado is labeled #J4. |
| November 1958 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 15 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| February 1961 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 7 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| April 1971 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 6 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| January 1973 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 4 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1967 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 3 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 1963 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 2 hurt, $2,500 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F2) | S Seminole | $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 1981 | Tornado (F4) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 1974 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Konawa | $500,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Konawa | $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Seminole | $300,000 | A long track tornado began between Maud and Seminole, before making a north to northeast path of damage across Seminole County. The most extensive damage was to buildings just east of downtown Seminole, as well as near the Seminole Academy. Buildings had the roofs removed from the tornado, and some buildings had exterior walls damaged. As the tornado moved to the northeast, it produced sporadic damage to mainly rural areas northeast of Seminole. |
| May 1981 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 1974 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 1973 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| September 1957 | Tornado (F4) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $200,000 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $165,000 | Rainfall amounts upwards of 3 inches caused widespread creek, ditch, and street flooding across Seminole County. Numerous driveways built across ditches (tinhorns) across the county were washed out and several roads were closed. Tragically, a mother and her two children drowned in a swolen creek. Investigators determined that flooding was not the direct cause of the accident since she was not washed off the road; rather, she had simply driven off of the roadway in the darkness and the family was not able to escape the vehicle. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Seminole | $150,000 | The first damage took the form of broken branches about 5.5 miles west southwest of Seminole and less than a mile east of the Pottawatomie County line. The most intense damage occurred along EW1250 road east of NS3510 Rd where numerous oak trees were snapped and uprooted with large limbs blown downwind. A house in the vicinity lost several courses of shingles which appeared to be higher than the typical quality of shingles. An outbuilding near the residence was leveled and debris blown downwind. Farther east on NS3550 Rd, a small stretch of trees exhibited the most intense damage with roughly 50% of them uprooted or snapped. Finally, the last tree damage occurred one mile southeast of downtown Seminole. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $150,000 | A metal canopy was flipped, causing damage to the main airplane hangar at Seminole airport including minor damage to several planes. Several small trees were blown down along with one power pole. Two portable buildings were also destroyed. Monetary damages are estimated. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Cromwell | $100,000 | This tornado touched down southwest of Cromwell with the first damage noted near the intersection of county roads NS3660 and EW1180 where tree limb damage was produced. The tornado moved northeast causing scattered tree damage before moving into Cromwell. The tornado had grown to be around 600 yards wide by the time it reached Cromwell and damage was noted over a wide area of the town. The roof and walls of one mobile home was destroyed and other mobile homes were damaged, an RV was flipped over, and at least one house suffered roof damage. There was also significant tree damage at various locations in town. The tornado moved northeast through town, and then turned toward the east-northeast and entered Okfuskee County (see separate entry for Okfuskee County from the NWS office in Tulsa) along and north of State Highway 99A. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Konawa | $100,000 | A tornado developed within a squall line just northwest of the town of Konawa and moved east-southeast through the north side of Konawa. Numerous trees were downed and fell into homes creating significant roof and siding damage. |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Wewoka | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Konawa | $75,000 | A bridge was washed out on HWY 9A on north edge of Konawa. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| January 1998 | Lightning | Little | $75,000 | Lightning struck and set fire to a house. The house and its contents were destroyed. |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Little | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Flood | Dewright | $50,000 | Roadway flooding occurred along a portion of East 1340 Road due to water rise from the Little River. A water rescue was conducted during the early morning hours of the 3rd. Flooding was likely ongoing before and after the listed event time. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Little | $50,000 | Roadway flooding near the intersection of County Roads 1180 and 3620 due to water rise from West Gar Creek. At least one rescue was reported at this location. Event time is approximate, and residual flooding may have continued beyond the end of this event. |
| October 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Seminole | $50,000 | This tornado developed on the northwest side of Seminole near the U.S. Highway 270 and Reid Street, and move southeast through town dissipating near U.S. Highway 270 and 7th Street. Most of the damage was tree damage with many trees snapped or uprooted, especially in the Maple Grove Cemetery on the northwest side of town. However, a few homes and other buildings also received roof damage including one home where much of the roof was pulled off. One family was trapped in their storm cellar when a tree fell on the cellar door. Near downtown, a church received roof damage and portions of the roof were impaled in the siding of nearby businesses. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $50,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds up to 70 mph caused widespread damage in Seminole. The greatest damage occurred at a motel where the roof was torn off and debris damaged dozens of cars. Signs, trees, and limbs were blown down throughout town. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Seminole | $40,000 | Damage from a brief tornado occurred near State Highway 9 to the east of Seminole. A large tree fell onto a trailer and a car and pushed the trailer off of its foundation. To the east of this mobile home, the sheet metal roof of a garage was flipped north against another mobile home and the outer walls of the garage collapsed. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $35,000 | A front porch and two garages were destroyed by high winds. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Cromwell | $30,000 | A tornado occurred just west of Cromwell. This tornado cuased tree and roof damage along NS 3660 Road approximately 2 miles west of Cromwell. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wewoka | $25,000 | The roof of a pole barn was damaged and multiple trees and power poles were blown down in and near the community of Wewoka. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| August 1998 | Lightning | Seminole | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maud | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1985 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 1982 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1981 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 1968 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1965 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1956 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1954 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1954 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1954 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seminole | $22,000 | Two mobile homes were moved slightly from their foundation. Skirting was also blown off of 5 other mobile homes, and windows were blown out of a vehicle. Damage was also sustained to a light at a football field and to the batting cage at a softball field, and an antenna and tower were damaged at the fire department. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Little | $20,000 | This tornado began near the NS 3510 County Road and EW 1140 County Road intersection. The tornado produced tree and power line damage as it moved northeast. EF1 tree damage was noted along EW 1130 Road, just south of Interstate 40, where large tree limbs were broken off. The tornado then crossed Interstate 40 just east of the Seminole Rest Area and damage trees and fences near E1120 Road and S354 Road before dissipating. |
| November 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Vamoosa | $20,000 | A property owner reported that a tornado cut a trail through a wooded area on their property northeast of Konawa. Fifteen to twenty trees were reported snapped or uprooted. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cromwell | $20,000 | A house was reported damaged along with a barn destroyed. A trailer house was moved from its original position. Both a well-house and yard play equipment were reported missing. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little | $18,000 | Winds caused a path of damage 9 miles long and a mile and a half wide. Winds took roofs off 6 barns and destroyed 2 other barns. Numerous trees were damaged along with some shingles taken off a house. A tree limb also damaged a windshield and convertible top of a car. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cromwell | $15,000 | Relayed images showing wind damage on a property just east of Highway 56. The most significant damage occurred to a large machine shed, which had half of its roof collapse. Additional smaller outbuildings were heavily damaged or destroyed. Several large tree limbs were also blown down. Event likely the result of a downburst based on radar imagery and ground survey by local emergency management. Time is radar estimated. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Little | $15,000 | Two small metal barns sustained roof damage from a tornado along State Highway 99A east of Little. Adjacent trees in the area suffered some broken branches, but no significant damage. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| July 2003 | Lightning | Seminole | $15,000 | Lightning struck a small steeple on top of the BancFirst branch building removing the center of the roof and causing a fire. The lightning hit near the intersection of Highway 99 and Reed Street. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Cromwell | $15,000 | A tornado was seen 1 mile north of Highway 99A on Highway 56. The tornado blew the roof off of a detached garage, destroyed a storage shed and its contents, pulled sections of chain-link fence from the ground, and caused minor tree damage at a residence. A new pickup truck at the site also sustained major damage. On the house itself (a stone structure), only the screen door was damaged. Total damage was estimated at $15,000. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Wewoka | $10,000 | Damage to vehicle windows was also reported. The location is approximate. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Konawa | $10,000 | Significant roof damage to a building at Konawa High School. Time is radar estimated. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Seminole | $10,000 | Numerous streets flooded due to heavy rainfall. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Seminole | $10,000 | Strother Street, east of Main Street, closed due to continued flooding/water across the roadway. |
Mines and quarries
126 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 126 workings inside this county. 11 still produce and 115 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 110 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 7 |
| Clay | 6 |
| Copper | 3 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis East | Copper | Occurrence | 1933 | |
| Ellis West | Copper | Past Producer | 1933 | |
| Konawa Southwest | Copper | Past Producer | 1929 | |
| Commercial Brick Co Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| United Clay Pipe Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Wewoka Brick & Tile Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Wewoka Brick & Tile Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Dolese Company Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dolese Company Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Konawa Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Star Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Corff Sand and Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cromwell Dredge and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Five Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Granite Gravel Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| H and W Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Perryman Sand Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Three Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Three Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Three Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Two Unnamed Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Two Unnamed Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Two Unnamed Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Two Unnamed Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Two Unnamed Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Two Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Two Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Two Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
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| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Every populated place in the county
20Named 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 3 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
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Konawa
Konawa census division · 74849 · Konawa quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1990
Fire insurance: 3 atlases
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Seminole
Seminole North census division · 74868 · On Magnolia Creek · Seminole quadrangle
11 sheets, 1896 to 1985
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
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Wewoka
Wewoka census division · 74884 · Wewoka East quadrangle
12 sheets, 1900 to 1985
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
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Dixon
Wewoka census division · 74884 · On Coon Creek · Wewoka West quadrangle
9 sheets, 1896 to 1985
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Sylvian
Seminole North census division · 74868 · On Snake Creek · Prague SE quadrangle
9 sheets, 1896 to 1985
Recorded here
Wewoka, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1888 to 1945
Seminole, Oklahoma
11 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1912 to 1949
Konawa, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1915 to 1936
Everything this county holds
The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.
Surveyed structures
1 structureProvenance
- 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.