BlockFrom the record
One of 20 National Register listings published here for Cherokee County · listed in 2002 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Ross Cemetery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site, 1 structure, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 0.5 mi. S of jct. of Murrell Rd. and N4530 Rd., Park Hill, 74464
- When was it listed? March 2002
- Category. district
- Census division. South Cherokee
- National Register reference number. 02000170 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
453 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 453 fires within 5 miles of Ross Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,824 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 201 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 201 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 |
| Debris and open burning | 88 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30547 |
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | TAHLEQUAH CEMETERY |
| 6 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30469 |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30467 |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ross Cemetery: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
Storms near this property
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park Hill, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2014: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hill | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power lines. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hill | - | ,,,,,,,,Hail (1.75) |
| December 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park Hill | - | ,,,,,,,,Hail (1.75) |
| April 2014 | Hail | Park Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Park Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Park Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Park Hill | - | no account filed |
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
6 within 8 milesOther 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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Murrell Home | 0.9 miles | 1970 |
| Park Hill Mission Cemetery | 1.0 miles | 2006 | |
 | First Cherokee Female Seminary Site | 1.1 miles | 1974 |
| Illinois Campground | 3.1 miles | 2004 | |
 | Cherokee National Jail | 4.4 miles | 1974 |
 | Cherokee Supreme Court Building | 4.4 miles | 1974 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02000170 in Record Group 79. |
| Cherokee County | All 20 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.
- 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.