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Irving Baptist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

“The Irving Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church in Ryan, Oklahoma. It was built in 1928 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.”

Wikipedia article Irving Baptist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2009 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. OK Rt. 1 Box 32, Ryan, 73565
  • When was it listed? December 2009
  • Category. building
  • Census division. South Jefferson
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 09000977 - 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

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Irving Baptist Church between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,624 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCATES
15 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSCHAFFNER GRASS FIRE AND FATALITY
9 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 171 & BURROUS RD FIRE
9 July 2013Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURRIS HAY/GRASS FIRE
9 July 2012Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHAFFNER FIRE
30 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBYERS EAST FIRE
30 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceF.M. 171 & SCHAFFNER RD. FIRE (REKINDLE)

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Irving Baptist Church: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this property

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ryan, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 22 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1995Thunderstorm WindRyan$50,000Severe thunderstorm winds in Ryan in Jefferson County uprooted a two-foot tree, caused the roof of an old store to collapse, and felled a large tree onto a travel trailer.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRyan$40,000A 24-28 inch diameter tree was blown over along with several power poles blown down. A store awning was torn from the building. A green house was damaged at the Ryan school. A travel trailer was tossed 50 yards and destroyed. Several portable car ports were also destroyed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRyan$10,000Severe thunderstorm winds tore awnings from businesses and destroyed signs. Trees were downed and roofs were damaged throughout town. Four 40-foot utility poles were also blown down by the severe winds.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRyan$5,000The roof of a barn and house were blown off.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindRyan$5,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindRyan$2,400A few branches that were several inches in diameter were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRyan$500Some tree damage was reported.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRyan-Six inch diameter tree branches down. Radar estimated time.
March 2016HailRyan-No damage was reported.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Ryan-Spotters and chasers reported a tornado east of US-81 approximately 4 miles south-southeast of Ryan. No damage was reported.
May 2015Flash FloodRyan-Up to two feet of water over Highway 81 near Ryan.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Ryan-Storm spotters and chasers reported a tornado estimated to have moved from about 4 miles west of Oscar to 2 miles west-northwest of Oscar. No damage was reported.
March 2007Flash FloodRyan-Rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches fell over south central Oklahoma during the morning and afternoon of March 30 and generated flash flooding across the region. At 1350 CST, the Jefferson County sheriff reported that flash flooding had closed U.S. Highway 81 two miles north of the town of Ryan.
April 2021HailRyan-no account filed
June 2020HailRyan-no account filed
February 2018HailRyan-no account filed
May 2015HailRyan-no account filed
May 2013HailRyan-no account filed
April 2011HailRyan-no account filed
May 2011HailRyan-no account filed
May 2011HailRyan-no account filed
May 2010HailRyan-no account filed
June 2009HailRyan-no account filed
April 2007HailRyan-no account filed
May 2006HailRyan-no account filed
May 2006HailRyan-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindRyan-no account filed
April 2004HailRyan-no account filed
April 2004HailRyan-no account filed
April 2004HailRyan-no account filed
June 2004HailRyan-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindRyan-no account filed
April 2002HailRyan-no account filed
April 2001HailRyan-no account filed
June 1995HailRyan-no account filed
April 1993HailRyan-no account filed
April 1993Thunderstorm WindRyan-no account filed
May 1993Tornado (F0)Ryan-no account filed
May 1993Tornado (F0)Ryan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

Map coverage status

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

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 09000977 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jefferson CountyAll 4 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.