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One of 18 National Register listings published here for Logan County · listed in 2017 · category: Object.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Ozark Trails-Indian Meridian Obelisk
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Ozark Trails--Indian Meridian Obelisk - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Jct. of Logan & E. Washington Aves., Langston, 73027
- When was it listed? June 2017
- Category. object
- Census division. East Logan
- National Register reference number. 100001074 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ozark Trails-Indian Meridian Obelisk between 2006 and 2018, burning about 254 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 February 2006 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | LANGSTON |
| 24 November 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 760 FIRE |
Storms near this property
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Langston, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Langston | $10,000 | Report that old Hwy 33 and Henney road is washed out. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | $750 | A tree along with some limbs were downed. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | Relayed video. Estimated wind gust. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Langston | - | Time based on radar. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | Trees downed in Langston. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Langston | - | Nickel sized hail at OK-33 and Henney Rd. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Langston | - | A brief tornado struck a group of four homes near Langston. All four homes sustained significant damage, including a two story home where the second floor was destroyed. Significant roof damage was noted on the other homes, as well as damage to walls and windows. The tornado caused significant damage to trees and power poles, including several that had been snapped. A few outbuildings and sheds were also heavily damaged at this location. No injuries were reported with the tornado. Damage estimates were not given. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Langston | - | Flash flooding was reported on Highway 33. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Langston | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langston Jail | 0.2 miles | 2025 | |
| Morris House | 0.5 miles | 1994 | |
| Melvin B. Tolson House | 0.5 miles | 2026 | |
| Langston University Cottage Row Historic District | 0.9 miles | 1999 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001074 in Record Group 79. |
| Logan County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.