BlockFrom the record
One of 52 National Register listings published here for Muskogee County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Reverend L.W. Thomas Homestead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
The listing
- Listed as. Thomas, Reverend L.W., Homestead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 5805 Oktaha Rd., Summit, 74401
- When was it listed? June 2018
- Category. building
- Census division. Muskogee Southwest
- National Register reference number. 100002544 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Reverend L.W. Thomas Homestead between 2006 and 2012, burning about 963 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | DUMB LUCK |
| 18 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 88 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | BAMBI |
| 15 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | CHIMNEYMTN |
| 9 February 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 126 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | DRAGON SLAYER |
| 8 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | OKTAHA RD |
| 5 January 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 28 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | MONKEY PICKLE |
| 5 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | STATE 304 |
| 20 January 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | PEAK |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Reverend L.W. Thomas Homestead: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summit, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged carports and outbuildings, and snapped large tree limbs. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Summit | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DuBois, W.E.B., School | 0.5 miles | 1984 | |
 | St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church | 0.5 miles | 2004 |
 | Andrew W. Robb House | 5.3 miles | 1982 |
| Beth Israel Temple | 5.6 miles | 2014 | |
 | Muskogee County Courthouse | 5.7 miles | 1984 |
| Muskogee Depot and Freight District | 5.7 miles | 2006 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002544 in Record Group 79. |
| Muskogee County | All 52 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.