Edwards-Hardaway Homestead and Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.

From the record

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Latimer County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Norris Rd., 8 mi. NE of Red Oak, Red Oak, 74563
When was it listed? December 2021
Category. building
Census division. Red Oak
National Register reference number. 100007234 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

258 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Edwards-Hardaway Homestead and Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,692 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 95 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	122
Arson/incendiarism	95
Debris and open burning	19
Natural	8
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
3 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	90 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
28 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Talihina Agency	EC515
23 September 2002	Debris and open burning	19 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
19 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20363
9 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Talihina Agency	014
8 August 2002	Arson/incendiarism	45 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
6 August 2005	Natural	1.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20374
31 August 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named

Every fire recorded in Latimer County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Edwards-Hardaway Homestead and Cemetery: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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
	Perkings Quarry	Flagstone	Producer

Every working recorded in Latimer County

Storms near this property

60 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Oak, the town this property stands in, in 61 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 23 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 8 flash flood, 4 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 2006	Lightning	Red Oak	$100,000	Lightning struck a home and caused a fire. The fire destroyed the house.
August 2001	Lightning	Red Oak	$50,000	Lightning struck a house near Red Oak. The resulting fire destroyed the home.
January 2012	Flash Flood	Red Oak	$25,000	A road was washed out near NE 180 Road and NE 1188 Avenue.
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$25,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour destroyed a barn and damaged or destroyed three other equipment sheds.
November 1998	Tornado (F0)	Red Oak	$11,000	An F0 tornado destroyed a barn, blew shingles off roofs, and downed numerous trees/power poles near Boggy.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew down trees and power lines. Roofs of several buildings were damaged.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour tore the roof off a mobile home near Cravens.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$5,000	A barn was damaged by strong thunderstorm wind.
April 2002	Flash Flood	Red Oak	$5,000	Heavy rain rains caused the city hall in Red Oak to be flooded.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power poles.
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$1,000	Numerous trees and limbs were blown down in Red Oak.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$100	Thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$100	Several 4 to 5-inch tree limbs were blown down in Red Oak.
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	$100	no account filed
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees on Boggy Road in Red Oak.
December 2015	Flood	Red Oak	-	Portions of Highway 82 south of Red Oak were closed due to flooding.
December 2015	Flood	Red Oak	-	Portions of Highway 82 from Red Oak south approximately four miles were closed due to flooding.
May 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Red Oak	-	A tornado snapped large tree limbs along a narrow path. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 65 to 75 mph.
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Numerous large tree limbs were snapped by strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several large trees.
October 2009	Flash Flood	Red Oak	-	Several roads were flooded in and around Wilburton and Red Oak.
April 2008	Flash Flood	Red Oak	-	Heavy rain caused State Highway 82 to be flooded just south of Red Oak.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down many large tree limbs.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
April 2005	Tornado (F0)	Red Oak	-	A tornado snapped and uprooted trees.
April 2005	Tornado (F0)	Red Oak	-	A tornado snapped and uprooted trees.
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thundestorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
December 2001	Flash Flood	Red Oak	-	Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over Highway 82 five miles south of Red Oak.
December 2001	Flash Flood	Red Oak	-	Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over Highway 82 five miles south of Red Oak.
June 1995	Hail	Red Oak	-	,,,,,,,,Thunderstorm Winds (G52)
April 2022	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
March 2015	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
February 2009	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
March 2008	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
April 2000	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
April 1999	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
April 1998	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
February 1998	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
April 1996	Flash Flood	Red Oak	-	no account filed
November 1996	Flash Flood	Red Oak	-	no account filed
February 1996	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	no account filed
April 1995	Hail	Red Oak	-	no account filed
November 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Red Oak	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Latimer 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.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other 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
	Edwards Store	0.2 miles	1972
	Holloway's Station	4.4 miles	1972

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100007234 in Record Group 79.
Latimer 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.