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One of 170 National Register listings published here for Oklahoma County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Rock House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 20000 NE 23rd Street, Harrah, 73045
- When was it listed? March 2025
- Category. building
- Census division. Oklahoma City Southeast
- National Register reference number. 100011142 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Rock House between 2009 and 2014, burning about 95 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | KICKAPOO CASINO |
| 14 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | 3 LEGGED DOG |
| 7 January 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kickapoo Field Office | POTT ROAD |
| 18 January 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | LAWNMOWER |
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 Rock House: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydite Pit & Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harrah, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 16 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Harrah | 1 killed, $15,000 | Water over a bridge on Dobbs Rd. north of NE 93rd St. One fatality occurred when a car was swept off the road in the floodwaters. No other injuries were reported. Damage estimated. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrah | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Harrah | $20,000 | A tornado developed just southwest of Northeast 63rd Street and Dobbs Road to the north-northwest of Harrah. One mobile home sustained roof damage, otherwise the observed damage was generally confined to trees. The tornado crossed into Lincoln County at Britton Road. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrah | $10,000 | Multiple power poles blown down on Britton Road, just east of the Luther Road intersection. Time is radar estimated. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrah | $8,000 | Four power poles snapped at the base along Northeast 50th Street, east of the Harrah Road intersection. Time is radar estimated. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrah | $2,000 | Power line blown down. Time is radar estimated. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrah | $2,000 | Power pole snapped, learning on a building near the intersection of Tim Holt Drive and Church Ave. Time is radar estimated. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Harrah | $2,000 | A weak tornado developed just west of Peebly Road north of Reno Avenue and moved northeast. Tree damage was observed along Peebly Road and just west of the Kickapoo Turnpike. This tornado was within a much broader area of wind damage. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Harrah | $1,000 | A weak tornado touched down about 4 miles northwest of Harrah and moved south-southeast near Peebly Road between NE 63rd and NE 50th Streets. Some light tree damages was observed. This was embedded within a much larger area of damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrah | $1,000 | Damage reported to trees and power lines near NE 10TH street and Luther road. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Harrah | - | Multiple images showing ruler measurements were shared on social media. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Harrah | - | An image from near the intersection of Interstate 40 and Harrah-Newalla Road was shared on social media. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Harrah | - | Reported by a broadcast media storm chaser near the intersection of Interstate 40 and Peebly Road. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Harrah | - | A relayed image. |
| November 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrah | - | A public image submitted to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management shows a tree snapped in half. Event time is radar-estimated. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrah | - | Relayed image showing a large tree blown down near the intersection of Northeast 36th Street and North Harrah Road. Time is radar estimated. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrah | - | Social media image showing a large (12+ inch diameter) tree snapped in half. Time is radar estimated. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Harrah | - | MPing report. |
| November 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrah | - | Estimated severe wind gust. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrah | - | A 3 foot diameter tree was blown down. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrah | - | Two large tin barns were heavily damaged. A couple of trees were uprooted and minor shingle damage was reported to a couple of houses. Monetary damages were not available. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrah | - | Widespread damage was reported in and around the town of Harrah. A couple of homes sustained minor roof damage. Six barns were damaged, and a corn and wheat field were almost a total loss. Monetary damage estimates were not available. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Harrah | - | Penny to golfball size hail was reported. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Harrah | - | Two feet of water was reported over the roadway at NE 50th and Harrah Road. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Harrah | - | NE 50th and Harrah Road were closed due to high water. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Harrah | - | Hail was observed at the intersection of 23rd Street and Luther Road. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Harrah | - | Several cars stalled on roads that were nearly impassable due to the high water. |
| November 2021 | Hail | Harrah | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Harrah | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Harrah | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Harrah | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Harrah | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Harrah | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Harrah | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Harrah | - | no account filed |
| February 1994 | Hail | Harrah | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100011142 in Record Group 79. |
| Oklahoma County | All 170 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.