BlockFrom the record
One of 11 National Register listings published here for Custer County · listed in 2011 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Thomas Community Building
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 120 E. Broadway, Thomas, 73669
- When was it listed? June 2011
- Category. building
- Census division. Thomas
- National Register reference number. 11000335 - 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
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Thomas Community Building between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,031 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Concho Field Office | 3 HOUSE |
| 26 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Concho Field Office | THOMAS 875 |
| 6 March 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Concho Field Office | GREEN POND |
| 6 March 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Concho Field Office | TERRIOR |
| 16 November 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 503 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CASKET FIRE |
| 15 November 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Concho Field Office | BURTON |
| 14 November 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Concho Field Office | HUMM |
| 30 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 403 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | MILLER/BEERNET |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Thomas Community Building: 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thomas, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 28 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Hail | Thomas | $50,000 | Several windshields and back windows of vehicles were damaged. A few roofs to homes were also damaged. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Thomas | $25,000 | Cars were washed off of roads and into ditches. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomas | $20,000 | Several power poles were damaged by the high wind. Tree damage was also reported. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomas | $10,000 | A large tree was knocked over and minor damage occurred to an airplane hangar due to the strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomas | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomas | $3,000 | A storm chaser observed large tree limbs and street signs downed at the intersection of State Highways 33 and 54 east of Thomas. Monetary values of damage are estimated. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Thomas | $1,000 | The tornado began 4.5 miles SW of Thomas, and touched down intermittently as it moved ESE. The tornado was wrapped in rain for much of its existence. It appeared to weaken/dissipate as it crossed Highway 54, 6 to 7 miles S of Thomas, where several power poles were snapped. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomas | $110 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Thomas | - | Television storm chasers and citizens observed a dusty tornado southeast of Thomas. No damage was reported and the location is estimated. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Thomas | - | MPing report. |
| November 2024 | Hail | Thomas | - | MPing report. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Thomas | - | MPing report. |
| March 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Thomas | - | Several chasers reported a well-defined funnel cloud moving from near Thomas to near Fay. One storm chaser video taped a weak tornado touching down very briefly northwest of Thomas. No damage was reported. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomas | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a spotter to be 60 mph. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Thomas | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Thomas | - | 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 11000335 in Record Group 79. |
| Custer County | All 11 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.