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One of 6 National Register listings published here for Kiowa County · listed in 2012 · category: Building · built in 1960.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Joyce House
Built in 1960. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Cty. Rd. 1620 EW, 2 1/2 mi. W. of US 183, Snyder, 73559
- When was it listed? March 2012
- Category. building
- Census division. Snyder
- When was it built? 1960
- National Register reference number. 11000338 - 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
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Joyce House between 2001 and 2019, burning about 369 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | WELL FIRE |
| 16 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 325 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | FAIR LAWN |
| 10 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Anadarko Agency | DAVE |
| 9 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Anadarko Agency | OTTER CREEK |
| 15 January 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | MOUNTAIN PARK |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Joyce House: 13 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewer Prospect | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1904, 1905 | |
| Otter Creek Placer | Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Ilmenite | |
| Otter Creek Valley Deposit | Titanium, Niobium (Columbium) | Prospect | 1952 | |
| Hallett Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | 1904 | |
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 99 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snyder, the town this property stands in, in 99 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 68 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snyder | $75,000 | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Flash Flood | Snyder | $50,000 | Numerous homes and businesses were flooded, and many people had to be evacuated due to high water. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snyder | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snyder | $10,000 | The roof of a business was blown off with debris falling on numerous vehicles in a nearby parking lot. |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Snyder | $5,000 | A tornado developed about 6 miles east-southeast of Snyder to the south of U.S. Highway 62. It quickly became a large tornado as it moved sporadically north and northeast before crossing into Comanche County about 3 miles north of US-62. In Kiowa County, the tornado produced tree and power pole damage. |
| December 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snyder | $5,000 | Strong winds caused roof damage. Relayed from emergency management. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snyder | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snyder | $2,000 | Damage reported across Snyder, including downed fences, an old brick store front toppled, and pieces of a grain silo torn off. Time radar estimated. |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Snyder | $1,000 | A tornado was observed for two minutes moving from Tillman County into Kiowa County. A barn roof and a few trees were damaged near the county line. |
| October 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Snyder | - | Storm chasers observed a weak tornado, likely a landspout, about 4 miles southwest of Hobart. No damage is known to have occurred. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snyder | - | No damage was reported. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Snyder | - | An automated USGS gauge recorded a flash flood along Otter Creek at U.S. Hwy 62 near Snyder. Creek level reached 12.2 feet. Flood stage is 11 feet. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Snyder | - | The tornado that originally began in northwest Hardeman County Texas moved into Kiowa County from Tillman County and finally ended it's 40-mile path about 3 miles east of Snyder. Damage in Kiowa County was confined to broken power poles along US-183 south of Snyder and US-62 just southeast of Snyder and to trees. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Snyder | - | A brief, weak landspout tornado was observed in Snyder. This tornado caused minor damage to a carport. The time of this tornado is estimated. |
| November 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Snyder | - | This brief tornado occurred east of Snyder, north of US Highway 62. No known damage occurred with this tornado. |
| November 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Snyder | - | This tornado continued into Kiowa County from Tillman County. The tornado only briefly entered the county before dissipating with no damage reported. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snyder | - | The wind gust was estimated. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Snyder | - | The hail report was relayed by KSWO-TV. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snyder | - | The southwest portion of Snyder sustained minor damage to trees, fencing, a small shed, and carports. Monetary damage estimates were not available. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Snyder | - | Street flooding was reported in and around Snyder due to heavy rainfall. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Snyder | - | Quarter- to half-dollar-size hail was reported for approximately ten minutes. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Snyder | - | US HWY 183 was closed due to high water. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Snyder | - | Snyder City Park was under water and inaccessible. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Snyder | - | Reported on the south side of Snyder. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Snyder | - | Hail was reported on Highway 62, one mile west of the intersection with Highway 183. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Snyder | - | Hail was observed on Highway 62. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Snyder | - | Hail was reported on Highway 183. |
| November 2004 | Hail | Snyder | - | Hail was observed on the west side of town. |
| November 2004 | Hail | Snyder | - | Hail was reported covering the ground at the Snyder City Hall. |
| April 2000 | Flash Flood | Snyder | - | Several county roads were flooded. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snyder | - | An isolated severe thunderstorm produced winds up to 60 mph in Kiowa County in southwestern Oklahoma. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| November 2011 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Snyder | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Snyder | - | 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 11000338 in Record Group 79. |
| Kiowa County | All 6 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.