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Manitou Jail

Built in 1922. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

From the record

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Tillman County · listed in 2016 · category: Building · built in 1922.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. NE intersection of 3rd St. and US 183, Manitou, 73555
  • When was it listed? December 2016
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Frederick
  • When was it built? 1922
  • National Register reference number. 16000851 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

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 Manitou Jail: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Manitou East-1CopperOccurrence1936

Every working recorded in Tillman County

Storms near this property

60 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manitou, the town this property stands in, in 78 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 53 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindManitou$35,000Multiple relayed images showing thunderstorm wind damage around the Lake Fredrick Campground area. This included multiple large tree limbs blown down, the metal roof of a dock blown off, a light pole blown down, and a camper trailer blown onto its side. Time is radar estimated.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindManitou$5,000Power poles were damaged along US-183 near the Tillman-Kiowa County line.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindManitou$5,000Power flashes observed around 2 miles north of Frederick.
October 2021Tornado (EF1)Manitou$4,000A 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.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Manitou$1,000This brief tornado was observed by storm chasers damaging some trees before dissipating.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Manitou$1,000Several storm chasers observed this narrow tornado damaging some trees before dissipating.
February 2000HailManitou$500Hail the size of baseballs (2.75 inches) destroyed the windshield of a law enforecement vehicle.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindManitou$500Severe thunderstorm winds downed several utility poles.
April 2025Flash FloodManitou-Emergency management relayed an image showing roadway flooding along North 2220 Road, just south of the Oklahoma Highway 5C intersection. Event time is approximate.
April 2025Flash FloodManitou-Roadway flooding along Baseline Road east of the community of Manitou. At least one water rescue was reported. Event time is approximate.
April 2025Flash FloodManitou-Confirmations from the public and local officials of roadway flooding along Baseline Road due to water rise from Horse Creek. Event time is approximate.
April 2024HailManitou-Relayed by emergency management.
July 2024HailManitou-Report relayed by emergency management.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindManitou-Tree limbs (4 inch diameter) snapped.
June 2021FloodManitou-Twitter photo with water over roadways and getting close to homes.
May 2019HailManitou-Reported through Mping.
October 2017Tornado (EFU)Manitou-Numerous storm chasers observed and reported a brief landspout estimated to have occurred about 3 miles southeast of Manitou. No damage was reported.
April 2015HailManitou-No known damage.
April 2015HailManitou-Relayed by kswo. No known damage.
May 2015Flash FloodManitou-Southbound lane of Highway 183 covered in flood waters.
May 2012HailManitou-Hail was reported on the Tillman county line along highway 183.
September 2012HailManitou-Emergency manager reported quarter sized hail.
November 2011Tornado (EF0)Manitou-Another large tornado developed west-northwest of Manitou, OK and moved north-northeast toward the Kiowa county border. The tornado crossed into Kiowa county just east of US Highway 183.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindManitou-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
May 2004HailManitou-Hail was observed at Lake Frederick.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Manitou-This brief tornado was seen by several storm chasers touching down in open country. No damage was reported.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindManitou-Thunderstorms in western Oklahoma during the early morning of the 26th produced damaging winds and damaging lightning. Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs in Laverne, Taloga, Manitou, Tipton, and Butler, knocked down a large tree in Watonga, and downed a power pole in Cordell. Lightning struck a house 10 miles west of Sharon resulting in minor damage.
November 2024Thunderstorm WindManitou-no account filed
April 2024HailManitou-no account filed
April 2024HailManitou-no account filed
May 2023HailManitou-no account filed
June 2021HailManitou-no account filed
October 2021HailManitou-no account filed
May 2020HailManitou-no account filed
April 2020HailManitou-no account filed
May 2019HailManitou-no account filed
April 2019HailManitou-no account filed
June 2018HailManitou-no account filed
October 2017HailManitou-no account filed
October 2017HailManitou-no account filed
May 2017HailManitou-no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindManitou-no account filed
May 2016HailManitou-no account filed
April 2016HailManitou-no account filed
April 2016HailManitou-no account filed
April 2016HailManitou-no account filed
April 2016HailManitou-no account filed
May 2013HailManitou-no account filed
April 2013HailManitou-no account filed
May 2011HailManitou-no account filed
June 2011HailManitou-no account filed
May 2011HailManitou-no account filed
April 2009HailManitou-no account filed
March 2009HailManitou-no account filed
March 2008HailManitou-no account filed
April 2006HailManitou-no account filed
April 2006HailManitou-no account filed
June 2005HailManitou-no account filed
May 2004HailManitou-no account filed
May 2004HailManitou-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tillman 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 16000851 in Record Group 79.
Tillman CountyAll 10 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.
  • 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.