Creek National Capitol

A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1878. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

From the record

“Creek National Capitol, also known as Creek Council House, is a building in downtown Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States. It was the capitol of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation from 1878 until 1907.”
Wikipedia article Creek National Capitol, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 23 National Register listings published here for Okmulgee County · listed in 1966 · category: Building · built in 1878 · a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

National Historic Landmark. The highest federal designation, held by about 2,600 places in the country against roughly 100,000 Register listings.
What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 6th St. and Grand Ave., Okmulgee, 74447
When was it listed? October 1966
Category. building
Census division. Okmulgee
When was it built? 1878
National Register reference number. 66000632 - 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

72 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Creek National Capitol between 2000 and 2019, burning about 7,248 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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
Arson/incendiarism	25
Debris and open burning	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Fireworks	4
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Other causes	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
23 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Okmulgee Field Office	3 RUNNERS
21 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	251ST STREET
8 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Okmulgee Field Office	PLEX
7 July 2006	Smoking	under an acre	Okmulgee Field Office	DUMPSTER
6 July 2012	Fireworks	under an acre	Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge	SHARP ROAD TRASH FIRE
5 July 2012	Fireworks	under an acre	Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge	SHARP ROAD MOUND
5 July 2006	Debris and open burning	88 acres	Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge	BERRY HILL
23 July 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge	SHARP ROAD

Every fire recorded in Okmulgee County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Creek National Capitol: 3 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Okmulgee County

Storms near this property

60 of 105 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Okmulgee, the town this property stands in, in 105 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 54 hail, 29 thunderstorm wind, 17 flash flood, 3 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 1998	Hail	Okmulgee	$600,000	Very large golfball to baseball-sized hail caused extensive damage throughout the city of Okmulgee. The combination of very large hail and strong thunderstorm winds knocked out numerous windows. Several hundred homes and business sustained roof damage. The Okmulgee Times daily newspaper quoted the police chief as saying that the hailstorm "knocked out about half the windows in town." Windows were knocked out of many cars in the Wal-Mart parking lot, and many city vehicles had their windows knocked out. Two buildings at OSU-Okmulgee were extensively damaged. Other buildings on the campus had broken windows, while the campus greenhouse was nearly destroyed by the large hail and wind. The Okmulgee School District alone had about $300,000 in damage. The middle school suffered extensive roof damage and damage to the floor. The Board building suffered extensive glass breakage and roof damage. Fifteen buses received damage, and the steel roof at Eastside was damaged. Westside and Banneker each sustained roof damage, and the high school had minor roof damage to its new building.
August 2007	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	$400,000	Very heavy rainfall caused severe flooding of roads in and around Okmulgee. Highway 75 was closed in places for several hours. Rural roads were also flooded. In addition, 20 to 30 homes sustained flood damage as well as several businesses. County officials received 200 calls for assistance from stranded motorists and from people isolated by high water in their homes.
May 2010	Tornado (EF2)	Okmulgee	$200,000	A tornado severely damaged two homes. It also snapped or uprooted numerous trees, destroyed barns, damaged several other homes, and blew down power poles. The estimated peak wind in the tornado based on this damage was 120 mph.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	$100,000	A line of severe thunderstorms produced damaging wind across much of the City of Okmulgee. Numerous trees were uprooted, homes were damaged, storage buildings were destroyed, and businesses were damaged.
April 2022	Hail	Okmulgee	$75,000	Hen egg size hail damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles.
April 2022	Hail	Okmulgee	$75,000	Hen egg size hail damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles.
April 2022	Hail	Okmulgee	$50,000	Golf ball size hail damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles.
May 2019	Hail	Okmulgee	$50,000	no account filed
May 2019	Hail	Okmulgee	$30,000	no account filed
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	$30,000	no account filed
May 2015	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	$25,000	Several county roads, as well as Highway 75 and Highway 75A, were flooded. Bridges were washed out and vehicles were stranded in the flood water.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	$25,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew windows out of a few buildings downtown. Shingles were blow off the roofs of some homes and numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
September 2023	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	$20,000	Several roads were flooded and closed in and around town. Several vehicles were stranded in the flood water.
September 2023	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	$20,000	Portions of numerous roads and underpasses were flooded in and around Okmulgee. Several high water rescues were conducted in the flooding.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	$20,000	A wind gust estimated at 70 miles an hour damaged a race car south of Okmulgee.
October 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	$20,000	Strong winds blew a power line onto a trash truck, trapping a city worker. The worker was not injured. When the strong winds were combined with baseball-sized hail, there was extensive damage throughout the city of Okmulgee. See the separate preceding Hail entry for more details.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	$15,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour damaged several homes.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn.
July 1997	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	$5,000	no account filed
November 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	$3,000	Trees and power lines were blown over in Okmulgee.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and power lines.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	$1,000	Tree limbs were blown down across power lines.
February 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	$500	Thunderstorm winds blew several mature trees down onto a road near Okmulgee State Park.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	$100	no account filed
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down multiple trees on Sharp Road.
May 2024	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	-	Flooding was reported at W 20th Street and S Dogwood Avenue.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	-	A storm chaser estimated thunderstorm wind gusts to near 60 mph.
April 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	-	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	-	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs.
May 2022	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	-	Emergency management reported widespread flooding in Okmulgee. About 35 homes were damaged from flooding, and 50 swift water rescues were made for people trapped in flooded homes and vehicles. Monetary damage from the flood was unknown.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Highway 56.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	-	Portions of several roads were flooded in and around town, including Highway 75 near 13th Street.
May 2021	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	-	Numerous roads were flooded in and around Okmulgee.
May 2020	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	-	Roads were flooded in and around Okmulgee.
May 2019	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	-	A number of roads were flooded and closed in and around town.
October 2019	Hail	Okmulgee	-	Hail up to the size of nickels covered the ground.
May 2017	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	-	Several roads in and around town were flooded and closed.
May 2017	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	-	Portions of numerous roads were flooded and closed across town.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	-	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2016	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	-	Portions of Highway 75 were flooded south of town.
November 2015	Flood	Okmulgee	-	Several streets in Okmulgee were flooded and closed.
November 2015	Flood	Okmulgee	-	Flooding in town resulted in water rescues of people stranded in the high water.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	-	Several roads were flooded and closed.
October 2009	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	-	Numerous roads were flooded and closed due to high water.
March 2008	Flash Flood	Okmulgee	-	Heavy rain caused several rural roads in the southwest part of Okmulgee County to be flooded.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs at Okmulgee State Park.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. The falling tree limbs caused power outages.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Okmulgee	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
March 1999	Flood	Okmulgee	-	Heavy rains put several city streets under one or two feet of water.
May 1998	Hail	Okmulgee	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts up to 55 mph also reported
October 1994	Hail	Okmulgee	-	Severe thunderstorms redeveloped in northeast Oklahoma during the late morning and early afternoon of October 7th and produced large hail. Quarter-size hail fell 4 miles south southwest of Bristow, nickel-size hail fell 8 miles south of Bristow, and dime-size hail fell at Boley and 10 miles west of Okmulgee.
December 1994	Hail	Okmulgee	-	A severe thunderstorm produced golfball size hail in Okmulgee.
June 2023	Hail	Okmulgee	-	no account filed
April 2022	Hail	Okmulgee	-	no account filed
May 2022	Hail	Okmulgee	-	no account filed
April 2020	Hail	Okmulgee	-	no account filed
March 2019	Hail	Okmulgee	-	no account filed
May 2019	Hail	Okmulgee	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Okmulgee	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okmulgee 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

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Severs Block	under 500 feet	1991
Okmulgee County Courthouse	0.1 miles	1984
Okmulgee Downtown Historic District	0.2 miles	1992
Okmulgee Public Library	0.2 miles	1983
St. Anthony's Catholic Church	0.3 miles	1983
First Baptist Central Church	0.4 miles	1984

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 66000632 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Okmulgee County	All 23 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.