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Peter Conser House

Built in 1894 (vernacular architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

From the record

“The Peter Conser House, in or near Heavener, Oklahoma and/or Hodgen, Oklahoma, was built in 1894 and was the home of Peter Conser from then until his death in 1934. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.”

Wikipedia article Peter Conser House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Le Flore County · listed in 1971 · category: District · built in 1894, vernacular architecture.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. Conser, Peter, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 47114 Conser Creek Rd., Heavener, 74937
  • When was it listed? June 1971
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Heavener
  • When was it built? 1894
  • Architectural style. vernacular architecture
  • National Register reference number. 71000665 - 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Peter Conser House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,764 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 49 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/incendiarism49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning28
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresOuachita National ForestHOT DOG 2
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20229
6 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresOuachita National ForestCHOCTAW 31
27 September 2006Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestBLUE MTN #1
27 September 2006Natural2.0 acresOuachita National ForestBLUE MTN 3
25 September 2012Arson/incendiarism24 acresOuachita National ForestTOWER
18 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20362
13 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresOuachita National ForestSUGAR LOAF VISTA

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

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 Peter Conser House: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this property

60 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heavener, the town this property stands in, in 75 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 36 hail, 29 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 tornado. 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
March 2000HailHeavener$100,000no account filed
November 2022Tornado (EF1)Heavener$75,000This tornado developed just south of Highway 128 on the southeast side of Heavener, where several homes were damaged, outbuildings were destroyed, and trees were snapped or uprooted. It moved northeast into mountainous, and heavily wooded terrain, snapping and uprooting numerous trees on Middle Mountain and Poteau Mountain before dissipating near Cowskin Ridge. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph.
September 2007Flash FloodHeavener$50,000Heavy rains caused flooding of numerous secondary roads across southern Le Flore county. A few bridges were washed out near Big Cedar.
February 1997Thunderstorm WindHeavener$50,000no account filed
May 2020HailHeavener$40,000Baseball size hail damaged vehicles, homes, and businesses.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHeavener$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down trees and damaged homes. Several people were trapped in their home.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindHeavener$25,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous outbuildings and power lines.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindHeavener$23,000Strong winds blew down several power poles and snapped numerous tree limbs. The metal roof and walls on a county building were peeled off. A stack of tin horns were blown across Main Street. One power pole was blown on top of a flower shop on East First. A tree was blown onto a home. One business had a window knocked out by blowing debris.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindHeavener$20,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew the roof from a building and blew down trees and power lines.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindHeavener$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew off portions of the roof of a home, and blew down multiple trees.
April 2017HailHeavener$15,000no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindHeavener$11,000A building next door to the Heavener Police Department lost its roof. The roof fell onto two patrol cars, causing minor damage to the vehicles. Elsewhere in Heavener, large tree limbs were blown down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHeavener$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHeavener$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHeavener$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew the roof off a barn, blew over a grain elevater and snapped power poles.
June 1996Flash FloodHeavener$5,000no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindHeavener$3,000Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and trees.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHeavener$2,000A very large tree branch fell onto a pickup truck and a car on the Old Pike. Four power lines were blown over, knocking out power to Heavener for a time. Several other utility poles and tree branches were blown down in Heavener.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindHeavener$50065 to 70 mph winds knocked down two large trees on the west side of town. Hail of one-quarter to one-half inch in diameter was also reported.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHeavener$100Tree damage was reported south of Heavener.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindHeavener-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHeavener-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindHeavener-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted a tree.
May 2020HailHeavener-Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
August 2018Flash FloodHeavener-Several roads were flooded and closed in and around town.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindHeavener-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
April 2015Flash FloodHeavener-Several streets were flooded in and around town.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHeavener-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHeavener-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Heavener-A National Weather Service storm survey team noted tree damage believed to be caused by a tornado 8 miles east of Heavener. The damage track crossed into Scott county 8.5 miles east of Heavener or 3.5 miles west southwest of Bates.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindHeavener-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Heavener-A National Weather Service storm survey discovered tree damage that was likely caused by a tornado beginning 7.5 miles east of Heavener. The tornado track in Oklahoma was 1 mile before it entered Scott County Arkansas 8.5 miles east of Heavener or 3.5 miles west southwest of Bates. This tornado took a similar track to a tornado which occurred on May 1.
January 1999HailHeavener-Location: Heavener Runestone State Park
April 1998HailHeavener-Near US Hwy 259 and State Hwy 1
June 1997HailHeavener-A severe thunderstorm produced dime size hail at Heavener.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindHeavener-Thunderstorm winds in southeast Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 29th downed trees in Heavener and snapped telephone and power poles and damaged a Dairy Queen in Hugo.
April 2026HailHeavener-no account filed
September 2025HailHeavener-no account filed
April 2023HailHeavener-no account filed
April 2022HailHeavener-no account filed
April 2017HailHeavener-no account filed
April 2017HailHeavener-no account filed
April 2014HailHeavener-no account filed
April 2014HailHeavener-no account filed
April 2014HailHeavener-no account filed
March 2009HailHeavener-no account filed
May 2009HailHeavener-no account filed
March 2008Thunderstorm WindHeavener-no account filed
March 2008HailHeavener-no account filed
March 2006HailHeavener-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindHeavener-no account filed
April 2005HailHeavener-no account filed
December 2003HailHeavener-no account filed
May 2003HailHeavener-no account filed
May 2001HailHeavener-no account filed
November 2001Thunderstorm WindHeavener-no account filed
September 1999HailHeavener-no account filed
May 1999HailHeavener-no account filed
January 1999HailHeavener-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHeavener-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Le Flore 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

1 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Old City Hall, Theater and Masonic Lodge6.2 miles2020

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 71000665 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Le Flore CountyAll 22 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.