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Photograph of Fort Supply
Photograph by Eric Ascalon, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Fort Supply Historic District

Built in 1868. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

From the record

“Fort Supply was a United States Army post established on November 18, 1868, in Indian Territory to protect the Southern Plains. It was located just east of present-day Fort Supply, Oklahoma, in what was then the Cherokee Outlet.”

Wikipedia article Fort Supply (Oklahoma), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Woodward County · listed in 1971 · category: District · built in 1868.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 5 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Western State Hospital grounds, Fort Supply, 73801
  • When was it listed? June 1971
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Woodward
  • When was it built? 1868
  • National Register reference number. 71000675 - 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

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Fort Supply Historic District in 2019, burning about 300 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1

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
27 March 2019Natural300 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryCOOPER

Every fire recorded in Woodward 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 Fort Supply Historic District: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 Chalky Silt PitsClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Woodward County

Storms near this property

33 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Supply, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 19 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFort Supply1 hurtA tree was blown down onto a nearby tent, injuring one individual inside. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindFort Supply$10,000Carport and two sheds destroyed. Roof blown off mobile home on the west side of town. Timed based on radar.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindFort Supply$10,000Power lines were downed on the west side of town. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindFort Supply$5,000Semi tracker trailer blown off of Highway 412 just east of Fort Supply.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindFort Supply$2,000Power line damage in the community of Fort Supply. Time is radar estimated.
May 2025HailFort Supply-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindFort Supply-Estimated severe wind gust.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindFort Supply-Tree damage reported along with other debris on Hwy 412 in Fort Supply.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFort Supply-No damage reported.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFort Supply-Large tree limbs downed.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFort Supply-No damage reported.
April 2015HailFort Supply-No known damage.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindFort Supply-A storm chaser estimated 70 mph winds in Ft. Supply.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Fort Supply-The tornado produced no known damage and the location is estimated.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Fort Supply-This tornado formed just south of the Harper County line and moved northeast into Harper County. A barn was damaged near the county line.
May 2008HailFort Supply-The hail was reported near Fort Supply Lake.
May 2008HailFort Supply-The hail was reported near Fort Supply Lake.
May 2024HailFort Supply-no account filed
August 2023HailFort Supply-no account filed
July 2021HailFort Supply-no account filed
May 2019HailFort Supply-no account filed
May 2019HailFort Supply-no account filed
May 2019Thunderstorm WindFort Supply-no account filed
May 2017HailFort Supply-no account filed
May 2017HailFort Supply-no account filed
May 2016HailFort Supply-no account filed
April 2012HailFort Supply-no account filed
April 2012HailFort Supply-no account filed
May 2008HailFort Supply-no account filed
May 2008HailFort Supply-no account filed
May 2008HailFort Supply-no account filed
May 2008HailFort Supply-no account filed
May 1995HailFort Supply-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Woodward 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 71000675 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Woodward CountyAll 5 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.