Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
“Waddell's Station was a stage stand on the old Butterfield Overland Mail route in Indian Territory. It was located in what is now Atoka County, Oklahoma.”
Wikipedia article Waddell's Station, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Atoka County · listed in 1972 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Waddell's Station Site between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35,150 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 61 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 | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 170 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 228 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 61 acres | Talihina Agency | SPOT FIRE |
| 8 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 160 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10467 |
| 3 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10338 |
| 28 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capt. Charles LeFlore House | 3.5 miles | 1972 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 72001054 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Atoka County | All 17 listed properties in this county. |
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