BlockFrom the record
One of 32 National Register listings published here for Pittsburg County · listed in 1972 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Perryville
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. SW of McAlester on U.S. 69, McAlester, 74501
- When was it listed? May 1972
- Category. site
- Census division. McAlester
- National Register reference number. 72001076 - 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
32 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Perryville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,510 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Talihina Agency | BENT RIM |
| 24 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20383 |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 285 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20381 |
| 12 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20384 |
| 7 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20107 |
| 7 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20377 |
| 3 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Perryville: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Sand & Moon Sand Strip | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jenson Sand Co Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mcconnell Const Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rice Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McAlester, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | McAlester | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | McAlester | - | A severe thunderstorm in Pittsburg County produced 70 mph winds five miles north of McAlester and strong winds which downed power lines near McAlester. |
| April 1995 | Hail | McAlester | - | ,,,,,,,,TSTM Wind (61) McAlester,22,1150CST,,,0,0,3,0,TSTM Wind Alderson,22,1150CST,,,0,0,4,0,TSTM Wind 5 SE McAlester,22,1150CST,,,0,0,3,0,TSTM Wind 5 W Savanna,22,1150CST,,,0,0,5,0,TSTM Wind |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | McAlester | - | A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds which downed large tree limbs and power lines in McAlester. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | McAlester | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | McAlester | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | McAlester | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | McAlester | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | McAlester | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | McAlester | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | McAlester | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | McAlester | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | McAlester | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | McAlester | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | McAlester | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | McAlester | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | McAlester | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mine Rescue Station Building | 4.8 miles | 1980 |
 | First Presbyterian Church | 5.0 miles | 1979 |
| McAlester Downtown Historic District | 5.1 miles | 2015 | |
 | Aldridge Hotel | 5.2 miles | 1995 |
| Southern Ice and Cold Storage Company | 5.2 miles | ||
 | Busby Office Building | 5.2 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 72001076 in Record Group 79. |
| Pittsburg County | All 32 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.