BlockFrom the record
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Blaine County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Okeene Flour Mill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Off OK 51, Okeene, 73763
- When was it listed? November 1976
- Category. building
- Census division. Okeene
- National Register reference number. 76001555 - 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 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Okeene Flour Mill in 2020, burning about 421 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 421 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | SPRING CREEK 2 FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Okeene Flour Mill: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Siltstone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
48 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Okeene, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 26 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | $60,000 | A large swath of wind damage was observed, which included the cities of Okeene and Greenfield. A roof was ripped off a grocery story in Okeene, with numerous trees, power lines, and power poles downed. Minor structural damage was observed to an open garage in Greenfield, with numerous trees, power lines, and power poles also downed. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Okeene | $50,000 | A tornado was reported near Okeene and moved northeast. Damage was first noticed to a barn and grain silo 1 mile east of Okeene. The most substantial damage rated EF1 was noted at a farmstead. A small garage (open bay) was damaged. Approximately 1/3 of its aluminum roof covering peeled off and some roof wood panels were removed. A tree next to the garage had some limbs snapped off. A piece of siding from the barn was wrapped around a tree. A small half-cylinder type garage was also heavily damaged. The north side had a large portion of its siding removed and some of the wood structure were damaged. The east end had a garage door which was blown out and most of the east wall was removed. A grain silo actually lifted off the ground and landed about 100 feet away. Also present were small grain bins, in which one was tipped over and apparently rotated. A large barn had substantial damage to the roof and walls on the east and west ends of the buildings. Also, almost all siding on the north side of the building was removed. A large garage door on the south end of the barn was blown in yet its wiring still held together and the door was hanging by this wiring. Debris from the barn (all of it siding/roofing which was aluminum) was scattered to the northeast 1500-2000 feet. The tornado continued northeast before lifting 2.5 miles east of Okeene. At the strongest point the tornado reached EF1 damage causing an estimated $50 thousand in damage. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | $50,000 | no account filed |
| November 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | $25,000 | Relayed images show the metal roofs of two businesses peeled back in the Okeene community. Event time is radar-estimated. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Okeene | $25,000 | This tornado initially developed about 5 miles south-southeast of Okeene and moved generally east-northeast before moving into Kingfisher County about a mile and a half south of State Highway 51. In Blaine County, two outbuildings received significant roof damage near the beginning of the path along County Roads N2650 and N2660. A number of trees were also damaged or broken along the path. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | $10,000 | Several tree limbs downed due to high wind. Six to seven trees were blown down in the Okeene area. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | $6,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | $5,000 | House roofs were damaged, and trees and power lines were downed. |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Okeene | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Okeene | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | $1,000 | Power poles down. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | $500 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | $10 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Okeene | - | Maximum hail size increased from quarter to golf ball during the event time. The location is approximate. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Okeene | - | The location is approximate. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | - | Multiple large tree limbs were blown down and large steel dumpsters were flipped over in the community of Okeene. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | - | An estimated wind gust in the community of Okeene. The location is approximate. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Okeene | - | Relayed image. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Okeene | - | Relayed image showing ping pong ball to golf ball size hail. Time is radar estimated. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Okeene | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Okeene | - | Off-duty NWS meteorologists, storm chasers, and local broadcast media confirmed a tornado that lasted 1 to 2 minutes. No known damage occurred. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | - | No damage was reported with the wind gust. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Okeene | - | The hail report was relayed by KWTV-9. Also, the area wheat crop sustained major damage, with some fields totally wiped out. Monetary damage estimates were not available. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | - | The wind gust was reported by KFOR Channel 4 in Oklahoma City. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Okeene | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| March 2004 | Hail | Okeene | - | Hail was reported by radio station on north side of town. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Okeene | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Okeene | - | 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sooner Co-op Association Elevator (West) | under 500 feet | 2000 | |
| Okeene Service Station (Additional Documentation) | 0.2 miles | 2024 | |
| Shinn Family Barn | 4.8 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76001555 in Record Group 79. |
| Blaine County | All 18 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.