BlockFrom the record
One of 22 National Register listings published here for Le Flore County · listed in 1976 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Old Military Road
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 7 mi. NE of Talihina in Ouachita National Forest, Talihina, 74571
- When was it listed? October 1976
- Category. site
- Census division. Talihina
- National Register reference number. 76002155 - 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
256 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Old Military Road between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,346 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 108 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 | 108 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | OLD MILITARY |
| 5 September 1998 | Fireworks | 500 acres | Ouachita National Forest | FRAZIER CREEK |
| 30 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Ouachita National Forest | WESLEY |
| 30 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20471 |
| 29 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20442 |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20382 |
| 26 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Talihina Agency | not named |
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 Old Military Road: 2 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 69 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Talihina, the town this property stands in, in 69 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 29 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 12 flash flood, 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Talihina | $150,000 | Numerous buildings in town were flooded, including the housing authority, the Choctaw Nation Hospital, and a nursing home. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Talihina | $120,000 | Lightning struck a diner causing a fire that burned it down. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Talihina | $100,000 | Widespread flooding occurred in this part of the county. Five apartments were inundated with up to six inches of water. Several class rooms at the high school field house were flooded. Two businesses and a duplex were flooded. Numerous county roads were flooded and impassable, including Highway 82, Highway 63, Highway 1. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Talihina | $50,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Talihina | $50,000 | A tornado severely damaged a home and snapped or uprooted trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Talihina | $30,000 | Locally heavy rainfall resulted in excessive runoff, which briefly went into several buildings in the downtown area. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $15,000 | Severe thunderstorms moved across eastern Oklahoma during the evening of March 29th and very early morning of March 30th. Strong thunderstorm winds damaged the press building at a football field in Talihina, and an outbuilding was blown over in Henryetta. Trees and power poles were blown down in Gore, and trees were also downed 2 miles west of Dewar, 5 miles north of Webbers Falls, and 10 miles south of Tahlequah. Large tree limbs were blown down 5 miles south of Okemah, and thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 miles an hour in Bristow and to 60 miles an hour 7 miles west of Checotah and in Stilwell. Quarter size hail fell at Bristow, at Clearview, 4 miles north of Weleetka, and at Weleetka, and dime to nickel size hail fell at several other locations in eastern Oklahoma. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $12,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew down trees and power lines and destroyed a barn. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimate at 70 miles an hour snapped off five power poles and uprooted at few trees. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several small to medium sized trees and snapped a few power poles. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines on Highway 271 north of town. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Talihina | $5,000 | Heavy rain caused flooding. Water entered two homes. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $2,500 | The roof was blown off of a building, and trees were blown down in Talihina. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a few trees and power lines. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a home. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $1,500 | A roof was blown off of a garage, and several trees were blown down |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Talihina | $1,000 | A F1 tornado touched down six miles northeast of Talihina and stayed on the ground for one mile with a path width of 200 yards. The damage was limited to trees and power poles. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $100 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | $100 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Talihina | - | This tornado developed north of Highway 63, and east of Blagg Road, where softwood trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado moved north-northeast, crossing Green Hill Road, where hardwood trees were uprooted, and large tree limbs were snapped. It dissipated in open country south of Highway 271. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Talihina measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Talihina | - | Several roads were flooded in and around Talihina. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Talihina | - | Roads were closed in and around Talihina due to flooding. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Talihina | - | Extensive flooding in and around town resulted in the closing of schools. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Talihina | - | Several roads were flooded in and around town. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | - | Thunderstorm wind gusted to around 60 mph. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Talihina | - | Several county roads were flooded and were impassable. |
| October 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | - | A storm spotter just east of Talihina estimated thunderstorm wind gusts to near 65 mph with large tree limbs snapped. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Talihina | - | A storm chaser observed a tornado over open country. No known damage resulted from this tornado. |
| November 2011 | Flash Flood | Talihina | - | Several roads in and around town were flooded and closed due to flooding. Several homes were evacuated due to rising water. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Talihina | - | This is the second of two segments of this tornado. In Le Flore County, this tornado uprooted a number of trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 95 mph. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Talihina | - | Heavy rain caused flooding which made numerous rural roads between Talihina and Whitesboro impassable. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a large tree down across a road. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | - | Measured at Oklahoma mesonet site |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | - | Measured at Oklahoma mesonet site |
| April 1995 | Hail | Talihina | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the afternoon of April 30th. Strong thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs 2 miles northwest of Page. Baseball size hail fell 1 mile northeast of Talihina, and golfball size hail broke out a windshield 2 miles northwest of Bengal. Golfball size hail also fell at Muse and at Robbers Cave State Park 4 miles northwest of Wilburton, and half dollar size hail fell at Le Flore. Dime to nickel size hail fell at several other locations in southeast Oklahoma. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talihina | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76002155 in Record Group 79. |
| Le Flore County | All 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.