BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for McCurtain County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Harris House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 6 mi. (9.6 km.) S of Haworth, Haworth, 74740
- When was it listed? September 1978
- Category. building
- Census division. Southeast McCurtain
- National Register reference number. 78003082 - 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
183 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Harris House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,246 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 76 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 | 76 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10544 |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10541 |
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | FLAT FIRE |
| 3 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10561 |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 850 |
| 29 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harris House: 1 past producer. 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 Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
35 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haworth, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Haworth | $50,000 | An EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds near 90 mph touched down in Downtown Haworth. This tornado touched down on the west side of town near Choctaw Avenue and lifted just east of Elm Street along East 4th Street near the center of town. Most of the damage was to trees, but one uprooted tree fell on a home on West Arkansas Avenue and caused significant roof damage. |
| November 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Haworth | $10,000 | An EF-1 tornado first developed south of Haworth, Oklahoma and traveled east northeast before dissipating near the CR 2190/4670 intersection. Damage consisted on snapped and/or uprooted trees. One house suffered minor roof damage from a fallen tree. |
| September 1996 | Hail | Haworth | $200 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Haworth | - | Quarter size hail fell in Haworth. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | A tree was downed onto power lines on East Arkansas Avenue in Haworth. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | A 60 mph wind gust was estimated in Haworth. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | Trees downed in Tom, Shinewell, Haworth and Moon with some trees on power lines. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | Trees downed throughout southern portions of McCurtain County. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | Large tree reported down on a home in Haworth on South Elm Street with no reports of injuries. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | A tree fell on a house and caused damaged to a nearby fence. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Haworth | - | Nickel size hail reported just south of Haworth. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Haworth | - | Dime to nickel size hail fell at the Country Store Convenience Store in Haworth. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Haworth | - | Nickel size hail fell in the Haworth community. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | Power lines were downed in Haworth resulting in power outages to much of the community. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | A tree was snapped in Haworth. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | Tree down on 6th Street in Haworth. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Haworth | - | Roads were flooded in and near Haworth. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | Numerous trees and powerlines were downed in the Haworth, Oklahoma community. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | Several trees were downed in and around Haworth, Oklahoma. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Haworth | - | Hwy. 3 south of Haworth, Oklahoma was flooded and closed. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | A tree was downed in Haworth, Oklahoma. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | Wind gust estimated by a Trained Spotter in Haworth, Oklahoma. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | Large trees were downed in Haworth, Oklahoma. Wind gust was estimated by a storm chaser. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | The wind gust was estimated in the Haworth, Oklahoma area. Trees were also downed in town. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | Several large trees down. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | Severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front in southeast and south-central Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 13th and moved southeast during the night. The storms remained across extreme southeast Oklahoma during the morning hours on the 14th. Several locations reported dime- to quarter-size hail. Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines south of Haworth, destroyed a satellite dish and radio antenna in Valliant and knocked down trees and power lines and ripped a roof off a house in Wright City. Lightning started fires which severely damaged a church in Haworth and a home in Wetumka. Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding and several road closings. A road crossing Sandy Creek northwest of Ada was closed due to high water. Sandy Creek road west of Ada was closed in several locations. High water washed out a bridge near Allen. Heavy rains resulted in water over East Avenue in Wynnewood. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Haworth | - | Severe thunderstorms in southeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon and evening hours on the 19th produced hail mostly between quarter and golf ball size with baseball-size hail reported in Halworth. Strong thunderstorm winds downed a tree and ripped a roof off a chicken house 4 miles west of Battiest, produced minor roof damage 6 miles south of Broken Bow, blew a shed down 9 miles southeast of Clayton and downed trees and power lines 4 miles west of Idabel. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Haworth | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Haworth | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Haworth | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Haworth | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Haworth | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Haworth | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haworth | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Haworth | - | 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 78003082 in Record Group 79. |
| McCurtain County | All 13 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.