BlockFrom the record
One of 60 National Register listings published here for Kay County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Kaw City Depot
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. W of Kaw City on Washungah Dr., Kaw City, 74641
- When was it listed? October 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Kaw City
- National Register reference number. 79001996 - 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
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Kaw City Depot between 2002 and 2009, burning about 175 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | ADENA |
| 3 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 160 acres | Osage Agency | APPERSON |
| 27 February 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | HISSUM |
| 10 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Pawnee Agency | KILDARE 2 |
| 5 December 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Osage Agency | FROZEN |
| 14 January 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Osage Agency | COLD TOWER |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kaw City Depot: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kaw City, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 17 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Kaw City | $100,000 | While the tornado that formed west of Ponca City was passing to the south of Kaw Lake, observers witnessed a second tornado develop near the southwest portion of Kaw Lake. The witnesses watched the tornado develop on a hill just northwest of McFadden Cove, and then move southeast across Hideaway Marina causing damage to boat shelters and docks at the marina. The tornado continued southeast as a waterspout over the southwestern portion of Kaw Lake, then moved into Osage County just east of the dam. See the Storm Data report from the NWS office in Tulsa for details of this tornado in Osage County. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Kaw City | $100,000 | A tornado developed west of Kaw Lake near Tower Road and Lake Road, then moved northeast through the Coon Creek Cove area of Kaw Lake producing tree damage, damage to a boat dock, and overturned a camper. The tornado then moved over Kaw Lake and likely dissipated north of the northeastern arm of the lake in northeastern Kay County. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | $100,000 | Several campers and farm equipment were blown over. A boat was blown off a trailer. Part of the pavillion roof at Northern Oklahoma College was blown off. A house and shed sustained minor damage, and numerous trees were downed. |
| December 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | $10 | Large tree limbs were downed. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Kaw City | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Kaw City | - | MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1940-1950 LST) to report time. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Kaw City | - | Social media report. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Kaw City | - | Social media image with ruler measurement. Evidence that the hailstone had undergone prior melting. Time is radar estimated. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Kaw City | - | Time estimate from radar. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Kaw City | - | Hail was reported at Pioneer Cove of Kaw Lake. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | Measured by the Oklahoma mesonet. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | An isolated thunderstorm in north-central Oklahoma during the early morning hours on the 9th produced damaging winds which blew down large tree limbs in Kaw City. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| November 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kaw City | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Kaw City | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaw Indian Agency | 2.2 miles | 1973 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79001996 in Record Group 79. |
| Kay County | All 60 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.