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One of 13 National Register listings published here for McCurtain County · listed in 1979 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Waterhole Cemetery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. S of Garvin, Garvin, 74736
- When was it listed? December 1979
- Category. site
- Census division. Valliant
- National Register reference number. 79002001 - 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
155 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Waterhole Cemetery between 1993 and 2018, burning about 2,286 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 100 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 | 100 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Talihina Agency | 75 |
| 6 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Talihina Agency | 0438 |
| 29 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10396 |
| 10 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Talihina Agency | 0450 |
| 10 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Talihina Agency | 0452 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Waterhole Cemetery: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garvin, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garvin | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garvin | - | The roof was partially peeled back on a home near Garvin. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Garvin | - | Quarter size hail reported near Garvin. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Garvin | - | Quarter size hail reported in Garvin. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Garvin | - | Quarter size hail fell in the Garvin community. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Garvin | - | Nickel size hail fell a couple of miles south of Garvin. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Garvin | - | Little River Road to Golden Glover Road north of Garvin was covered in high swift moving water. A water rescue occurred on Browning Road. |
| January 2020 | Flash Flood | Garvin | - | Iron Stob Road north of Highway 37 was flooded. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Garvin | - | The intersection of Southeast K Avenue and Madison Street was flooded. Several other streets across Idabel were covered in high water. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Garvin | - | Quarter size hail fell and damaged a Sheriff's vehicle. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Garvin | - | Dime size hail was reported south of Garvin, Oklahoma. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garvin | - | A tree was downed on Hwy. 37 at Iron Stob Road south of Garvin, Oklahoma. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Garvin | - | Several roads continue to have high water across them near the Holly Creek area. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garvin | - | Utility sheds damaged and power lines down. |
| December 2015 | Hail | Garvin | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Garvin | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Garvin | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Garvin | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Garvin | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Garvin | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Flash Flood | Garvin | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelock Church | under 500 feet | 1972 | |
| Pushmataha Hall | 0.2 miles | 1966 | |
| Garvin Rock Church | 3.8 miles | 1980 | |
| Valliant School Gymnasium-Auditorium | 5.7 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79002001 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.