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One of 32 National Register listings published here for Pittsburg County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1888.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hokey's Drugstore
Built in 1888. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Main and Washington Sts, Krebs, 74554
- When was it listed? December 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. McAlester
- When was it built? 1888
- National Register reference number. 79002020 - 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
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Hokey's Drugstore between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6,493 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 37 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20425 |
| 9 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Talihina Agency | ALDERSON` |
| 5 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Talihina Agency | BREWER FIRE |
| 25 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20459 |
| 20 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20187 |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 285 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20381 |
| 19 August 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hokey's Drugstore: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Krebs, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down multiple large trees, blew down power poles and power lines, and damaged homes and outbuildings. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Krebs | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $40,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds which destroyed a concrete outbuilding and damaged another building in the northwest part of the town of Krebs. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Krebs | $30,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles, homes, and businesses. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour ripped a 60 foot tin roof off a home. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Krebs | $20,000 | Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 75 miles an hour blew down power lines causing much of Krebs to be without power. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Krebs | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and power poles. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto power lines. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour damaged an outbuilding. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $600 | A tree and a power line were blown over in the High Hill area. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Krebs | - | Severe flooding was reported in Krebs with several roads under water and flood waters threatening homes. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Krebs | - | Portions of some roads were flooded near Krebs, including Highway 270. A swift water rescue was conducted on Krebs Lake Road. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Krebs | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Krebs | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Krebs | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Krebs | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Krebs | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Joseph's Catholic Church | 0.4 miles | 1980 |
| Mass Grave of the Mexican Miners | 1.5 miles | 1980 | |
| L'Ouverture Gymnasium | 2.0 miles | 2006 | |
| Southern Ice and Cold Storage Company | 2.7 miles | ||
| McAlester DX | 2.8 miles | 1980 | |
 | McAlester Armory | 2.8 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79002020 in Record Group 79. |
| Pittsburg County | All 32 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.