Hugo Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Hugo Historic District in Hugo, Oklahoma is a 20 acres (8.1 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Choctaw County, Oklahoma in 1980.”
Wikipedia article Hugo Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Choctaw County · listed in 1980 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. U.S. 70 and U.S. 271, Hugo, 74743
When was it listed? November 1980
Category. district
Census division. Hugo
National Register reference number. 80003260 - 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

15 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hugo Historic District between 2001 and 2017, burning about 968 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
30 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20384
7 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	160 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	FORNEY
4 April 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20296
14 April 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20325
9 March 2004	Arson/incendiarism	85 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20138
9 March 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20137
22 March 2001	Misuse of fire by a minor	8.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
13 March 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	640 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	LONG CREEK

Every fire recorded in Choctaw County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hugo Historic District: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Idabel Stone Co. Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Wray Wible Materials Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Choctaw County

Storms near this property

60 of 83 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hugo, the town this property stands in, in 83 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 40 thunderstorm wind, 30 hail, 9 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$325,000	Thunderstorm wind estimated at 80 miles an hour produced a large amount of damage in the Hugo area. Several businesses including a radio station, lumber company, sale barn, veterinary clinic and a feed lot received damage. Three homes had large trees fall on them. Numerous power poles and power lines were blown down. In addition several trees and large tree limbs blocked roads.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$75,000	Thunderstorm wind resulted in at least $75,000 in debris removal and damage to the utility infrastructure across the county during this severe thunderstorm.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$50,000	Severe thunderstorms developed and moved eastward across central and southern Oklahoma during the morning, producing damaging winds across much of the area and hail as large as golf balls at SE 29th and Luther Road in Oklahoma City. In Cushing in Payne County winds up to 63 mph took part of the roof off a metal building, blew a tree down, and blew windshields out of cars. In Agra in Lincoln County a barn was destroyed. Severe thunderstorm winds in Hugo in Choctaw County downed numerous trees and power poles, landing on several mobile homes and barns. Roofs were also blown off a shed and a mobile home. The storms were electrically very active, with three reported cases of lightning damage. In Norman in Cleveland County lightning set fire to a duplex around 0900 CST, causing about $45,000 in damage. Also in Norman about an hour later lightning struck and destroyed a house chimney. In Seminole County southeast of Wolf an oil tank battery was hit by lightning and set on fire early in the afternoon.
March 2023	Hail	Hugo	$40,000	Half dollar size hail damage vehicles and homes.
February 2009	Hail	Hugo	$25,000	no account filed
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$20,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines and snapped numerous limbs. A few structures had their roofs damaged by the wind.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$20,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down and destroyed a barn and shop building.
March 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$20,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down a lamppost and toppled a brick wall of a downtown business.
February 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$14,000	A cattle barn west of Hugo was destroyed by thunderstorm winds. In Hugo, over 550 PSO customers lost their power when the wind broke a support wire from an electric poll which then swung up into the power line, causing a power failure.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$6,000	Numerous trees were blown down around Hugo and across much of Choctaw County. A newspaper clipping pictured a very large oak tree that had fallen onto a storage building in a backyard along West Poplar Street. In addition, the metal roofing was blown off of a car wash in Hugo.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree. The tree fell on a car.
February 2000	Lightning	Hugo	$5,000	Lightning struck two homes destroying some of the electronics in them. The lightning also caused a power outage for 75 customers in the neighborhood. The thunder with the lightning was so loud it broke two of the windows in one of the homes.
May 2011	Hail	Hugo	$5,000	no account filed
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$5,000	no account filed
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$3,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree. The tree fell on power lines causing a power outage.
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$3,000	A large sign was blown down; large tree limbs were blown down; telephone lines were blown down.
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$2,000	Several power lines were blown down.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$300	A tree was blown down onto a fence.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	$100	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured wind gusts up to 58 mph.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured 58 to 65 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured thunderstorm wind gusts in excess of 58 mph for at least 10 minutes, with the highest wind gusts measured at 62 mph.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured thunderstorm wind gusts to 65 mph.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	The Oklahoma Mesonet station northwest of Hugo measured 63 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
August 2017	Flash Flood	Hugo	-	Numerous roads were flooded and closed in Hugo. Highway 271 south of Hugo was briefly closed due to flooding.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	The Oklahoma Mesonet station northwest of Hugo measured 63 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured 68 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous trees and large tree limbs. A few roads were blocked by these fallen trees.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	Law enforcement reported thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Hugo measured 67 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs and blew down a tree onto roadway.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs.
May 2009	Flash Flood	Hugo	-	Heavy rain caused Crowder Creek to flood near Highway 70. The water covered the road.
May 2009	Flash Flood	Hugo	-	Heavy rain caused water to flow over a road just north of Hugo.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew two trees down.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs and trees.
November 1999	Tornado (F0)	Hugo	-	Public reported a brief touchdown of a tornado 4 miles north of Hugo. No damage was reported.
November 1999	Tornado (F0)	Hugo	-	Public reported a brief touchdown of a tornado 2 miles southwest of Hugo. No damage was reported.
January 1998	Flash Flood	Hugo	-	Water covered several roads in town.
January 1998	Flash Flood	Hugo	-	Flash flood waters washed away trees and a portion of Highway 109.
January 1998	Flash Flood	Hugo	-	Water covered roads in town.
January 1998	Flash Flood	Hugo	-	Flash flood waters washed away trees and a portion of Highway 109.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hugo	-	The Oklahoma mesonet site near Hugo measured a gust to 73 mph. Calls to the Hugo Police Department yielded no damage or severe weather in town.
June 1997	Lightning	Hugo	-	Lightning struck the top of a brick building in downtown Hugo, showering bricks onto the street below.
May 2020	Hail	Hugo	-	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	Hugo	-	no account filed
March 2016	Hail	Hugo	-	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Hugo	-	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Hugo	-	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Hugo	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Hugo	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Hugo	-	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Hugo	-	no account filed
March 2008	Hail	Hugo	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Hugo	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Choctaw County

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 miles

Other 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Hugo Frisco Railroad Depot	under 500 feet	1980
Hugo Public Library	0.3 miles	1988
Hugo Armory	0.4 miles	1988
Speer School	7.3 miles	1988

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80003260 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Choctaw County	All 12 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.