Built in 1889. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
“Cupco Church is a historic church building near Yanush, Oklahoma. It was built in 1899 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”
Wikipedia article Cupco Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 20 National Register listings published here for Latimer County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1889.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 602 fires within 5 miles of Cupco Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,500 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 218 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 | 218 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 155 |
| Debris and open burning | 114 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 52 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Talihina Agency | TENT CITY |
| 6 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Talihina Agency | VILLAGE |
| 4 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Talihina Agency | CHARCOAL |
| 30 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Talihina Agency | CAMP FIRE |
| 3 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Talihina Agency | GREASE |
| 29 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10560 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cupco Church: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yanush, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 21 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | $35,000 | Thunderstorm wind resulted in at least $35,000 in damage to the utility infrastructure across the county during this severe thunderstorm. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour destroyed a barn in Buffalo Valley. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Yanush | $5,000 | ,,,,,,,,TSTM Wind |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | $1,500 | A large tree was blown over and the skirting was blown off of a mobile home near Yanush. The windows were blown out of a home on Sardis Lake. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down and a porch of a home in Yanush was damaged by strong thunderstorm wind. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | $500 | There was tree damage north of Yanush. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Yanush | - | A tornado that apparently developed over Sardis Lake uprooted a few trees and snapped numerous large tree limbs. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 85 mph. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several large tree limbs. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few large trees 2 miles north of Albion. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | Thunderstorm wind estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Yanush | - | Nickel size hail occurred 3 miles northeast of Albion. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Yanush | - | Heavy rain caused water to flow over numerous county roads east and west of Yanush. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Yanush | - | An F0 tornado touched down briefly just southeast of Yanush. No damage was reported. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Yanush | - | Location: on the Latimer/Pushmataha county line |
| April 1999 | Hail | Yanush | - | Location: Buffalo Valley |
| January 2023 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| October 2019 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Administration Building | 7.8 miles | 2010 |
 | Colony Park Pavilion | 8.0 miles | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80003273 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Latimer County | All 20 listed properties in this county. |
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