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One of 32 National Register listings published here for Creek County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1916.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Meacham Building
Built in 1916. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 102 E. Main St., Oilton, 74052
- When was it listed? April 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Keystone Lake
- When was it built? 1916
- National Register reference number. 82003682 - 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
16 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Meacham Building between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,763 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | BFOT |
| 3 April 2011 | Natural | 17 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | POWERLINE |
| 2 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | FORMAN |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | WHIPE |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Pawnee Agency | CHAPMAN |
| 7 March 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 972 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SILVER HANGER |
| 4 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Pawnee Agency | GREENWOOD |
| 15 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Pawnee Agency | EAGLE |
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 Meacham Building: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
36 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oilton, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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 | Oilton | 1 killed, 3 hurt, $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a manufactured home. The tree killed a man in the home, and injured three other people. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Oilton | $25,000 | Heavy rains caused secondary roads around Oilton to be flooded. Some roads were washed out. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a home. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a metal roof off a carport. A street sign was also blown over and a metal replica of an oil well at the cemetary was damaged. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees, numerous large tree limbs, and power lines. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $100 | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $100 | 4-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $100 | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $100 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | $100 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Oilton | - | Storm chasers reported a brief tornado over open country. No known damage resulted from this tornado. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Oilton | - | Heavy rain caused water to briefly flow over a few roads. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees. |
| October 1998 | Hail | Oilton | - | Location: intersection of OK Hwy 99 and 51 |
| May 2017 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| November 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| November 2008 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Oilton | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Oilton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markham School and Teacherage | 2.2 miles | 1982 | |
| Drumright Gasoline Plant No. 2 | 5.4 miles | 1982 | |
| Wheeler No. 1 Oil Well | 6.1 miles | 1983 | |
 | Santa Fe Depot | 6.8 miles | 1981 |
| First United Methodist Church of Drumright | 6.8 miles | 1982 | |
| J. W. Fulkerson House | 6.8 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82003682 in Record Group 79. |
| Creek 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.