BlockFrom the record
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Seminole County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Alice Brown House
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.
- Listed as. Brown, Alice, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Chestnut St., Sasakwa, 74867
- When was it listed? March 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Wewoka
- National Register reference number. 82003701 - 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
114 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Alice Brown House between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,237 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wewoka Agency | OUTLAW |
| 14 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Wewoka Agency | STEPPE |
| 10 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | MATTHEWS |
| 8 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 743 acres | Chickasaw Agency | BIG TIME FIRE |
| 7 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wewoka Agency | FELONY 1 |
| 3 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 acres | Wewoka Agency | NO INDICES |
| 25 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Chickasaw Agency | EASTJESSE |
| 20 August 2011 | Other causes | 28 acres | Wewoka Agency | ROCKY POINT |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Alice Brown House: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konawa Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sasakwa, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 18 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | $10,000 | Strong winds damaged a porch, several T.V. antennas, and removed some shingles from a couple of homes. A shop building was also overturned along with several trees damaged. This occurred near the intersection of NS360 and Highway 56. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Sasakwa | $5,000 | Indirect fatality due to blunt force from a washed out 6' tin horn on NS3630 about 1/4 to 1/2 South of EW 1440. Car was traveling at a high rate of speed. It looked like water never went across road. Debris clogged the tin horn. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | $3,500 | Power lines and trees were downed due to the strong wind gust. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | $500 | Outdoor storage shed destroyed...Time estimated from radar. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | $500 | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1630-1640 LST) to report time. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | Relayed image. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Sasakwa | - | The tornado moved into Seminole County from Pontotoc County and continued moving northeast toward Sasakwa. Significant tree damage occurred along the path. |
| April 1998 | Flash Flood | Sasakwa | - | Flash flooding washed out a bridge on Highway 56 and a car was subsequently washed off the road. One person was rescued. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Sasakwa | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82003701 in Record Group 79. |
| Seminole County | All 19 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.