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Old Settler's Irrigation Ditch

Built in 1905. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“The Old Settler's Irrigation Ditch, near Rosston, Oklahoma, in both Beaver County, Oklahoma and Harper County, Oklahoma, was constructed during 1893 to 1905. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaver County, Oklahoma in 1983.”

Wikipedia article Old Settler's Irrigation Ditch, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Harper County · listed in 1983 · category: Site · built in 1905.

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

The listing

  • Address. Intersects US 283 N of Rosston, Rosston, 73844
  • When was it listed? July 1983
  • Category. site
  • Census division. Laverne
  • When was it built? 1905
  • National Register reference number. 83002070 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Old Settler's Irrigation Ditch: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Volcanic Ash PitPumicePast Producer

Every working recorded in Harper County

Storms near this property

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosston, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 29 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Tornado (EF1)Rosston$40,000This tornado moved into Harper County from Beaver County OK (see report from the Oklahoma panhandle from NWS Amarillo). At the Beaver County-Harper County line, the tornado caused roof damage to a home as well as tree damage. It continued to damage trees and power poles as the tornado moved to just northeast of Laverne. A barn was damaged along US-283 just north of Laverne before the tornado dissipated. In addition to the tornado, a large area of wind damage was observed south of the tornado creating areas of wind damage in the town of Laverne.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindRosston$3,000Back window blown out of a vehicle and multiple power lines downed.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRosston$1,000Utility pole was downed on an angle.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRosston$1,000Utility pole was snapped.
May 2025HailRosston-The report was relayed by emergency management. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2025HailRosston-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2025HailRosston-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2025HailRosston-The report was relayed through mPING. The event time is adjusted based on radar observations.
September 2025Tornado (EFU)Rosston-A spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown in northern Harper County. No damage was reported and the location is estimated.
September 2025HailRosston-The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
September 2025HailRosston-The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRosston-Estimated severe wind gust.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindRosston-Estimated severe wind gust.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRosston-Wind speed estimated with tree debris on road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRosston-The Amarillo forecast office relayed a second hand report of 60 to 70 mph wind gusts. No damage information was provided.
April 2009HailRosston-The hail covered the ground.
March 1995HailRosston-On the evening of the 25th, thunderstorms developed along a dryline in southwest Oklahoma. One of these storms became severe and produced hail up to three-quarters inch in Harper County.
September 1993HailRosston-Severe thunderstorms developed in the Oklahoma panhandle during the late afternoon and evening hours on the 18th and moved eastward into extreme northwest Oklahoma. The storms produced one tornado, hail up to 3.00 inches in diameter and strong winds. The tornado developed 6 miles east-southeast of Elmwood at 1814 CST. The tornado traveled 0.5 miles before dissipating at 1818 CST. This F0 tornado damaged several power poles and broke out some windows. Large hail broke out windows in Hardesty and Bryans Corner.
May 2022HailRosston-no account filed
May 2022HailRosston-no account filed
September 2021HailRosston-no account filed
September 2021Thunderstorm WindRosston-no account filed
June 2018HailRosston-no account filed
June 2018HailRosston-no account filed
May 2007HailRosston-no account filed
May 2007HailRosston-no account filed
May 2007HailRosston-no account filed
May 2006HailRosston-no account filed
June 2005HailRosston-no account filed
June 2005HailRosston-no account filed
June 2005HailRosston-no account filed
February 2000HailRosston-no account filed
May 1997HailRosston-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindRosston-no account filed
June 1994HailRosston-no account filed
June 1994HailRosston-no account filed
September 1994Thunderstorm WindRosston-no account filed
June 1994HailRosston-no account filed
April 1993HailRosston-no account filed
April 1993Tornado (F0)Rosston-no account filed
April 1993HailRosston-no account filed
April 1993Thunderstorm WindRosston-no account filed
April 1993HailRosston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harper 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83002070 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Harper CountyAll 13 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.
  • 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.