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Seiling Milling Company

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“The Seiling Milling Company in Seiling, Oklahoma was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.”

Wikipedia article Seiling Milling Company, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Dewey County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 4th and Orange St., Seiling, 73663
  • When was it listed? December 1983
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Seiling
  • National Register reference number. 83004167 - 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 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Seiling Milling Company between 2000 and 2020, burning about 3,325 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 September 2000Natural5.0 acresConcho Field OfficeSLEEPY
8 June 2000Natural3.0 acresConcho Field OfficeSHANE
30 June 2020Fireworksunder an acreConcho Field OfficeRAMBO
20 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use381 acresConcho Field OfficeINDIAN SCHOOL
12 June 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresConcho Field OfficeSUNDANCE
4 May 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution2,657 acresConcho Field Office270
22 May 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeSUNDANCE
6 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresConcho Field OfficeRAUH

Every fire recorded in Dewey County

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 Seiling Milling Company: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dewey County

Storms near this property

50 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seiling, the town this property stands in, in 50 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 37 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
May 2002Tornado (F1)Seiling$40,000This tornado formed approximately 5.5 miles east southeast of Seiling and moved northwestward for 1 mile before dissipating. One-half of a well-constructed, anchored mobile home was ripped off with contents of the home strewn in the yard. The other half of the home was twisted in the direction the tornado traveled. Two large locust trees were also uprooted.
April 2002Tornado (F3)Seiling$20,000This tornado formed in northern Dewey County, near Cestos, and moved northward, entering Woodward County at 2241 CST. In Dewey County, an old, abandoned farm house, constructed of wood, with broken windows and no doors, was leveled, about 2.5 miles east-southeast of Cestos. Huge cottonwood trees nearby were uprooted. A 15 ft long bus, with no engine, was lofted over a chain-link fence and dropped on its side about 50-75 ft away, and a 1/2 ton pickup trailer bed, detached from the front of the truck, was picked up and carried about 1/2 mile, and crumpled.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSeiling$15,000Roof was blown off a house with an outbuilding blown into a separate house. Windows also broken in Seiling.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindSeiling$10,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed an RV on the north side of Seiling. The time of the wind is estimated.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindSeiling$5,000Numerous tree limbs were downed across the town of Seiling. Monetary damages were estimated.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindSeiling$1,000The tops of several trees were blown off.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindSeiling$500no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindSeiling$50Several tree limbs were downed.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindSeiling$10no account filed
April 2026HailSeiling-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindSeiling-Winds estimated based on observations.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindSeiling-No damage was reported.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Seiling-A storm chaser with KOKH observed a tornado east-southeast of Seiling. No damage was reported and the location is estimated.
September 2012HailSeiling-Law enforcement reported 1.25 hail.
August 2009HailSeiling-Quarter to golf ball-size hail was reported.
August 2009HailSeiling-The hail was reported by KWTV-9.
July 2009HailSeiling-The hail was reported on Indian Road.
March 2008HailSeiling-The hail was reported by a local television station storm tracker.
June 2007HailSeiling-The report was relayed by the National Severe Storms Laboratory Hail Verification project.
April 2004HailSeiling-Hail was reported six inches deep on Highway 270.
April 2024HailSeiling-no account filed
June 2019HailSeiling-no account filed
June 2019HailSeiling-no account filed
April 2017HailSeiling-no account filed
April 2017HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2016HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2016HailSeiling-no account filed
October 2016HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2013HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2013HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2011HailSeiling-no account filed
April 2009HailSeiling-no account filed
March 2008HailSeiling-no account filed
April 2008HailSeiling-no account filed
June 2007Heavy RainSeiling-no account filed
June 2007HailSeiling-no account filed
June 2007HailSeiling-no account filed
July 2004HailSeiling-no account filed
April 2003HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2002HailSeiling-no account filed
April 2002HailSeiling-no account filed
May 2002HailSeiling-no account filed
June 2001HailSeiling-no account filed
April 1999HailSeiling-no account filed
May 1999HailSeiling-no account filed
May 1999HailSeiling-no account filed
March 1996HailSeiling-no account filed
June 1995HailSeiling-no account filed
May 1994HailSeiling-no account filed
May 1993HailSeiling-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dewey 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

2 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
McAllister House2.2 miles1997
Dewey County Courthouse7.6 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83004167 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dewey CountyAll 4 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.