Farmers' Co-op Elevator

Built in 1920. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Harper County · listed in 1983 · category: Structure · built in 1920.

Sources: 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 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. Off US 64, Buffalo, 73834
When was it listed? October 1983
Category. structure
Also known as. Clay Tile Grain Elevators in Northwestern Oklahoma TR
Census division. Buffalo
When was it built? 1920
National Register reference number. 83004176 - 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Farmers' Co-op Elevator: 5 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Harper County

Storms near this property

60 of 187 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buffalo, the town this property stands in, in 187 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 98 thunderstorm wind, 80 hail, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	1 hurt	no account filed
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$50,000	Several power poles blown down. Damages are estimated.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$50,000	A travel-trailer was destroyed. Several trees were downed. Several outbuildings were also damaged.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$20,000	Trees were uprooted. A small building and sheds were destroyed, and power lines were downed.
May 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Buffalo	$10,000	This tornado produced some minor tree damage, shingle damage to a home and some tin scattered about. The tornado continued to move north-northeast and crossed the state line into Clark County Kansas. Monetary damages were estimated.
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$10,000	no account filed
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$7,500	High line power poles were downed.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$5,000	Several trees and power lines blown down. Time estimated from radar.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$5,000	Shingles were blown of the roof of the Coop observer's house. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$5,000	Tin was blown off several buildings.
February 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$5,000	Straight-line winds blew over a large truck parked in the front yard of a house.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$3,000	Power lines were downed near the intersection of Willard Road and Adobe Springs Road. The time was estimated based on radar. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$3,000	A power pole and the associated power lines were downed on Highway 64. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$2,000	At least one power line was blown down.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$2,000	Several power poles were downed.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$2,000	Several power poles were downed.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$2,000	Several power poles were downed.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$1,000	Numerous tree limbs, up to a foot and a half in diameter, were downed.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$500	A large cattle feeder was blown a quarter of a mile.
February 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$500	Straight-line winds blew over a fence.
October 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$100	Several tree limbs were downed.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$100	Tree limbs 2 to 3 inches in diameter downed.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$100	Several tree limbs were downed.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$100	Tree limbs were downed.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	$10	no account filed
March 2026	Hail	Buffalo	-	The report was relayed through mPING.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation. Law enforcement also reported that a tree was blown down on the west side of the community of Buffalo.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Buffalo (BUFF) Mesonet observation.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Estimated severe wind gust.
May 2019	Tornado (EFU)	Buffalo	-	An Oklahoma City television storm chaser observed a tornado estimated to be about 5 miles west of Buffalo. No damage was reported.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	No damage reported.
May 2018	Funnel Cloud	Buffalo	-	A funnel cloud was observed in northern Harper County just south of the Kansas border. No confirmation could be found that a tornado occurred with this funnel cloud.
May 2018	Hail	Buffalo	-	Report via spotter network.
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Broadcast media via Twitter. Time estimated from tweet time and radar.
April 2015	Hail	Buffalo	-	No damage reported.
April 2015	Hail	Buffalo	-	Relayed to EM by city sheriff's office.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	The public estimated a gust to 65 mph.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	The wind gust was reported on Highway 64.
April 2007	Tornado (EF0)	Buffalo	-	An NWS cooperative observer and media chasers observed a small tornado that touched down briefly about 8 miles south-southwest of Buffalo. No damage was reported.
June 2007	Flood	Buffalo	-	US HWY 64 was closed due to high water.
May 2007	Hail	Buffalo	-	Reported at the intersection of highways 64 & 46.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
October 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	The wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Buffalo	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma Mesonet.

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.

Listed places nearby

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Harper County Courthouse	0.1 miles	1984
I.O.O.F. Building of Buffalo	0.3 miles	1983
Feuquay Elevator	0.3 miles	1983
Monhollow Artificial Stone House	0.6 miles	1983
Buffalo City Park Pavilion	0.6 miles	1988
Page Soddy	6.3 miles	1983

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 83004176 in Record Group 79.
Harper County	All 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.