Woodward Crystal Beach Park

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Woodward County · listed in 1988 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Jim Ben and Temple Houston Sts., Woodward, 73801
When was it listed? September 1988
Category. district
Also known as. WPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Water Quality Improvements in Northwestern Oklahoma, 1935-1943 TR
Census division. Woodward
National Register reference number. 88001359 - 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

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Woodward Crystal Beach Park between 2015 and 2019, burning about 23,591 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
18 March 2019	Debris and open burning	103 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	41 FIRE
16 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23,488 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	BOILING SPRINGS FIRE

Every fire recorded in Woodward County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Woodward Crystal Beach Park: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Dolomite. 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	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Unknown	Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Dolomite	Prospect
Kline Dredge and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Woodward County

Storms near this property

60 of 245 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodward, the town this property stands in, in 245 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 124 hail, 106 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 5 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
April 2012	Hail	Woodward	1 hurt	The hail broke multiple windows and dented several cars.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$80,000	A barn was damaged.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$75,000	A roof was blown off of an apartment building.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$60,000	Several power lines were downed on the north side of town. The wind and half dollar size hail also combined for several windows to be broken in town. Several limbs were blown onto parked automobiles. Several trees sustained damage around Woodward.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$50,000	Relayed images showing roof damage to a house and metal machine shed. A camper trailer was also blown over. Report relayed through broadcast media. Location is approximate and time is radar estimated.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$33,000	Six power poles were downed near 48th Street. A portion of the roof was blown off at Woodward Elks Lodge. A 50-foot section of an aluminum roof was also blown off at Diamond Services Company on Oklahoma Avenue.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$25,500	A tractor-trailer was blown over, and power lines were downed.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$25,000	The Mesonet site 2 miles southwest of Woodward measured a 75 mph wind gust. Law enforcement in Woodward reported roof damage to the local Dairy Queen as well as toppled power poles. This wind was generated by a heat burst away from the parent thunderstorm. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$21,000	A tractor-trailer was blown over, and power lines were downed.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$20,000	Also EM reported numerous power lines, utility poles, and trees down as well as awnings and outbuildings damaged.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$20,000	Mobile home flipped over by winds.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$15,000	Multiple power poles snapped along Oklahoma Highway 34 north of the community of Woodward. Report relayed through broadcast media. Location is approximate and time is radar estimated.
September 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$15,000	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$10,000	Numerous power poles and lines blown down in the vicinity. Time is radar estimated.
May 2016	Tornado (EF0)	Woodward	$10,000	A tornado was observed north-northwest of Woodward by multiple spotters and storm chasers. Two outbuildings were damaged, but otherwise meandered over open ranchland. Although the tornado was observed to have become rather wide, both the damage produced and preliminary data from the University of Massachusetts X-Pol mobile Doppler radar operated by Purdue University researchers indicate that the tornado likely only produced EF0 wind speeds. Based on the circulation track derived from the UMass X-Pol radar, the total path length was approximately 2.7 miles along a meandering path.
March 2012	Lightning	Woodward	$10,000	A home near Boiling Springs State Park was struck by lightning. A significant portion of its roof was lost due to fire.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$10,000	Several power lines were downed on the north side of town. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$10,000	Damage was sustained to two roofs.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$10,000	Two trees were blown onto a house.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$5,000	Several utility poles were snapped on Highway 412. Time was estimated.
September 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$5,000	no account filed
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$3,000	Trees of 10-12 inch diameter were blown down.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$3,000	A large tree was blown down near 9th Street and Santa Fe Avenue. Minor damage was also reported to a carport near this location. Monetary damages were estimated.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$2,000	Image relayed showing electrical pole leaning. Time estimated based on radar imagery and nearby wind gust at Woodward (WOOD) Mesonet site.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$2,000	Power lines downed.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$2,000	Two power poles were snapped along Highway 34. Monetary damages were estimated.
October 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$1,000	A car was damaged at a car dealership.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$1,000	Trees were downed.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$500	Sign damage was reported.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$500	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$10	Large tree limbs were downed.
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	$10	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Woodward	-	The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2025	Hail	Woodward	-	Hailfall occurred near the intersection of Oklahoma Highway 34C and County Road 3800. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2025	Hail	Woodward	-	The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2025	Hail	Woodward	-	The location is approximate.
May 2025	Hail	Woodward	-	An image showing a ruler measurement was shared. The location is approximate.
May 2025	Hail	Woodward	-	The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2025	Hail	Woodward	-	An image was shared. The location is approximate.
May 2024	Hail	Woodward	-	MPing report.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	-	Woodward (WOOD) Mesonet observation.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	-	Woodward (WOOD) Mesonet observation.
May 2024	Hail	Woodward	-	MPing report.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	-	Personal weather station measurement. Outflow winds associated with convection near the Oklahoma and Kansas border.
May 2024	Hail	Woodward	-	Social media images. Time is radar estimated.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	-	Woodward (WOOD) Mesonet observation. Heat burst event.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	-	Woodward (WOOD) Mesonet observation.
July 2023	Hail	Woodward	-	MPing report.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	-	Woodward (WOOD) Mesonet observation.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	-	Woodward (WOOD) Mesonet observation.
July 2023	Tornado (EF1)	Woodward	-	Numerous power poles and lines blown down in the vicinity. Time is radar estimated.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	-	Woodward (WOOD) Mesonet observation.
July 2023	Hail	Woodward	-	MPing report.
July 2022	Flash Flood	Woodward	-	Many streets with one to two feet of water. Some areas impassable with up to 3 to 5 inches of rain measured across Woodward.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	-	Estimated severe wind gusts.
May 2019	Flash Flood	Woodward	-	Water one and a half feet deep on many roadways and parking lots. Most roads are inaccessible.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	-	No damage reported.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	-	Eighty-five foot tree reported down.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Woodward	-	No damage reported.
May 2017	Hail	Woodward	-	Time estimated by radar.

Every storm recorded in Woodward 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

3 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
Woodward Theater, The	1.2 miles	2008
Woodward Federal Courthouse and Post Office	1.2 miles	2007
L. L. Stein House	1.3 miles	1983

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88001359 in Record Group 79.
Woodward County	All 5 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.