Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
“The Kinta High School, on OK 2 in Kinta, Oklahoma, was built with Works Progress Administration funding in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.”
Wikipedia article Kinta High School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Haskell County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Kinta High School between 1992 and 2018, burning about 10,794 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 71 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20226 |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20445 |
| 28 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20195 |
| 25 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20352 |
| 21 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20456 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kinta, the town this property stands in, in 38 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 19 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Kinta | $500,000 | Approximately 40 structures were damaged by flood waters. Numerous roads were flooded in town. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Kinta | $60,000 | An F2 tornado destroyed one single family dwelling, while another single family dwelling received major damage. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Kinta | $50,000 | Baseball size hail damaged homes and automobiles. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Kinta | $30,000 | A tornado damaged two barns, uprooted a tree, and damaged a home on the east side of town. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinta | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour damaged outbuildings. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinta | $2,000 | Trees and power poles were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinta | $1,000 | Numerous trees were blown down near Kinta. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinta | $500 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinta | $100 | A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds which downed numerous large tree limbs in Kinta. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Kinta | - | Portions of Highway 31 between Highway 2 and Highway 82 were closed due to flooding. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Kinta | - | Portions of Highway 31 between Highway 2 and Highway 82 were closed due to flooding. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinta | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a small tree and snapped large tree limbs. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinta | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down multiple trees. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinta | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Kinta | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flooding in Kinta. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Kinta | - | An amateur radio operator reported a tornado one mile east of Kinta. No damage was reported. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Kinta | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinta | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Store | 0.8 miles | 1980 | |
| Cotton Storage House | 0.8 miles | 1980 | |
| Edmund McCurtain House | 4.5 miles | 1980 | |
| Green McCurtain House | 4.8 miles | 1971 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001383 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Haskell County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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