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One of 10 National Register listings published here for Hughes County · listed in 1988 · category: Building · built in 1936.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Wetumka Armory
Built in 1936. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. St. Louis and Wetumka Sts., Wetumka, 74883
- When was it listed? September 1988
- Category. building
- Also known as. WPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935-1943 TR
- Census division. Wetumka
- When was it built? 1936
- National Register reference number. 88001390 - 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
32 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Wetumka Armory between 2001 and 2020, burning about 18,147 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | ANDERSON |
| 31 July 2008 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | HOUSE |
| 17 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | COUNTY ROAD |
| 2 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 141 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | BOULDER |
| 1 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 174 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SISTER MARY |
| 9 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | LEAF BLOWER |
| 18 March 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 35 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | GREEN LAGOON |
| 17 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | DUNZY |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wetumka Armory: 3 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wetumka, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 18 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wetumka | $50,000 | Emergency management reported numerous power poles down down with one tree blown onto a residence. Damages estimated. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wetumka | $15,000 | Relayed images showing multiple large tree limbs blown down, including at least one that landed on a parked vehicle. Event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wetumka | $12,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wetumka | $6,000 | Pipes at a pumping station near Lake Wetumka were blown loose. A few large tree branches and shingles on a home were blown down near Wetumka. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| January 2024 | Hail | Wetumka | - | Relayed image. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Wetumka | - | Law enforcement reported 1.75 hail near Wetumka Lake. |
| September 2012 | Heavy Rain | Wetumka | - | Trained spotter reported 5 of rain. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Wetumka | - | County roads 1190 and 3730 were closed due to high water. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Wetumka | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Wetumka Cemetery Pavilion and Fence | 1.9 miles | 1988 |
| Levering Mission | 3.0 miles | 1974 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001390 in Record Group 79. |
| Hughes County | All 10 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.