Tucker School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

“The Tucker School was a three-room schoolhouse built in 1937 as a Works Progress Administration project in a rural area outside of Spiro in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.”
Wikipedia article Tucker School (Spiro, Oklahoma), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Le Flore County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Off US 59, Spiro, 74959
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. Spiro
National Register reference number. 88001407 - 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

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Tucker School between 1993 and 2018, burning about 671 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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	7
Arson/incendiarism	2
Debris and open burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
27 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
23 July 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20355
7 April 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
9 March 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	370 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	WOLF MOUNTAIN
2 March 2006	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20130
22 February 2004	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30110
18 February 2014	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
17 February 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Tucker School: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this property

60 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spiro, the town this property stands in, in 74 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 34 thunderstorm wind, 34 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
February 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	2 hurt, $100,000	Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a garage, caused minor damage to about two dozen homes, snapped numerous trees, and blew down power lines. A travel trailer was blown over on its side and two occupants were injured.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	1 hurt, $50,000	A microburst slammed into the rural Fort Coffee community, destroying one unanchored trailer, and causing other damage over about a 3-4 square mile area. The storm was moving to the WSW at about 20 knots. The microburst had a measured divergent spread of 140 degrees with the left (south) edge of the debris blown to 160 degrees and the right (north) edge of the debris blown to 300 degrees.The destroyed trailer faced south and was hit from the rear by outflow winds from 340 degrees. This wind direction was about 80 degrees from the path of the storm, implying that there was practically no translational speed added into this wind, therefore, it is thought that the trailer was destoyed by no more than a 60 mph wind. The trailer was flipped onto its roof, then came apart, and was spread across the road and into the field to the south. A man and his son were in the trailer at the time of the event. The man suffered a minor neck injury. A couple of barns and a carport were destroyed as well, and several residences sustained damage ranging from shingles loosened to structural damage of a garage and outside wall.The storm cluster producing this microburst had also produced a microburst over the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	1 hurt, $30,000	Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down many trees and power lines. One tree fell on a vehicle, injuring its occupant. Several homes were also damaged by the wind.
April 2023	Hail	Spiro	$75,000	Tennis ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	$40,000	Strong winds knocked down numerous trees and power poles in Spiro. One very large tree branch fell onto a house, causing significant roof damage. Several business awnings and canopies were blown down and destroyed. A commercial garage had its roof blown off. At the Spiro ballfield, a power pole fell onto 3rd base, and the visitors' dugout back wall was blown out. An amateur radio spotter two miles south of Spiro reported winds gusting to 60 miles an hour.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	$35,000	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs, blew down small trees, and blew down many power poles and power lines.
March 2024	Hail	Spiro	$30,000	Tennis ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
March 2024	Hail	Spiro	$20,000	Hail larger than golf ball size damaged vehicles and homes.
June 2009	Hail	Spiro	$15,000	no account filed
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees and damaged homes.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a carport.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and blew shingles off the roofs of homes.
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	$5,000	A wood-frame building was destroyed on S. Cherry Street. Tree limbs were also scattered through east Spiro.
November 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	$2,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree and snapped a power pole.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	$2,000	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and damaged an outbuilding.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	$2,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	$100	Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	$100	Large tree limbs were blown down.
May 2025	Flash Flood	Spiro	-	Locally heavy rain caused flooding between Sehorn Street and Albert Smith Lane, and also in the Lazy Daisy RV Park.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 70 mph, and snapped large tree limbs.
November 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
July 2019	Flash Flood	Spiro	-	Several county roads west of Spiro were flooded.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees in Spiro.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Thunderstorm wind gusted to 75 mph west of Spiro.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Spiro	-	Highway 9 was flooded at the Haskell / Le Flore County line.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and numerous large tree limbs.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Several trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts near 70 mph were measured by emergency management.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
July 2004	Flash Flood	Spiro	-	Heavy thunderstorm rains caused underpasses in Spiro to be flooded to the point the roads had to be closed.
April 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 2001	Tornado (F0)	Spiro	-	A F0 tornado briefly touched down two miles west of Spiro. No damage was reported.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
June 1999	Flash Flood	Spiro	-	In Spiro, the railroad underpass on OK Hwy 9 was flooded.Just north of Poteau, a section of US Hwy 59-271 was nearly impassable due to heavy rains. Poteau received about 2 1/2 inches of rain on top of already-saturated grounds.In Heavener, there was lots of street flooding. On the east side of Heavener, water from the nearby Oil Branch flooded yards and streets.
May 1997	Hail	Spiro	-	A severe thunderstorm produced quarter size hail at Spiro.
May 1995	Hail	Spiro	-	Severe thunderstorms moved across extreme eastern Oklahoma during the late morning of May 26th. A tornado touched down briefly 1.5 miles southwest of Colcord at 1115CST. This F0 tornado downed trees and power lines and damaged outbuildings. One house was also "rolled over" by the tornado. Strong straight-line winds downed trees and power lines and destroyed small outbuildings one mile southwest of Colcord, and trees were blown down one-half mile southwest of Colcord. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Sallisaw, and 12 to 15 trees were uprooted by strong winds five miles west of Spiro. Dime-size hail fell at the Tenkiller Dam eight miles northwest of Vian and also at Spiro.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Severe thunderstorms moved across extreme eastern Oklahoma during the late morning of May 26th. A tornado touched down briefly 1.5 miles southwest of Colcord at 1115CST. This F0 tornado downed trees and power lines and damaged outbuildings. One house was also "rolled over" by the tornado. Strong straight-line winds downed trees and power lines and destroyed small outbuildings one mile southwest of Colcord, and trees were blown down one-half mile southwest of Colcord. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Sallisaw, and 12 to 15 trees were uprooted by strong winds five miles west of Spiro. Dime-size hail fell at the Tenkiller Dam eight miles northwest of Vian and also at Spiro.
May 1995	Hail	Spiro	-	Severe thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon of May 24th. A tornado touched down just northwest of McAlester at 1640CST and remained nearly stationary until lifting at 1650CST. This F0 tornado damaged a dairy barn and was apparently a "landspout" type tornado which formed within a developing rainshower. Golf ball-size hail fell two miles south of Keota, and dime-size hail fell five miles east of Keota and at Spiro.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Severe thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the evening of May 17th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Wilburton, two miles east of McCurtain, and in Arkoma. Strong thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs in Spiro, and dime-size hail fell at Haileyville.
September 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Spiro	-	Severe thunderstorms developed in north-central and northeast Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours of the 19th. The storms produced 1 tornado, large hail, strong winds and damaging lightning. An F0 tornado briefly touched down at 1800 CST 4 miles east of Beggs near the intersection of U.S. Highway 75 and State Highway 16. This tornado blew the roof off a mobile home. Strong thunderstorm winds tore the roof off a lumber storage building on the north side of Ada. The lumber inside the building was damaged by rain. Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed three horse barns and damaged 10 others at the Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw. Heavy rain resulted in widespread flash flooding from the western portions of Lawton to Cache. Heavy rains flooded some downtown buildings in Haskell. Lightning started a fire which damaged a house in south Oklahoma City. A lightning strike started a fire which destroyed a home near Locust Grove. Lightning started a fire which severely damaged a storage building 9 miles north-northeast of Tahlequah.
March 2024	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
March 2024	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
May 2024	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
June 2024	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
April 2023	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
May 2022	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
March 2019	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
February 2013	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
March 2013	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
February 2009	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
March 2007	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
April 2004	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Spiro	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Le Flore 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Overstreet House	2.1 miles	1980
	Overstreet House	2.1 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88001407 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Le Flore County	All 22 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.