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Williams School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

“Williams School in Cameron, Oklahoma was a Works Progress Administration project that was built in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.”

Wikipedia article Williams School (Cameron, 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. NW of Cameron, Cameron, 74932
  • 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. Cameron
  • National Register reference number. 88001408 - 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

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Williams School between 1993 and 2017, burning about 372 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism35 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20429
27 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20374
19 September 2004Debris and open burning6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20364
14 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20474
13 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20421
12 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20417
22 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Williams School: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hamilton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock Island StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this property

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cameron, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 17 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 1997Thunderstorm WindCameron2 hurt, $120,000no account filed
April 2026HailCameron$30,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
August 2019HailCameron$15,000no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCameron$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCameron$5,000Emergency management personnel estimated 70 mph thunderstorm wind gusts with trees and power lines blown down.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCameron$4,000Winds peeled the roof off of a mobile home.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindCameron-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindCameron-Large tree limbs were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind in Cameron.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindCameron-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindCameron-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree.
February 2023HailCameron-no account filed
April 2022HailCameron-no account filed
April 2016HailCameron-no account filed
April 2014HailCameron-no account filed
March 2013HailCameron-no account filed
April 2011HailCameron-no account filed
June 2011HailCameron-no account filed
February 2009Thunderstorm WindCameron-no account filed
March 2006HailCameron-no account filed
April 2005HailCameron-no account filed
November 2004HailCameron-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindCameron-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCameron-no account filed
May 1998HailCameron-no account filed
June 1998HailCameron-no account filed
March 1998HailCameron-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindCameron-no account filed
June 1995HailCameron-no account filed
October 1993HailCameron-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

4 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 PropertyDistance Listed
James E. Reynolds House2.5 miles1977
Choctaw Agency6.3 miles1972
Shady Point School6.7 miles1988
Jenson Tunnel7.0 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88001408 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Le Flore CountyAll 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.