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Rio Grande Ranch Headquarters Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

“The Rio Grande Ranch Headquarters Historic District is a historic one-story residence located 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Okay in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places September 9, 1992.”

Wikipedia article Rio Grande Ranch Headquarters Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Wagoner County · listed in 1992 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Address. OK 251A, 3 mi. E of Okay, Okay, 74434
  • When was it listed? September 1992
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Wagoner
  • Architectural style. Prairie School architecture
  • National Register reference number. 92001191 - 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Rio Grande Ranch Headquarters Historic District between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,324 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use10 acresCherokee Nation TribeCORPS LINE
31 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 August 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
20 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
19 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30443
18 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30377
18 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor18 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
18 August 1999Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Wagoner 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 Rio Grande Ranch Headquarters Historic District: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arkhola #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arkhola Mine #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arkhola Roberts QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cherokee Co Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wagoner County

Storms near this property

42 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Okay, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 23 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2003Tornado (F1)Okay$150,000A F1 tornado touched down south southeast of Okay and crossed into Muskogee county. The damage was characterized by a few damaged to destroyed mobile homes and several damaged to destroyed outbuildings and sheds. Trees and utility poles were also blown down. The few single family houses in the path sustained lesser damage.
April 1999Tornado (F0)Okay$40,000A small tornado touched down on the south edge of Sequoyah Bay State Park and destroyed an equipment shed. The tornado moved north-northeast through the park, downing several trees and causing minor damage to two vehicles and two campers. One of the campers set down on one end of a pickup truck. The gate attendants' trailer was moved six feet. The tornado destroyed an empty boat dock before eyewitnesses reported it moving into Fort Gibson Lake as a waterspout. The waterspout moved toward the Highway 51 bridge but dissipated before reaching the bridge.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindOkay$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a home and destroyed a carport.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindOkay$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several power poles.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindOkay$3,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees and power lines.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindOkay$3,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power poles one mile south of the Fort Gibson Lake dam.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindOkay$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down power lines.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindOkay$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew over a storage shed.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindOkay$500Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOkay$500Several trees were blown down, one of which blocked a highway.
October 2009Flash FloodOkay-Several roads were flooded and closed due to high water.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindOkay-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large limbs.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindOkay-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
January 2008Flash FloodOkay-Heavy rain caused water to flow over Highway 16 west of Okay.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindOkay-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
April 2026HailOkay-no account filed
June 2025HailOkay-no account filed
August 2011HailOkay-no account filed
March 2009HailOkay-no account filed
January 2008HailOkay-no account filed
January 2008HailOkay-no account filed
January 2008HailOkay-no account filed
March 2008HailOkay-no account filed
March 2008Thunderstorm WindOkay-no account filed
May 2008HailOkay-no account filed
April 2004HailOkay-no account filed
February 2001HailOkay-no account filed
September 2001HailOkay-no account filed
March 2000HailOkay-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindOkay-no account filed
May 1999HailOkay-no account filed
August 1998HailOkay-no account filed
May 1998HailOkay-no account filed
May 1996HailOkay-no account filed
May 1996HailOkay-no account filed
April 1996HailOkay-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindOkay-no account filed
March 1996HailOkay-no account filed
October 1995HailOkay-no account filed
July 1995HailOkay-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindOkay-no account filed
January 1994HailOkay-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wagoner 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

1 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
Jamison Cemetery5.6 miles2012

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92001191 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wagoner CountyAll 19 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.