Healdton Armory

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

One of 24 National Register listings published here for Carter County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Jct. of Fourth and Franklin Sts., Healdton, 73438
When was it listed? April 1994
Category. building
Census division. Healdton Central
National Register reference number. 94000280 - 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

18 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Healdton Armory between 2000 and 2019, burning about 59,593 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Debris and open burning	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Other causes	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
9 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	150 acres	Chickasaw Agency	CATTLEMEN
31 August 2006	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	EXXON
3 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Chickasaw Agency	SANTA FE ROAD
13 August 2006	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Chickasaw Agency	LATE DAY
15 July 2006	Debris and open burning	65 acres	Chickasaw Agency	NO MAN
9 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	56,688 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	LOCO/HEALDTON
16 April 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	273 acres	Chickasaw Agency	DILLARD
20 March 2008	Power generation/transmission/distribution	2.6 acres	Chickasaw Agency	BABY PRAM

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Healdton Armory: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Sand Pit	Flagstone, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this property

60 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Healdton, the town this property stands in, in 75 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 41 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 5 tornado. The reports record 8 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
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	6 hurt, $5,000,000	no account filed
October 2012	Tornado (EF1)	Healdton	2 hurt	A sheriff's deputy encountered a rain-wrapped tornado near Healdton that was embedded within a larger area of severe thunderstorm winds. The tornado developed approximately 3 miles southwest of Healdton and moved northeast toward Healdton Lake. Trees and power lines were damaged along the path. The most significant damage occurred at Healdton Lake where five mobile homes were destroyed. Two injuries reported in one of these homes. The tornado likely dissipated over or just northeast of Healdton Lake.
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	$15,000	Some shingles were removed from several houses. Several tree limbs were also downed.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	$10,000	Power poles were downed on the west side of Healdton.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	$10,000	Numerous trees uprooted and large branches broken. Significant damage to football stadium. Time estimate by radar.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	$10,000	A storage shed that held athletic equipment was blown onto its side on the south end of Horton Field.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	$7,500	Severe winds damage a trailer home and a storage building. Large trees were also downed by the severe thunderstorm winds.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	$6,000	Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 mph downed 2 trees and destroyed a few outbuildings.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	$5,000	Power poles were damaged. The report was relayed through mPING. The event time is estimated based on radar observations.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	$5,000	A social media image showing power poles blown down along Arco Road, northwest of the community of Healdton. Location is approximate and event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2020	Hail	Healdton	$5,000	Damage to a greenhouse, broken window panes.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	$5,000	Front door and windows of a house were blown in. A green house sustained structural damage. A roof was partially blown off a barn.
August 1999	Lightning	Healdton	$5,000	no account filed
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	$2,500	Power poles and lines were downed.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	$500	Power lines were downed.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	$500	Severe thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Healdton.
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	$10	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Healdton	-	Multiple emergency management and public confirmations of quarter-size hail in the community of Healdton.
May 2025	Hail	Healdton	-	The report was relayed through mPING.
June 2023	Hail	Healdton	-	MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1740-1750 LST) to report time.
April 2020	Hail	Healdton	-	Also had a 45 mph wind gusts reported.
May 2020	Hail	Healdton	-	Time estimate.
May 2019	Hail	Healdton	-	EM relayed through nwschat. Located at the district 2 barn on mobil Rd.
September 2018	Flash Flood	Healdton	-	Road closures due to high water at Mobil road and Airport road in Healdton.
September 2018	Flash Flood	Healdton	-	Oil city road and Radar road near Healdton were closed due to flash flooding.
June 2015	Flash Flood	Healdton	-	State highway 76 closed in Healdton due to high water.
June 2015	Flash Flood	Healdton	-	State highway 76 closed in several locations between Ratliff city and Headlton due to high water.
April 2015	Hail	Healdton	-	No damage reported.
October 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	-	Trained spotter reported a gust to 61 mph 3 miles south of Healdton.
June 2012	Hail	Healdton	-	The hail fell at the intersection of Cimmaron and Catllemens road.
November 2011	Flash Flood	Healdton	-	A few streets in the town of Healdton were closed due to high water. Other county roads around town were closed as well.
May 2010	Tornado (EF2)	Healdton	-	Tornado #E2. Mobile homes were destroyed and seriously damaged and significant tree damage occurred as a tornado moved from 4 miles south-southwest of Healdton to 2 miles north-northwest of Wilson.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	-	Several trees and power lines were blown down by the wind.
May 2009	Hail	Healdton	-	The hail was reported on Mobil Road.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Healdton	-	At 3:00 am CST, a county emergency management official reported that Highway 76 near Healdton, OK closed due to floodwaters from Walnut Creek and Whiskey Creek. A local road bridge in Healdton was also overtopped due to flooding along another small creek on the southeast side of Healdton.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Healdton	-	At 10:30 pm CST, a county emergency management official reported that Oil City Road near Healdton, OK was closed due to high water along the Oil Branch and another small creek, 2 miles northeast of Healdton, OK.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Healdton	-	At 11:00 pm CST, a county emergency management official reported that OK State Highway 53/76 on the east side of Healdton, OK was closed due to high water from a local creek.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Healdton	-	Floodwaters from Whiskey Creek and Walnut Creek on the north side of Healdton had overtopped West Lake Road, 2 miles northwest of Healdton, OK, Highway 53/76, one mile north of Healdton, and Airport Road, one mile northeast of Healdton. Floodwaters from these creeks had also inundated a grove of pecan trees along the outskirts of Healdton.
August 2020	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
May 2020	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
May 2020	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
May 2020	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
May 2019	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
October 2018	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
March 2017	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
October 2011	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
May 2009	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
March 2001	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
October 2000	Hail	Healdton	-	no account filed
September 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Healdton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
	Zaneis School Teacher's Dormitory	4.3 miles	1985
	Healdton Oil Field Bunk House	4.6 miles	1985

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94000280 in Record Group 79.
Carter County	All 24 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.