Built in 1930. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
“The Magnolia Service Station is a historic service station located on Old U.S. The station, an affiliate of the Magnolia Petroleum Company, opened circa 1930.”
Wikipedia article Magnolia Service Station, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Beckham County · listed in 1995 · category: Building · built in 1930.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia Service Station between 2005 and 2011, burning about 1,580 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARBON BLACK RD GRASS FIRE |
| 10 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I 40 & CO RD 29 |
| 10 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 350 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EMMERT FIRE |
| 14 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE LINE ROAD |
| 27 December 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 January 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Texola, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 12 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texola | $10,000 | Semi overturned at mile marker 3 on I-40. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Texola | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Texola | - | Television storm chasers and emergency management spotters observed a tornado to the south of Texola moving northeast. No damage was reported and the path of the tornado was estimated based on spotter reports and radar. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Texola | - | No damage reported. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Texola | - | No damage reports. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Texola | - | Two storm chasers observed this tornado as it formed just east of the Texas/Oklahoma state line, north of Texola. No damage was observed or reported. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Texola | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Hail | Texola | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Texola | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Texola | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Texola | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Texola | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Texola | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Texola | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Texola | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Texola | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Texola | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Winds Motel | 6.7 miles | 2004 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95000028 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Beckham County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |
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