BlockFrom the record
One of 48 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 1996 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Spring Dell School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 5 mi. S, .5 W of Jct. of US 66 and OK 18, Meeker, 74834
- When was it listed? April 1996
- Category. building
- Also known as. WPA Resources in Lincoln County MPS
- Census division. Chandler
- National Register reference number. 96000376 - 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
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Spring Dell School between 2000 and 2012, burning about 7,205 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 acres | Eastern Oklahoma Regional Office | CROMWELL |
| 23 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30386 |
| 1 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CHANDLER |
Storms near this property
48 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meeker, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 27 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Meeker | $60,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Meeker | $50,000 | Tornado D3 (Lincoln County portion). See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | $20,000 | A mobile home was moved approximately four feet and damaged. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | $15,000 | In addition to the severe winds, ping pong ball sized hail fell. This caused damage to several homes with windows broken out. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Meeker | $6,000 | This QLCS tornado developed in Pottawatomie County just south of the Lincoln County line, and immediately moved into Lincoln County. The tornado moved north-northwest and then northeast dissipating about 1.5 miles east of Meeker. There were two outbuildings damaged and a number of trees along the path. |
| February 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Meeker | $5,000 | This tornado moved north into Pottawatomie County. It produced damage to trees and an outbuilding before dissipating about one-third of a mile north of the county line. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | $5,000 | Damage to a barn and power poles reported. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | $2,000 | Emergency Manager reported a large tree down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | $1,000 | Tree downed and blocking road on Highway 18B, four miles west of the intersection with Highway 18A. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | $10 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | $10 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Meeker | - | The Shawnee tornado moved into Lincoln County just west of Kickapoo Street, damaging tree branches before dissipating about one-half mile north of the county line. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Meeker | - | Flooding was reported along highway 62 between Meeker and Prague causing a significant traffic back up. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Meeker | - | No damage was reported. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Meeker | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Meeker | - | Several reports were received of a brief tornado northeast of Meeker. No damage was reported. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Meeker | - | The hail fell at the intersection of Highway 177 and 62. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Meeker | - | Dime size hail accumulated up to 3 inches deep north of the intersection of Highway 102 and 62. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Meeker | - | Hail was observed on Highway 18. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Meeker | - | Hail was reported covering the ground. |
| October 2021 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| November 2018 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| November 2008 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Flood | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| February 1994 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Meeker | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | - | no account filed |
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
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Midlothian School | 2.0 miles | 1996 |
 | St. Paul Baptist Church and Cemetery | 4.3 miles | 2002 |
| St. Paul Baptist Church and Cemetery | 4.6 miles | 2002 |
 | St. Cloud Hotel | 5.1 miles | 1984 |
 | Clapp-Cunningham Building | 5.2 miles | 1984 |
 | Boston Store | 5.3 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96000376 in Record Group 79. |
| Lincoln County | All 48 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.
- 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.