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One of 13 National Register listings published here for Noble County · listed in 1996 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Sumner School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Co. Rd. N3300, 2 mi. N of US 64, Morrison, 73077
- When was it listed? April 1996
- Category. building
- Census division. Perry
- National Register reference number. 96000492 - 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 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Sumner School between 2006 and 2017, burning about 1,418 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | QUAIL |
| 23 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 218 acres | Pawnee Agency | GREASY CREEK |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,200 acres | Pawnee Agency | JASON STEVENS |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Sumner School: 17 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greasy Creek | Copper | Occurrence | 1979 | |
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morrison, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 12 hail, 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $36,000 | A mobile home was blown across a road and into a pasture by severe thunderstorm winds. At a house northwest of Morrison, numerous large trees were uprooted, a corral and a stock trailer were destroyed, and a barn sustained extensive damage. About a mile north of Morrison a small building was destroyed, killing one bull and three cows. The Morrison football field sustained an estimated $15000 in damage to the scoreboard, a goal post, and a utility building. nine power poles east of Morrison were blown down by the severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $20,000 | Two barns were destroyed, and a pick-up truck was damaged on the west side of town. |
| March 2004 | Hail | Morrison | $10,000 | Greenhouse roof damaged by hail. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $10,000 | Two businesses at the intersection of Highway 64 and Highway 177, also known as Bill's Corner, sustained structural damage. A 15 foot by 15 foot section of sheet metal roofing from one of the businesses was peeled back and lofted southward. At the other business, a 12 foot by 20 foot metal frame, sheet metal exterior building was blown approximately 20 yards to the south and destroyed, while debris from the building pushed over 2 tanks full of diesel, each weighing 2500 pounds. In addition, a highway sign about 150 yards to the north-northwest of these businesses was pushed over almost to the ground, laying down to the south southwest, and a small wooden building approximately 6 feet by 8 feet, near the sign was rolled and destroyed, landing south southwest from its original location. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $5,000 | Numerous two to three inch diameter tree limbs were downed. Minor damag was also reported to a carport. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $5,000 | Power lines were downed. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $3,000 | A 10 foot by 14 foot wooden building was pushed over intact onto its west side. Large tree limbs were blown down to the southwest, and a tree about 10 to 12 inches in diameter was split and laying to the southwest, however it appears the tree was at least partially dead. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | $2,000 | An outbuilding was destroyed, and numerous 1 to 3 inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Morrison | - | Maximum hail size increased from dime to golf ball during the event time. The report was relayed through mPING. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Morrison | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Morrison | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Morrison | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Morrison | - | Numerous sources reported hail nearing 3.75 inches in diameter near the community of Morrison. A relayed image shows a hailstone with a diameter approaching the width of a small soup can, suggesting this hailstone may have been at least 4 inches in diameter. These hailstones establish a new record for the largest hail observed in Oklahoma during November on record. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| February 1995 | Hail | Morrison | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Morrison | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Morrison Baptist Church | 6.6 miles | 1984 |
| Schultz-Neal Stone Barn | 6.6 miles | 2020 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96000492 in Record Group 79. |
| Noble County | All 13 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.