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One of 107 National Register listings published here for Tulsa County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Sand Springs Power Plant
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 221 S. Main St., Sand Springs, 74063
- When was it listed? September 1998
- Category. building
- Census division. Tulsa
- National Register reference number. 98001148 - 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
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Sand Springs Power Plant between 1995 and 2018, burning about 4,500 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,200 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | SHELL LAKE |
| 14 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | MULE |
| 14 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Osage Agency | WILD MTN |
| 27 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Osage Agency | BLACK JACK |
| 6 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 40303 |
| 7 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 488 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SEVEN MILE FIRE |
| 23 March 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,500 acres | Osage Agency | S.S. CASINO |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Sand Springs Power Plant: 9 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Arkansas No.1 Dredge and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chandler Materials Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sand Springs, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 1996: 19 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the early evening of May 31st. Hail ranging from quarter to golf ball-size fell at Westport, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Sand Springs. Half-dollar-size hail fell one mile north of Osage and two miles north of Sand Springs, and quarter-size hail fell one mile west of Prue. Dime to quarter-size hail fell at the Keystone Dam eight miles west of Sand Springs, and dime-size hail also fell one mile south of Hominy and three miles north of Cleveland. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the early evening of May 31st. Hail ranging from quarter to golf ball-size fell at Westport, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Sand Springs. Half-dollar-size hail fell one mile north of Osage and two miles north of Sand Springs, and quarter-size hail fell one mile west of Prue. Dime to quarter-size hail fell at the Keystone Dam eight miles west of Sand Springs, and dime-size hail also fell one mile south of Hominy and three miles north of Cleveland. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the early evening of May 31st. Hail ranging from quarter to golf ball-size fell at Westport, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Sand Springs. Half-dollar-size hail fell one mile north of Osage and two miles north of Sand Springs, and quarter-size hail fell one mile west of Prue. Dime to quarter-size hail fell at the Keystone Dam eight miles west of Sand Springs, and dime-size hail also fell one mile south of Hominy and three miles north of Cleveland. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the early evening of May 31st. Hail ranging from quarter to golf ball-size fell at Westport, and hail ranging from nickel to golf ball-size fell at Sand Springs. Half-dollar-size hail fell one mile north of Osage and two miles north of Sand Springs, and quarter-size hail fell one mile west of Prue. Dime to quarter-size hail fell at the Keystone Dam eight miles west of Sand Springs, and dime-size hail also fell one mile south of Hominy and three miles north of Cleveland. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | ,,,,,,,,Thunderstorm Winds (G52) Tulsa,07,2000CST- *,,2030CST,,0,0,5,0,Lightning Tulsa,07,2005CST- *,,2030CST,,0,0,5,0,Thunderstorm Winds (G61) |
| January 1996 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Flash Flood | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Sand Springs | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Springs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Page Memorial Library | 0.4 miles | 1999 |
| Fire Station No. 13 | 4.1 miles | 2020 | |
| 66 Motel | 5.6 miles | 1996 | |
| Whittier Square Historic District | 5.6 miles | 2012 | |
 | Daniel Webster High School Historic District | 5.6 miles | 2021 |
 | Cities Service Station #8 | 5.7 miles | 2011 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98001148 in Record Group 79. |
| Tulsa County | All 107 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.