Roff Water Tower Warning Siren - Roff, OK
N 34° 37.598 W 096° 50.501
14S E 697857 N 3833757
A warning siren is attached to one of the leg braces on the water tower in the block bounded by W Frisco Ave, S 9th St, S Broadway St, and an alley in Roff, OK.
Waymark Code: WM11WPN
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/30/2019
Views: 2
The City of Roff operates and maintains the water tower and warning siren. For those who keep track, the ball at the apex of the tower serves as U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Benchmark EL0815. Oklahoma is generally in the top five of states most hit by tornadoes, and while Roff hasn't taken a direct hit, its parent county, Pontotoc, is no stranger to high winds that cause damage and/or loss of life.
Joseph Roff and his Choctaw wife, David Anna Roff, settled in this area in 1883, and by 1890, there was a sizable community with a school and a post office. The railroad arrived in 1901, and the town took off, primarily as an agricultural community, but with some industry: The Mid-Continent Glass Sand Company is still operating in 2019. The Great Depression took its toll on Roff, with the First State Bank closing in 1934, and the railroad closing down passenger operations by 1960, but today, there are over seven hundred people living here.
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