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Clark County, Kansas

30 topographic sheets cover 5 settlements here, and 5 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

5 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Kansas within the United States
Clark County within Kansas

What the record shows

  • 60 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 5 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 5 buildings.
  • 1 of the 5 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 5 populated places in this county; 5 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

5

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Ashland Grade Schoolbuilding200505001245
Girl Scout Little Housebuilding201515000142
Hodson Hotelbuilding2019100004456
Stein Housebuilding200101000182
Stockgrowers State Bankbuilding197272000490

Wildfire, 2000 to 2020

42 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 42 of them, burning about 31,585 acres. 6 started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Debris and open burning5

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 January 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined6,000 acresKansas CountiesLEXINGTON
14 August 2010Natural4,190 acresKansas CountiesMILLER FIRE
24 February 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined4,000 acresClark Countynot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,500 acresClark Countynot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,700 acresClark Countynot named
5 March 2018Equipment and vehicle use1,600 acresKansas Forest Service3
13 December 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,500 acresKansas Forest ServiceDUNNE RANCH
24 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,500 acresKansas Forest ServiceKRIER RANCH

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1955 to 2025

60 of 691 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 691 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $2,399,830 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail471
Thunderstorm Wind145
Tornado41
Heavy Rain22
Flash Flood5
Flood3
Lightning2
Funnel Cloud2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1997HailMinneola$2,000,000Nearly every window in the small community were broken with siding destroyed on many homes. Cars received considerable damage too. Shingles were also torn off. Skylights broken at the school.
May 1998HailMinneola$160,000A USDA report indicated tennis ball size hail across parts of the county but no specific information was given to the location or time. There was damage to crops...almost county wide.
April 1994Tornado (F2)Ashland$50,000Tornado touched down briefly and passed through the Roger Giles Farmstead. House windows were broken out, farm machinery was wrecked, and the house was moved on its foundation. All but two outbuildings on the farmstead were damaged.
August 1996LightningAshland$50,000no account filed
June 2009HailMinneola$30,000Golf ball sized hail covered the ground and combined with high wind caused extensive damage to vehicles and farm equipment.
July 1972Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
September 1994HailAshland$20,000A severe thunderstorm with one-inch diameter hail and winds greater than 52 knots (60 mph) knocked down large tree branches and produced some roof damage seven miles southwest of Ashland at 1615 CST.
May 1998HailMinneola$20,000no account filed
March 2021Thunderstorm WindMinneola$15,000A mobile home was blown over by high wind.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindAshland$10,00012 power poles blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindAshland$5,000Power poles blown down on highway 34.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindAshland$4,500Roof torn of a 15 x 30 shed and a tree was uprooted.
June 1996HailAshland$3,800no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindSitka$3,000Ten power poles taken down by the RearFlank Downdraft.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindMinneola$3,000no account filed
March 2001Thunderstorm WindMinneola$500Road sign blown down on the east side of town.
August 1973Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
April 2025HailSitka-Public report of 1.5 inch hail.
April 2025HailEnglewood-Public report of 1.75 inch hail.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindAshland Krier Arpt-A mesonet from the Kansas State Mesonet recorded a 58 mph wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindAshland Krier Arpt-Personal Weather Station.
September 2025HailAshland-A public report of 3 inch hail. 2.75 inch hail was reported at the same time and place.
September 2025HailAshland-A public report of about 3.5 inch hail.
September 2025HailAshland Krier Arpt-A social media post of measured 3.5 inch hail.
September 2025HailMinneola-A public report of 1 inch hail.
September 2025HailMinneola-A public report of 3 inch hail. Another 1 inch hail report in the same place a couple minutes later.
September 2025HailMinneola-A public report of 4 inch hail from social media with pictures.
September 2025HailMinneola-A public report of 2 inch hail.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindAshland-Emergency Manager reported multiple trees down and building damage in Ashland. Time estimated from radar.
May 2024Heavy RainAcres-A rainfall report of 3.04 inches.
June 2024Flash FloodClark State Lake-Social media report with pictures showing water over a county road at this location.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindAshland Krier Arpt-Strong thunderstorms wind gusts were measured by area mesonet.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMinneola-The observer reported roof damage.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSitka-Minor damage and tree limbs down due to high thunderstorms winds.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSitka-Report multiple power lines down along SR34 Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSitka-Report of semi blown over on Highway 34 near mm 28.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindClark State Lake-Tree damage.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSitka-Six power poles snapped just east of highway 160 and highway 34 intersection.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSitka-Reports of 3 inch tree limbs broken.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMinneola-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindAshland Krier Arpt-Mesonet station 8S of Ashland.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMinneola-Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
July 2022Heavy RainClark State Lake-Rainfall of 3.50 inches was observed.
August 2021HailMinneola-There was severe roof and siding damage.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Minneola-Brief tornado on the foward flank videotaped by a storm chaser.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindMinneola-There was also very heavy rain with the wind.
May 2019Tornado (EF1)Minneola-The tornado moved out of Meade County at 1943 LST and moved into Ford County at 1952 LST. As it crossed Highway 54 it overturned a semi truck but fortunately the driver was not hurt.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSitka-Winds were estimated at 70 MPH.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMinneola-Winds were estimated at 70 MPH.
May 2017Tornado (EF1)Minneola-The tornado did damage to vehicles, power lines and a small outbuildings.
May 2017Flash FloodMinneola-Water over the roads in and around Minneola.
May 2017HailSitka-The hail was mostly pea sized.
May 2017Flash FloodMinneola-Rain water was curb-to-curb.
May 2017Funnel CloudMinneola-There was a brief cone funnel.
August 2017Heavy RainAshland Krier Arpt-Rainfall was 4.89 inches.
September 2016HailAshland-Hail covered the ground.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSitka-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMinneola-There was also ping pong ball sized hail with the high wind.
June 2014HailMinneola-Winds also gusted to 60 MPH with the hail.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAcres-Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH.

Every populated place in the county

5

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.