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Hamilton County, Kansas

42 topographic sheets cover 5 settlements here, and 2 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

2 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Kansas within the United States
Hamilton County within Kansas

What the record shows

  • 68 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 2 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings.
  • 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

2

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
Menno Community Hallbuilding200302001700
Northup Theaterbuilding200505000008

Wildfire, 2006 to 2018

7 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 7 of them, burning about 5,503 acres. 1 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/undetermined4
Natural1
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,500 acresHamilton Countynot named
30 October 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,000 acresKansas CountiesFRONTIER
19 February 2016Debris and open burning1,000 acresKansas Forest Service6
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKansas Forest Service32
11 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1600027
29 July 2018Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service1800012
5 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service1500008

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

Storms, 1951 to 2025

60 of 621 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 621 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 1 injury and about $734,560 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail395
Thunderstorm Wind166
Tornado36
Heavy Rain15
Flash Flood4
Flood4
Funnel Cloud1

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
July 1966Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
June 1990Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1954Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCoolidge$50,000Pivot sprinkler overturned.
September 1993HailSyracuse$50,000no account filed
May 1999HailCoolidge$30,000Swath of hail and high wind across the northern 1/4 of the county produced $30,000 damage to property. Damage was also done to crops. Do not have dollar figure available.
May 1962Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCoolidge$10,000The roof of a 30 x 60 foot shed was blown about 40 feet. Six power poles were blown down and a large tree was uprooted. Also a large water tank was rolled over 200 feet.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$10,000Grain bin destroyed.
June 1994HailSyracuse$5,000no account filed
June 1994HailSyracuse$5,000no account filed
September 1993HailKendall$5,000no account filed
May 1988Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500no account filed
July 1966Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500no account filed
November 1963Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500no account filed
June 1951Tornadonot stated$2,500no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$2,000Four power poles destroyed.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$2,000Power poles down across highway 27.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$2,000no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindKendall$1,000A cattle feed bunk was blown 1/4 of a mile.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$1,000A couple of power poles were blown down.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$1,000no account filed
June 1994HailSyracuse$500no account filed
June 1983Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
August 1977Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
September 2025Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-AWOS station K3K3 Syracuse recorded a 69 mph wind gust.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-AWOS station K3K3 Syracuse recorded a 59 mph wind gust.
August 2025Tornado (EFU)Medway-Storm chaser video showed a brief tornado last for a couple minutes. No damage was found.
August 2025HailSyracuse-A storm chaser reported 2.75 inch hail and included pictures via social media.
August 2025HailSyracuse-Public reported 2 inch hail.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-AWOS station K3K3 Syracuse recorded a 58 mph wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Reported by a mesonet station.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Measured by the AWOS station at Syracuse.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Measured by the mesonet station K5COO.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Department of highways measured a 63 mph wind gust.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Sixty to seventy mph thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindKendall-Strong thunderstorms wind gusts were measured by a mesonet station.
April 2024Tornado (EF0)Kendall-Damaged outbuilding and power poles. Reported as a tornado with picture but could be a tornado or landspout.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindKendall-Damaged outbuilding and power poles.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindKendall-Mesonet site recorded a wind gust of 60 MPH.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Winds gusted to approximately 60 MPH.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Wind gusts to 60 MPH were estimated.
May 2021Heavy RainCoolidge-Rainfall of 3.60 was reported.
September 2021HailKendall-Most of the hail was small but the ground was completely covered as the hail lasted up to 10 minutes.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Damage was done to a roof and a patio cover was torn off by high winds. In addition, tree limbs were broken.
May 2020Tornado (EF0)Coolidge-This was one of two twin landspout tornadoes.
May 2020Tornado (EF0)Coolidge-This was one of two twin landspout tornadoes.
May 2020Tornado (EF0)Syracuse-This was another landspout tornado.
July 2020Heavy RainSyracuse-Rainfall of 2.96 inches was observed.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Measured on a home weather station.
June 2019Flash FloodSyracuse-Water was crossing Highway 27 near CR13.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-A tree was blown into a house.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindSyracuse-Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
August 2019Funnel CloudSyracuse-There was a rotating wall cloud with funnel cloud observed.
September 2018Heavy RainCoolidge-Rainfall of 1.20 inches was measured.
July 2018Tornado (EF0)Syracuse-A land spout tornado moved south and then turned west before dissipating.
May 2018HailCoolidge-Winds were 40 to 50 MPH.
May 2018HailMayline-Winds were also 50 to 60 MPH.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindKendall-There were some broken windows in vehicles and buildings from flying tree limbs.

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.