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Lane County, Kansas

14 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
Lane County within Kansas

What the record shows

  • 40 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
Lane County Community High Schoolbuilding200505000978
Alexander & Anna Schwartz Farmbuilding201414000829

Wildfire, 2005 to 2020

27 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 27 of them, burning about 21,028 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/undetermined8
Natural6
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 March 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution18,000 acresLane County358
15 February 2017Debris and open burning1,200 acresLane County255
15 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresKansas CountiesATTWELL (FORMERLY LANE COUNTY)
3 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use450 acresFinney Countynot named
22 June 2017Natural120 acresLane County967
10 August 2017Natural19 acresLane County1341
17 October 2016Debris and open burning15 acresKansas Forest Service2148
30 March 2020Natural10 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

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

Storms, 1953 to 2025

60 of 483 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 483 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 3 injuries and about $2,396,750 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail299
Thunderstorm Wind120
Tornado45
Heavy Rain12
Flood5
Flash Flood1
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
April 1972Tornado (F3)not stated2 hurt, $2,500no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindDighton Arpt1 hurtA building was heavily damaged from an apparent microburst. Blowing gravel broke out the windows of a vehicle and injured the occupant of the vehicle. There were also power poles blown down in this location.
May 1996HailDighton$1,840,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindHealy$300,000no account filed
October 2008Thunderstorm WindDighton$85,000Extensive damage was done to major transmission lines and power poles. As many as 30,000 meters were without power and some were out for over 2 days. Numerous trees were uprooted and the Lane county road and bridge building lost it's roof. Other buildings sustained some structural damage.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Dighton Arpt$65,000This was a satellite tornado that moved northwest along the eastern edge of the larger parent tornado. It produced EF1 damage to a pivot irrigation sprinkler.
May 1991Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 1987Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1972Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 2004Tornado (F1)Shields$10,000This tornado completely destroyed a mobile home at the Cat House Recreation area northeast of Shields. Trees in the area were also heavily damaged.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPendennis$6,000The wind blew down 18 inch diameter tree limbs and took the roof of a shed. Metal corral gates along with fencing were also blown down
June 2002Thunderstorm WindAlamota$5,000The wind caused some roof damage and took down numerous two inch diameter tree limbs.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAmy$3,000Five to 10 inch tree limbs down. Several power poles destroyed.
August 1986Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500no account filed
April 1976Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
May 1971Tornado (F1)not stated$250no account filed
April 2025HailShields-A public report of 1.25 inch hail.
April 2025HailShields-An emergency manager reported hail just slightly larger than golf ball sized hail.
April 2025HailShields-A public report of multiple two inch hail stones.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDighton-A measured wind gust of 72 mph at the mesonet station KKSDIGHT22.
April 2025HailHealy-Law enforcement reported 1.5 inch hail.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindAmy-Report was from the Kansas State Mesonet of 66 mph.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindDighton-The report was received from AWN weather station.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindDighton-The report of a 77 mph wind gust was from KKSDIGHT22 weather station.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindDighton-A personal weather station Hineman Farms - KKSDIGHT22 recorded a 59 mph wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindShields-Public report of a 70 mph wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindDighton-Two public reports came in at the same time reporting multiple large tree limbs downed. One of the report included pictures.
August 2024HailAmy-Golf ball sized hail was reported by the public.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHealy-Powerlines down in this location.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAlamota-Report of 93 mph wind gust.
May 2024Tornado (EFU)Pendennis-At roughly this point the tornado may have moved south into Lane County.
May 2023Tornado (EF0)Alamota-Reported by Off duty NWS Employee.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindAmy-Numerous four inch tree limbs downed.
March 2021Heavy RainDighton-Rainfall of 2.60 inches was observed.
July 2020Heavy RainDighton-Rainfall of 5.00 inches was observed.
July 2020Heavy RainHealy-Rainfall of 4.70 inches was observed.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindDighton-Power poles were blown down along highway 23 near county Road 160.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAmy-Siding damage was done to a barn.
July 2019Tornado (EF0)Amy-This was a landspout tornado.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindPendennis-There were also quite a few gustnadoes reported along with a lot of blowing dirt.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindDighton-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
July 2018HailHealy-There were only a few the size of a golf ball. Most stones were quarter sized.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAmy-Small hail of an undisclosed size also occurred with the high wind.
May 2018HailDighton-Windows were broken and there was also roof and siding damage from the hail. Wheat fields were also decimated in the area.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDighton Arpt-Grain bins were destroyed by the high wind.
October 2017HailAlamota-There was virtually no wind as the hail fell.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Healy-This tornado appeared to be stronger than the rating but since it did not encounter anything, it was given a rating of EF0.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Healy-This tornado moved almost due north.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Pendennis-There was brief circulation at the surface for a little less than a minute.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Alamota-This was a brief tornado.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Alamota-Another tornado observed from the cyclic supercell.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Alamota-This tornado was weak.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Dighton-This was a weak tornado that moved west of due north.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Healy-There was brief circulation at the surface from this apparent weak tornado.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindShields-Winds were estimated to be gusting to 60 MPH.
May 2015FloodHealy-Many county roads were flooded.
May 2015Heavy RainHealy-Rainfall of 3.80 was measured.
May 2015Heavy RainDighton Arpt-There was 5.6 inches recorded. Unofficial reports of 8 inches were reported across southeast Lane County.
April 2015HailAlamota-The hail was nickel to quarter sized.
April 2015HailAlamota-The hail covered the ground.

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.