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Miami County, Kansas

48 topographic sheets cover 21 settlements here, and 19 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

19 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Kansas within the United States
Miami County within Kansas

What the record shows

  • 344 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 19 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 12 buildings, 3 structures, 2 sites, 1 district and 1 object.
  • 2 of the 19 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 21 populated places in this county; 21 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

19

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
Asylum Bridgestructure199089002187
John Brown Cabinbuilding197171000319
Carey's Ford Bridgestructure199089002179
Congregational Churchbuilding201312001239
Creamery Bridgesite198383000434
First Presbyterian Church of Paolabuilding2025100012121
Fowler and Baehr Buildingsbuilding2025100011631
Jackson Hotelbuilding200808000646
Jake's Branch of Middle Creek Bridgestructure198585001432
Martin Farmdistrict2019100003428
Miami County Courthousebuilding197373000768
Miami County Mercantile Companybuilding2021100006325
William Mills Housebuilding198686003291
New Lancaster General Storebuilding201313000817
New Lancaster Grange Hall, No. 223building201313000818
Pottawatomie Creek Bridgesite198383000433
Soldiers' Monumentobject201212000386
Ursuline Academy - Auditoriumbuilding2025100011629
West Elementary Schoolbuilding2024100011117

Wildfire, 2002 to 2020

368 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 368 of them, burning about 2,245 acres. 2 started naturally and 19 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined169
Debris and open burning125
Equipment and vehicle use24
Arson/incendiarism19
Smoking14
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks6
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 March 2015Debris and open burning80 acresKansas Forest Service81
13 July 2018Debris and open burning80 acresKansas Forest Service200
18 March 2017Debris and open burning80 acresJohnson County770106
11 March 2015Debris and open burning65 acresKansas Forest Service70
30 January 2017Debris and open burning61 acresFranklin County36
8 March 2015Debris and open burning60 acresKansas Forest Service63
8 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresMiami County66
4 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresJohnson County350082

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

Storms, 1957 to 2026

60 of 412 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 412 reports for this county, causing 6 deaths, 31 injuries and about $23,775,660 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail187
Thunderstorm Wind162
Flash Flood27
Tornado22
Flood9
Lightning5

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
May 1957Tornado (F5)not stated4 killed, 20 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
October 2018FloodPaola1 killedFrom FOX 4 Kansas City: Miami County Sheriffs Office confirmed to FOX4 that a missing 78-year-old woman has been found dead. Authorities found Hazel Phillips inside her vehicle near Hospital Drive south of 327th Street Friday morning. According to deputies, someone noticed the roof of a silver car showing after flood waters in the area receded and alerted authorities. Osawatomie Fire Department pulled the car from the water and determined it belonged to Phillips. Phillips was still inside. Phillips family reported her missing Wednesday. They said they last spoke to her Tuesday night when she told them she was going to Drexel, Missouri, on Wednesday morning. ||https://fox4kc.com/2018/10/12/missing-78-year-old-miami-county-woman-found-dead-in-vehicle-pulled-from-flood-waters/ .
August 2017Flash FloodNew Lancaster1 killedA vehicle hydroplaned off the road on HWY 69 near 363rd Street. The vehicle left the roadway, then sank into the flooded ditch alongside the road. An occupant in the vehicle perished.
May 1995Tornado (F1)Beagle to5 hurt, $500,000An F1 tornado touched down just west of U.S. Route 169 about 1/10 mile south of the junction with state Route 7. Damage was intermittent along the path as the tornado skipped east for about 8 miles, finally lifting 2 miles north of Fontana. The most significant damage was along Route 7 where a mobile home was overturned, and its 5 occupants received minor injuries. Several trees were also downed in this same general area, and siding and roofing was ripped from a home on the east side of the road. A horse barn on the west side of the road also sustained damage. Another mobile home was destroyed about 2 miles east of Route 7. Mainly tree damage occurred from here to the lift point.
April 1960Tornado (F3)not stated2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
May 1978Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
February 1984Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
September 2015Tornado (EF1)Paola Majeski Arpt1 hurtA NWS survey team concluded that the tornado developed near the southeast side of Hillsdale Lake, traveling a few degrees north of east, before dissipating in rural Miami county between Spring Hill and Louisburg. The tornado caused one non-critical injury at a trailer park at Hillsdale Lake. A single wide manufactured home was rolled but remained essentially intact. Three unsecured RVs were also rolled and destroyed.
July 1996LightningPaola1 hurtno account filed
July 2007FloodStanton$16,000,000The Marais Des Cygnes River at Osawatomie experienced the second highest|flood crest on record. The crest was at 49.19 feet on July 1st at 20:27|CST, or 21.19 feet above flood stage. Numerous homes and businesses suffered total loss, or severe damage.
April 1995HailLouisburg$750,000Severe thunderstorms dropped dime-size hail and knocked down large tree limbs in the Hillsdale area. The storm continued east to Louisburg where it dropped hail up to golf ball size. The hail punched fist-sized holes in vinyl siding and smashed windows on a few homes. Just north of town, the hail covered the ground several inches deep. A car dealership had damage to nearly every car on the lot, and five sheriff's department vehicles were damaged. Winds knocked down tree limbs and power lines, and nearly 1200 customers were without power.
August 2004LightningPaola$300,000House struck by lightning and totally destroyed by fire.
May 1977Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 1969Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindFontana to$70,000A 7 mile path of wind damage associated with strong straight line winds, or a downburst moved across the southeast portion of the county. Damage was associated with a storm that had previously produced a tornado (see above entry), and reached from northeast of Fontana all the way to the Bates county (MO) line near and south of Drexel, MO. Damage along the path consisted mainly of tree damage, but some of those trees fell on cars and utility lines. Several trees also fell on homes in the area, and the winds also knocked down some utility poles.
April 2026HailOsawatomie$50,000Several social media photos and videos of hail up to tennis ball size in Osawatomie. Multiple homes and vehicles were damaged, with many windows and windshields cracked or broken from the hail.
April 2026HailPaola$50,000Softball sized hail (4 inch) reported on north side of Paola.
April 2019Tornado (EF0)Henson$50,000During an overnight complex of thunderstorms a QLCS tornado formed just south of Paola. The tornado impacted a church and did room damage. Several grave markers were also damaged in a nearby cemetery, and the flag pole in front of the church was bent completely over.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPaola Majeski Arpt$50,000Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 80 mph. Several homes had their roofs blown off.
July 1997LightningPaola$50,000Lightning struck a house causing a fire during a thunderstorm. Several rooms of the house were damaged.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBucyrus$25,000A house was damaged by thunderstorm winds in Bucyrus.
May 1968Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindO Brien$10,000Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. Trees up to three feet in diameter, were uprooted or snapped off, at the Osawatomie golf course. There was also some shingle and roof damage reported with area residences.
September 2000LightningPaola$7,000Lightning downed half of a tree, which fell on a 1994 Honda, rendering the vehicle a total loss.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindPaola$7,000no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindAntioch to$6,000Wind damage associated with strong straight line winds moved across the far northern portion of the county, from the Franklin county line west of Antioch, all the way to the Cass county (MO) line southeast of Stillwell.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindPaola$6,000Severe thunderstorms produced up to Golfball size hail in the Hillsdale lake area, with damaging winds striking Paola. Several tree limbs fell onto a car in Paola, causing substantial damage.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Louisburg$5,000At 0945CST a brief EF0 tornado touchdown was observed about a half mile west southwest of Louisburg. The tornado lifted at 0947CST. A truck was overturned and heavily damaged. Minor building damage also observed.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindBucyrus$5,000Trees were downed, and a shed was damaged.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindLouisburg$5,000A tree was blown down onto a car.
April 1995HailBucyrus$5,000Hail up to dime-size occurred in many areas across the entire county between 2330 and 2400 CST. Accumlated several inches deep.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindLouisburg$5,000no account filed
April 1964Tornadonot stated$2,500no account filed
April 1964Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBeagle$2,000Numerous trees and power lines blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie$2,000Law enforcement reported wind damage with several large trees down.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie$2,000Several large tree limbs were downed across Osawatomie, causing power outages.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLouisburg$2,000Winds up to 65 mph occurred at Louisburg, and tree limbs were downed.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie$1,000Power lines down on 6th Street due to strong winds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindPaola Majeski Arpt$1,000A healthy 8 inch tree was blown down a the intersection of W 287th Street and Lonestar Road near Paola, Kansas.
July 2011LightningPaola$1,000A transformer was hit by lightning and set on fire, at 247th and Metcalf.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNew Lancaster$1,000Trees and power lines were reported down with winds estimated to 60 mph.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie$1,000Miami county sheriff reported power lines were downed in Osawatomie.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBucyrus$1,000Gutter and siding was lost on a house due to high winds.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBucyrus$500A power line was reported down in Bucyrus. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHenson$100Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph, with a small shed reported blown over.
May 1982Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
May 1982Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
March 2026Thunderstorm WindSomerset-Social media report of tree damage near 323rd Street south of Louisburg.
April 2026HailOsawatomie-Ping pong ball sized hail.
April 2026HailOsawatomie Paola Arp-Two inch hail reported north of Osawatomie. Damaged a roof.
April 2026HailOsawatomie Paola Arp-Baseball sized hail reported northeast of Osawatomie toward Paola.
April 2026HailOsawatomie Paola Arp-Baseball sized hail reported northeast of Osawatomie.
April 2026HailPaola-Two inch hail reported south of Paola.
April 2026HailPaola Majeski Arpt-Tennis ball sized hail reported west of Paola.
April 2026HailPaola-Hail larger than baseballs on the east side of Paola.
April 2026HailPaola-Tennis ball sized hail measured in downtown Paola.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindOsawatomie Paola Arp-Measured wind gust of 69 mph southwest of Paola.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindPaola-Downed wires in Paola.
April 2026HailPaola-Golf ball sized hail reported at Paola Golf Club north of town.

Every populated place in the county

21

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.