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Trego County, Kansas

37 topographic sheets cover 7 settlements here, and 7 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

7 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Kansas within the United States
Trego County within Kansas

What the record shows

  • 83 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 7 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 7 buildings.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 7 populated places in this county; 7 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

7

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
Collyer Downtown Historic Districtbuilding201009001207
Keraus Hardware Storebuilding2023100009418
Lipp Barnbuilding200909000501
St. Michael School & Conventbuilding200808000310
Stradal Housebuilding200101000193
Trego County Fairgrounds Exhibit Buildingbuilding200403001500
Wilcox School-District 29building200606000393

Wildfire, 2015 to 2020

25 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 25 of them, burning about 215 acres. 5 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/undetermined13
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2017Debris and open burning45 acresTrego County017-052
14 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
1 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
29 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Service016-057
26 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
10 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTrego County017-008
9 May 2018Natural10 acresKansas Forest Service018-024
9 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKansas Forest Service018-011

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

Storms, 1951 to 2025

60 of 643 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 643 reports for this county, causing 5 deaths, 101 injuries and about $8,895,030 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail410
Thunderstorm Wind134
Tornado61
Heavy Rain28
Flash Flood8
Flood2

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
June 1951Tornado (F4)not stated5 killed, 100 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
May 1959Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurtno account filed
June 2005Tornado (F1)Ogallah$3,000,000Three semi-trucks were rolled when the tornado crossed Interstate 70 east of Ogallah. One U.S. mail truck rolled twice.
April 1990Tornado (F3)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
May 1985Tornado (F3)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1974Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1971Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1998HailTrego Center$25,000All of the west windows broken out of a house. The hail was part of a swath 7 miles wide that tracked along a line from the Gove county border from section 19-14-25 to the southeast corner of the county. Over 50,000 acres of native grass were mowed down.
June 1969Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1954Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1951Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
October 1998Tornado (F1)Riga$15,000Tornado marched on into Ellis county, producing a 26 mile long path.
May 1995HailTrego Center$10,000Nearly $2 million damage to crops occurred across the county.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindTrego Center$8,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindWakeeney$3,000no account filed
June 1954Tornadonot stated$2,500no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindTrego Center$2,000Camper was overturned but there were no injuries. Location was at Cedar Bluff reservoir.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindTrego Center$2,000Four inch diameter limbs blown down. Shingles blown off roof.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindTrego Center$1,500A hay shed was knocked over by the high wind.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindWakeeney$1,000A few power poles blown down.
June 1978Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
September 2025HailCollyer-A social media report of 1 inch hail.
September 2025HailWakeeney-Trego county emergency manager reported quarter sized hail 3 W of Wakeeney.
June 2025Heavy RainTrego Center-A report of 1.88 inches of rain was received through CocoRahs.
August 2025Flash FloodTrego Center-The emergency manager reported flash flooding and washed out roads, with hay bales carried by the water into the road, near Page Creek Bridge. Time estimated via radar and flood guidance.
May 2025HailOgallah-A storm chaser reported 1 inch hail.
June 2025Heavy RainTrego Center-A report of 2.34 inches of rainfall was reported through Cocorahs.
July 2025HailCollyer-Quarter size hail was reported by the public.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindVoda-Half of a large tree down on home.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWakeeney-Wind report of 60 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluff Res-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by mesonet station.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRiga-Nickel Hail reported by the public.
September 2024Flash FloodCollyer-From 8 miles south of Collyer, social media reports of multiple roads flooded including 4 feet of water over the Trego County road O near the Trego/Gove County line road.
September 2024HailCollyer-Social media reports included multiple pictures of 2-2.25 inch hail stones.
May 2023Heavy RainRiga-NWS rain gauge storm total rainfall 2.30 inches.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWakeeney-Strong winds.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOgallah-Strong winds.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOgallah-Wind gusts were estimated between 65 and 70 mph.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindWakeeney-Mesonet site 1 SSW Wakeeney.
September 2022HailWakeeney-The report was from mPing.
September 2022HailWakeeney-The report was from mPing.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWakeeney-Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
March 2021Heavy RainWakeeney-Rainfall of 4.50 inches was observed.
August 2021Heavy RainRiga-Rainfall of 7.50 was measured.
July 2020Heavy RainRiga-Rainfall of 2.52 inches was observed.
July 2020Heavy RainRiga-Rainfall of 2.61 inches was observed.
August 2020HailCedar Bluff Res-Hail covered the ground.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCollyer-Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindVoda-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWakeeney-A roof was blown off a building.
August 2019HailCedar Bluff Res-The hail lasted about 10 minutes.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH.
June 2018Heavy RainCollyer-Rainfall of 4.26 inches was measured.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Four to six inch diameter tree branches were broken by the high wind.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
May 2018Heavy RainWakeeney-Rainfall of 4.10 was measured in two hours and at the time of the observation it was still raining.
May 2018Heavy RainVoda-Rainfall of 5.20 inches was observed and it was still raining at the time of the observation.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWakeeney-Severe semi trucks were overturned by the high wind.
May 2018FloodWakeeney-Water and debris came across the road.

Mines and quarries

2 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. All of them still produce. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction2

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Siebert Sand Pit & Plant No.1bSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wiles Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every populated place in the county

7

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.