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Wyandotte County, Kansas

95 topographic sheets cover 29 settlements here, and 47 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

47 National Register listings published here, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Kansas within the United States
Wyandotte County within Kansas

What the record shows

  • 1,085 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 47 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 38 buildings, 5 districts, 2 sites and 2 structures.
  • 7 of the 47 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 29 populated places in this county; 29 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

47

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
Argentine Carnegie Librarybuilding198686000919
Bonner Springs High Schoolbuilding200202000761
Brotherhood Blockbuilding2019100004198
Brown-Blachly Housebuilding2025100012457
Castle Rockbuilding200000000109
Fairfax Hills Historic Districtdistrict200707000608
Fire Station No. 9building198585001982
First African Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilding2024100011120
Franklin Elementary Schoolbuilding201313000437
Judge Louis Gates Housebuilding198080001477
Granada Theaterbuilding200505000004
Grinter Placebuilding197171000338
H.W. Gates Funeral Homebuilding201010000430
Hanover Heights Neighborhood Historic Districtdistrict199090000776
Huron Cemeterysite197171000335
Immanuel Baptist Churchbuilding2025100009419
Kansas City, Kansas City Hall and Fire Headquartersbuilding202286000857
Kansas City, Kansas High School Gymnasium and Laboratorybuilding201211001038
Kansas City, Kansas YMCA Buildingbuilding2019100004199
Lake of the Forest Historic Districtbuilding199695001553
Lowell Elementary Schoolbuilding200807001485
Horace Mann Elementary Schoolbuilding201211001037
Cordell D. Sr. Meeks Housebuilding201313000819
Northeast Junior High Schoolbuilding200808000988
Rosedale World War I Memorial Archstructure197777000599
Saint Margaret's Hospitalbuilding201312001123
Sauer Castlebuilding197777000600
Schleifer-McAlpine Housebuilding200707001072
Frank and Agnes Schmotz Farmsteaddistrict2024100010423
Scottish Rite Templebuilding198585002127
Theodore Shafer Housebuilding200000000108
Shawnee Street Overpassstructure198484001245
Simmons Funeral Homebuilding201413001046
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Buildingbuilding198585001981
St. Augustine Hallbuilding197171000336
St. John the Divine Catholic Churchbuilding201313000820
Sumner High School and Athletic Fieldbuilding200505000974
Town House Hotelbuilding201414000352
Vernon Schoolbuilding2023100009420
Welborn Community Congregational Churchbuilding201313000166
Westheight Manor Districtdistrict197575000729
Westheight Manor Historic District (Boundary Increase)district198282004620
Whitefeather Springsite197575000728
Whittier Schoolbuilding2023100008520
Roy Williamson Housebuilding200707000311
Wyandotte County Courthousebuilding200202000398
Wyandotte High Schoolbuilding198686000920

Wildfire, 2007 to 2020

273 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 273 of them, burning about 537 acres. 1 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/undetermined168
Smoking31
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresKansas Forest Service5004716
17 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresWyandotte County3790
12 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresWyandotte County33
13 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKansas Forest Service6009
4 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresWyandotte County4999
1 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKansas Forest Service72
4 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresWyandotte County4959
31 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKansas Forest Service2539

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

Storms, 1955 to 2026

60 of 442 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 442 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 47 injuries and about $29,071,530 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind196
Hail188
Flash Flood32
Tornado11
Flood10
Heavy Rain4
Lightning1

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 2003Tornado (F4)Bonner Spgs2 killed, 30 hurt, $15,500,000Tornado touched down just north-northwest of the Kansas Speedway around 318 pm CST. This tornado initially produced F0 to F1 damage, but produced F3 damage to 2 homes, just south of Parallel Parkway near I-435. The tornado grew to a width to near 500 yards in Kansas City, Kansas, where some marginal F4 damage was noted around 91st and Leavenworth Road. The tornado continued some F2 to F3 damage northeast near 84th Terrace north of Leavenworth Road. This is the location where an 82 year old man was killed in his residence. The tornado continued northeast through Wyandotte county, where another instance of marginal F4 damage was noted near 79th Street and Cernech. Considerable structural damage was noted in this location, along with four 150 foot-tall metal power poles engineered to withstand maximum winds over 200 mph. The tornado produced F1 to F2 damage up to the Missouri River before crossing into Platte county Missouri, near Riverside and Parkville around 335 pm CST.
May 1961Tornado (F4)not stated12 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
May 1966Tornado (F2)not stated5 hurt, $25,000no account filed
May 1961Tornado (F4)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
May 1961Tornado (F4)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
October 1998Flash FloodKansas City$2,000,000no account filed
August 2004Flash FloodBonner Spgs$1,000,000Numerous homes and businesses reported water damage due to heavy rains in the area. Nearly 6 inches of rain feel across the town.
June 1999Flash FloodCountywide$1,000,000Damaging flash flooding occurred in and around Kansas City, Kansas on the morning of June 28. Emergency crews rescued residents from approximately 30 flooded cars and 15 to 20 flooded homes. Dozens of homes were evacuated due to the flood waters. A bridge in Kansas City was damaged by the fast-moving flood waters, and sections of Interstates 35 and 635 were closed due to high water. Three buildings in Kansas City collapsed, as walls and foundations gave way under the force of the water.
August 2004Flash FloodKansas City$500,0004 to 6 inches across the area produced the worst flooding since 1998. Numerous water rescues were needed. Numerous businesses and homes had water damage.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindKansas City$500,000Thunderstorm winds broke power poles and downed trees into power lines knocking out power to over 26,000 homes. Damages were estimated to be around $100,000.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindEdwardsville$150,000Thunderstorm wind damage to the Great Wolf Lodge.
March 2006HailBonner Spgs$150,000no account filed
March 2006HailBonner Spgs$150,000no account filed
March 2006HailKansas City$100,000no account filed
June 1999FloodCountywide$100,000no account filed
May 2000HailKansas City$50,000An isolated thunderstorm tracked south-southeast across the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro area. Hail from quarter to golfball size was reported, and numerous vehicles were damaged at an automobile dealership in Kansas City, Kansas.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindPiper$50,000Thunderstorm winds tore the roof off of the school superintendent's office in Piper.
March 2006HailKansas City$50,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindBonner Springs$40,000no account filed
July 2008Flash FloodKansas City$30,000One to two feet of water was reported over roads, between 14th and 20th Streets on Washington Avenue. Several vehicles were reported submerged with water rescues needed.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindKansas City$25,000Roofs torn off 2 homes and church suffered wind damage
August 2004Thunderstorm WindKansas City$25,00040 foot construction trailer destroyed at 118th and Parallel. Trees also downed.
April 2006HailPiper$25,000no account filed
April 1999FloodCountywide$25,000no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindKansas City$20,000Strong winds knocked a tree down onto a Home at 14th street and Ohio Avenue.
April 1995HailEdwardsville$20,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindKansas City$10,000Tree fell on house and damaged roof. Garage door blown in. Numerous trees and power lines down.
July 2009Flash FloodPomeroy$5,000People had to be rescued from their cars, at 14th Street and Washington Avenue. Cars were reported to have been nearly submerged, by the flood waters.
February 2007LightningBonner Spgs$5,000Lightning struck a transformer on the roof of a middle school.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindBonner Spgs$5,000Tree limbs, 3 to 6 inches in diameter were downed by thunderstorm winds in northwest Wyandotte County. The reports occurred about 12 miles north of Bonner Springs.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindKansas City$3,000Numerous trees blown down from thunderstorm winds.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindKansas City$3,000A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust of 60 mph in Kansas City along Interstate 435 just north of the Kansas River. Tree limbs were downed, knocking out power to about 100 customers.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindPiper$2,000Large trees and power lines were reported down.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindKansas City$2,000Severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds and torrential rainfall in the Kansas City area. Some trees were downed, and several roads were closed and under water across the southern part of the county.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindKansas City$1,000Trees and power lines down between 16th and Kansas Avenue and 8th Avenue.
July 2008HailMorris$500A car window was busted out by the large hail.
April 1960Tornadonot stated$30no account filed
March 2026HailPomeroy-Social media report with photo of 3 inch hail south of Leavenworth Road.
March 2026HailWolcott-Half dollar sized hail reported near I-435 and Leavenworth Road.
March 2026HailPiper-Half dollar size hail reported west of I-435 and Leavenworth Rd junction.
March 2026HailMuncie-Quarter sized hail reported east of the Legends.
March 2026HailPiper-Quarter sized hail north of the Legends.
March 2026HailNearman-Half dollar sized hail reported along Parallel Pkwy.
April 2026HailMorris-Mping report of quarter sized hail.
April 2026HailTurner-Quarter sized hail in northern Shawnee.
April 2026HailKansas City-Quarter sized hail in Kansas City KS.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindTurner-Downed wires near Hagemann Street.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindKansas City-Downed trees at a residence near Everett Avenue.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindTurner-Social media report with photos showing large tree limbs downed at a residence near 14th Street and Steele Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed tree and wires near Elizabeth Avenue.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindKansas City-Semi blown over on I-635 near Parallel Parkway.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindKansas City-Downed wires near Greeley Avenue.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindKansas City-Downed tree and wires near Cleveland Avenue.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindTurner-Downed tree onto a building near the KU Medical Center.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindKansas City-Downed tree and wires near 17th Street and Interstate 70.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Trees downed near State Avenue in Kansas City.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed tree limbs near 71st Terrace.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindEdwardsville-Downed tree limbs near State Avenue near the Legends/Kansas Speedway area.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Trees down on 72nd and Riverview near the Turner Diagonal.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Several social media and spotter reports and photos of trees and power poles down near State Avenue between 78th and 94th Streets.

Mines and quarries

9 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 9 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, Construction4
Stone, Crushed/Broken4
Perlite1

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lite Weight Products Perlite PlantPerliteProducer
Bonner Springs Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Builders #1 Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lone Star Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Muncie Creek Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Muncie Plant #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Superior Sand & Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tobin Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Underground Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every populated place in the county

29

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.