Kuhrt Ranch

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

From the record

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Sherman County · listed in 2001 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. 2725 Road 77, Edson, 67733
When was it listed? April 2001
Category. district
Township. Shermanville township
National Register reference number. 01000408 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Kuhrt Ranch between 2015 and 2020, burning about 420 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
27 July 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Kansas Forest Service	230
7 June 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Kansas Forest Service	not named
29 January 2017	Debris and open burning	400 acres	Sherman County	8

Every fire recorded in Sherman County

Storms near this property

60 of 151 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edson, the town this property stands in, in 151 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 75 hail, 50 thunderstorm wind, 17 tornado, 7 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$100,000	Three irrigation pivots were blown over.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$48,000	Report received of 4 semi trucks overturned on I-70 around mile marker 35 near Brewster, KS. Wind speed estimate based on damage indicators.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$25,000	An empty grain bin was blown over.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$21,500	Time of event estimated from Doppler radar. Wind speed estimated from Doppler radar velocity. Power poles were blown down around intersection of Road 57 and Road 23 southeast of Goodland. A barn was also blown down just east of this location.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$10,000	Report received of power poles blown down at location. Time is estimated by radar and wind speed is estimated by damage indicators.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$10,000	A semi was blown over just west of Brewster on Interstate 70. Time of report estimated from Doppler radar.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$8,000	A semi was blown over on I-70 near mile marker 25.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$7,500	Power poles blown over to the other side of the road. Wind speed estimated.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$6,000	Three power poles down.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$3,000	Report of numerous blow overs from mile markers 26 MM 36 on I-70, including a camper.
March 2007	Tornado (EF0)	Edson	$3,000	Brief tornado with little damage. Power flashes noted as circulation passed over power poles.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$2,000	Residents of Edson reported wind damage associated with a supercell thunderstorm. Damage included trees and power lines downed in Edson. Time of this event was estimated based on radar and other reports.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$1,000	Camper tipped over on I-70 at mile marker 26.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$1,000	A power pole was reported down on Highway 24.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$750	Newly constructed chicken house shifted off foundation. Time of report estimated.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	$500	Several 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs were broken off trees. A garden fence was blown down. One and a half inches of rain was also reported.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	A KSN Storm Chaser measured 82 mph wind gust at mile marker 28 on I-70.
August 2025	Hail	Edson	-	An off duty NWS employee reports 1 inch hail.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	A semi truck was blown over on westbound I-70 southwest of Brewster in Sherman County.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	Off duty NWS Employee reports 65 MPH gust. The wind gust appears to be associated with outflow thunderstorms. A 55 mph wind gust was also reported via a mesonet site 10 NNE Goodland around 7 minutes before this but was more associated with the thunderstorms. A trained spotter located 9 miles north of Goodland also reported brown out conditions with skies turning dark and visibility estimated at a quarter mile.
May 2024	Hail	Edson	-	Retired NWS employee reports quarter sized hail 3 E of Edson on I-70.
April 2024	Hail	Edson	-	Estimated 2-3 inch sized hail fell for roughly 20 minutes at the location.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	Site K5ED7 reported the wind gust.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	Semi-truck was overturned near MM 25 on Interstate 70. Reports were strong winds from a line of thunderstorms caused the accident.
September 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	A trained spotter estimated wind gusts of 60-65 mph that occurred over a 2 minute span.
May 2023	Tornado (EFU)	Edson	-	Brief tornado in southeastern Sherman County reported by spotters. No damage was reported.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	Report of 60 mph winds and a lot of pea sized hail.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	Report received of blowing dust reducing visibility down to 15-20 feet at 4 miles west of Brewster, KS.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	Outflow from thunderstorms moving across northwest Kansas produced an estimated 65 mph wind gust with blowing dust reducing visibility to near zero.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	Report received of an estimated 60 to 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location. Time is radar-estimated.
May 2021	Hail	Edson	-	Off-duty NWS employee reported nickel sized hail at location.
May 2021	Hail	Edson	-	Delayed report received from off-duty NWS employee. Time is radar estimated. Dime to half dollar sized hail was observed on the road after storm passed. Road was covered in hail from roughly Sherman County Road 30 to 34.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	A member of the public reported a 72 mph wind gust 6 SSW of Edson, KS.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	Mesonet station K5ED7 along I-70 in Edson reported a wind gust of 77 mph.
August 2020	Hail	Edson	-	Ongoing pea to dime sized hail reported at location.
June 2019	Hail	Edson	-	Hail was observed on Road 29 about 2 miles south of Edson, KS.
June 2019	Hail	Edson	-	Public reported golf ball to tennis ball size hail at the overpass near mile marker 25 along I-70.
July 2019	Flash Flood	Edson	-	Flash flooding at least 6 inches deep across the road way was reported near the intersection of road 75.2 and County Rd 28. The nearby Beaver Creek was also threatening to overflow its banks.
August 2019	Flash Flood	Edson	-	The public reported via facebook that some rural roads were flooding roughly 12 miles northwest of Winona, KS. Water depth was estimated to be at least 2 feet deep in spots.
May 2017	Hail	Edson	-	The hail occurred with estimated 80 MPH winds on CR 29, roughly .3 miles north of the county line.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	The wind occurred with baseball size hail on CR 29, .3 miles north of the county line.
May 2017	Hail	Edson	-	Hail was just a little over two inches in diameter.
May 2017	Flash Flood	Edson	-	Between three and five inches of rain fell causing one of the streams at the headwaters of the South Fork of the Sappa to flood CR 30 about a third of a mile south of the CR 59/30 intersection.
May 2017	Flood	Edson	-	Between three and five inches of rain fell causing one of the streams at the headwaters of the South Fork of the Sappa to flood CR 30 about a third of a mile south of the CR 59/30 intersection.
May 2017	Flash Flood	Edson	-	Three to four inches of rain fell causing a stream at the headwaters of the North Fork of the Smokey River to flood CR 27 1.5 S of the CR 57/27 intersection.
May 2017	Flash Flood	Edson	-	Three to five inches of rain fell causing a stream to flood CR 26 1.5 S of the CR 61/26 intersection. This stream is at the headwaters of the South Fork of the Sappa.
May 2017	Flood	Edson	-	Three to five inches of rain fell causing a stream to flood CR 26 1.5 S of the CR 61/26 intersection. This stream is at the headwaters of the South Fork of the Sappa.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	Spotter estimated the wind gusts to be at least 60 MPH.
August 2016	Hail	Edson	-	Dime sized hail began to fall in Edson.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	The top half of a live Chinese Elm tree was broken off about 10 feet above the ground. An 8 inch limb and another 6 inch limb were also broken off the tree. Estimated time of report from radar.
August 2015	Hail	Edson	-	Hail was mostly pea size.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	Peak wind gust was estimated at 60 mph.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	The storm chaser also reported blowing dust and reduced visibilities.
April 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Edson	-	Location of tornado was approximated by Doppler radar.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Edson	-	Law enforcement reported water flowing across Road 57 between Roads 29 and 30.
June 2014	Tornado (EF0)	Edson	-	Damage to a corn field was later noted by law enforcement in the location of this tornado.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	Two different wind gusts moved through; the first one lasted for about 5 minutes, then about 10 minutes later another wind gust moved through with the same strength and duration.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Edson	-	Spotter estimated peak wind gusts to 60 mph.
August 2013	Tornado (EF0)	Edson	-	A landspout tornado was seen from the weather office looking northeast. It dissipated after about two minutes while remaining over open country.
May 2012	Tornado (EF0)	Edson	-	Employee reported a small landspout tornado that eventually dissipated after 20 minutes. Little movement noted and tornado remained over open fields with no known damage.

Every storm recorded in Sherman County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 01000408 in Record Group 79.
Sherman County	All 8 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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.