BlockFrom the record
One of 28 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Bichet School, District 34
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 4.5 mi. E of Florence on US 50 and 1/10 mi. N of Bluestem Rd., Florence, 66851
- When was it listed? January 2004
- Category. building
- Township. Doyle township
- National Register reference number. 03001498 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Bichet School, District 34 between 2015 and 2017, burning about 173 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 11 |
| 17 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 10 |
| 16 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 9 |
| 30 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 114 |
| 30 October 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 39 |
| 10 January 2017 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Marion County | 3 |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bichet School, District 34: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunflower Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
38 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florence, the town this property stands in, in 38 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 22 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Florence | $50,000 | Water was reported over the Florence bridge and portions of Florence were flooded. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Florence | $50,000 | Oil battery struck. After being extinguished, tank re-ignited explosively, setting fire to four nearby tanks. All five tanks were allowed to burn themselves out during the night when firefighters determined that fires wouldn't spread beyond the confines of the tanks. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $15,000 | A repair shop suffered extensive damage when its metal roof blew off. Pieces of the roof were strewn about one quarter mile east of the property. Additionally, an outbuilding on the same property suffered moderate damage. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Florence | $5,000 | The hail was quarter to half dollar sized. The hail cracked windshields and damaged three vehicles. Some shingles on the house were also damaged. |
| June 2025 | Flood | Florence | - | Flooding reported across the town of Florence specifically around Doyle Creek and Main Street. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Florence | - | This was reported via mPing. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | - | The emergency manager estimated a gust to 60 mph. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | - | This was a measured wind gust. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Florence | - | Water was reported to have entered homes in Florence. Numerous cars are stuck in the mud and ditches. There were two water rescues in the county. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Florence | - | Water and debris was reported over the roadway south of Marion. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Florence | - | A picture of the hail was submitted via social media. |
| August 2013 | Flood | Florence | - | A culvert was washed out and a minor amount of water was over teh road at 190th and Nighthawk. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | - | Estimated gust reported by a fire official. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | - | Pea sized hail was also reported. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Florence | - | Pea to quarter sized hail occurred in Florence. KAKE news relayed this report. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Florence | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| November 1999 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Florence | - | no account filed |
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.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Florence Opera House | 4.3 miles | 2011 |
 | Doyle Place | 4.4 miles | 2000 |
 | Harvey House | 4.4 miles | 1973 |
| Battey House | 4.5 miles | 2025 | |
 | Florence Water Tower | 4.7 miles | 2009 |
| Keystone Ranch | 6.9 miles | 2017 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03001498 in Record Group 79. |
| Marion County | All 28 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.
- 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.