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Photograph of Stafford Reformed Presbyterian Church
Photograph by Clare Moore, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Convenanter Church

Built in 1913 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

“The Stafford Reformed Presbyterian Church, also known as Covenanter Church, is a historic church in Stafford, Kansas, United States. Constructed in 1913, the building is a small-sized example of Gothic Revival architecture.”

Wikipedia article Stafford Reformed Presbyterian Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Stafford County · listed in 2005 · category: Building · built in 1913, Gothic Revival.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 113 N. Green St., Stafford, 67578
  • When was it listed? June 2005
  • Category. building
  • Township. Stafford township
  • When was it built? 1913
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 05000544 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Convenanter Church between 2000 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 1 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Natural1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreStafford County63
19 July 2015Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service625
23 June 2000Debris and open burning80 acresQuivira National Wildlife RefugeSTAFFORD
11 June 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreStafford County51
5 April 2018Debris and open burning20 acresKansas Forest Service26
17 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service31
2 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service18
12 December 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service653

Every fire recorded in Stafford County

Storms near this property

60 of 102 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stafford, the town this property stands in, in 102 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 62 hail, 31 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2002Thunderstorm WindStafford$53,000A pivot sprinkler was blown down along with 6 to 7 power poles.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindStafford$10,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindStafford$8,000The wind damaged the roof of a local restaurant and broken numerous three to five inch diameter tree limbs.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindStafford$5,000Multiple power poles were blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindStafford$3,000Six power poles were snapped off near the ground.
May 2024Heavy RainStafford-A 24 hour rainfall report of 1.18 inches.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindStafford-A shed was flipped over by the high wind gusts.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindStafford-Eight to ten power poles were blown down by the high wind.
April 2013HailStafford-The hail was reported to be 2 to 3 inches deep on roads from Stafford to the Junction of Highway 50 and US 281.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindStafford-Wind gusts were estimated to be 65 MPH.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindStafford-The wind was reported by a trained spotter.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindStafford-The wind was estimated.
March 2007FloodStafford-Two to four inches of water was reported to be flowing over highway 50. Also, some water over rural county roads in the radium area.
August 2007Heavy RainStafford-Rainfall of 2.30 inches was reported.
March 2007HailStafford-Along with pea sized hail his wheat crop was severely damaged.
October 2005HailStafford-The hail covered the ground.
October 2005HailStafford-The hail completely covered the ground.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindStafford-Two inch tree limbs broken.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindStafford-Six to eight inch diameter limbs were blown down.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Stafford-Another brief tornado reported (again, not a gustnado).
May 2002Tornado (F0)Stafford-Another brief tornado spinup in the same general location as the 1712 CST tornado.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindStafford-Two foot diameter trees blown down.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindStafford-Three to four inch diameter tree branches were broken.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Stafford-Tornado "skipped" much of the way with some light tree damage reported.
October 1998Flash FloodStafford-Water was reported over the intersection of HWY 50 and HWY 281.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindStafford-Tree limbs blown down and shingles blown off roofs.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindStafford-Power lines down.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindStafford-Tree limbs blown down.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindStafford-5 inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
May 2024HailStafford-no account filed
May 2023HailStafford-no account filed
June 2017HailStafford-no account filed
June 2017HailStafford-no account filed
April 2015HailStafford-no account filed
May 2013HailStafford-no account filed
April 2013HailStafford-no account filed
May 2012HailStafford-no account filed
April 2010HailStafford-no account filed
April 2009HailStafford-no account filed
May 2008HailStafford-no account filed
May 2008HailStafford-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindStafford-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindStafford-no account filed
August 2007HailStafford-no account filed
March 2007Thunderstorm WindStafford-no account filed
May 2006HailStafford-no account filed
May 2006HailStafford-no account filed
May 2006HailStafford-no account filed
May 2005HailStafford-no account filed
May 2005Heavy RainStafford-no account filed
July 2005HailStafford-no account filed
June 2005HailStafford-no account filed
June 2005HailStafford-no account filed
October 2005HailStafford-no account filed
August 2005HailStafford-no account filed
May 2004HailStafford-no account filed
May 2004HailStafford-no account filed
August 2004HailStafford-no account filed
June 2004HailStafford-no account filed
June 2004HailStafford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stafford 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.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Joseph L. Spickard Houseunder 500 feet2005
First Methodist Episcopal Church0.2 miles2002
Farmers National Bank0.3 miles2006
Sarah L. Henderson House0.7 miles1996

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05000544 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Stafford CountyAll 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.