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Shallow Water School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Scott County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. 180 Barclay Ave., Shallow Water, 67871
  • When was it listed? June 2005
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Public Schools of Kansas MPS
  • Township. Valley township
  • National Register reference number. 05000553 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Storms near this property

60 of 86 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shallow Water, the town this property stands in, in 86 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 53 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
April 2015Thunderstorm WindShallow Water1 killed, 1 hurtA severe thunderstorm passing to the north brought high wind on the south side. A 61 year old male was killed when his modular home was overturned and destroyed by the high wind.
April 2010Tornado (EF1)Shallow Water$210,000This wedge tornado was witnessed by storm chasers and spotters and damaged several barns, sheds and 2 pivot irrigation sprinklers.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindShallow Water$15,000Several power poles were broken, trees were toppled over, barn doors were blown off and a grain bin was collapsed by the high wind.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-A mesonet site reported a 62 mph wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-Measured by a mesonet station.
July 2025HailShallow Water-One inch diameter hail was reported by the public.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by mesonet stations.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-Wind gusts to 60 MPH were reported.
September 2017HailShallow Water-Most of the hail was smaller than quarter sized.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Shallow Water-This tornado initially developed in northern Kearny County at 19:10 CST before moving into Wichita County and finally in Scott County as it was weakening and moving east.
May 2016Tornado (EF1)Shallow Water-A pivot irrigation sprinkler was damaged by the tornado.
April 2015Tornado (EF0)Shallow Water-This was one of four landspout tornadoes that occurred concurrently.
April 2015Tornado (EF0)Shallow Water-This was one of four landspout tornadoes that were occurring concurrently.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Shallow Water-This tornado appeared to be relatively weak and short lived.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-A cattle truck was blown into the ditch.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
May 2013HailShallow Water-The hail varied in size from pea to ping pong ball.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-The off duty employee estimated the wind gusts to 65 mph.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-This was from a Ham radio station.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-This report was from a Ham radio weather station.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-This wind gust was measured at a ham radio station site.
April 2010Tornado (EF0)Shallow Water-This tornado quickly became a rain wrapped wedge but again there was very little for it to damage in the sparsely populated area.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-A semi was blown off highway 83 1 mile south of the Scott/Finney county line. Torrential rainfall was also reported.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-Two to three inch diameter tree branches were broken by the high wind.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-One semi was blown over on highway 83.
May 2010HailShallow Water-The hail lasted 20 minutes.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-The resident estimated the winds were 60 mph.
April 2003HailShallow Water-The hail completely covered the ground.
April 2001HailShallow Water-Also had 50 mph wind with the hail.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-Three inch tree limbs blown down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-Irrigation sprinkler destroyed.
May 2024HailShallow Water-no account filed
August 2021HailShallow Water-no account filed
July 2020HailShallow Water-no account filed
June 2020HailShallow Water-no account filed
August 2019HailShallow Water-no account filed
August 2019HailShallow Water-no account filed
May 2018HailShallow Water-no account filed
June 2017HailShallow Water-no account filed
September 2017Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-no account filed
May 2015HailShallow Water-no account filed
May 2015HailShallow Water-no account filed
June 2014HailShallow Water-no account filed
July 2014HailShallow Water-no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindShallow Water-no account filed
June 2013HailShallow Water-no account filed
July 2013HailShallow Water-no account filed
July 2013HailShallow Water-no account filed
July 2013HailShallow Water-no account filed
July 2013HailShallow Water-no account filed
October 2011HailShallow Water-no account filed
April 2010HailShallow Water-no account filed
August 2010HailShallow Water-no account filed
May 2010HailShallow Water-no account filed
June 2008HailShallow Water-no account filed
June 2008HailShallow Water-no account filed
June 2008HailShallow Water-no account filed
May 2008HailShallow Water-no account filed
May 2008HailShallow Water-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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 recordThe nomination case file for reference 05000553 in Record Group 79.
Scott CountyAll 2 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.
  • 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.