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Heinrich H. Schroeder Barn

Built in 1915. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

“Schroeder Barn is a historic barn at 632 29th Avenue in Canton, Kansas, United States. It was built in 1915 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.”

Wikipedia article Heinrich H. Schroeder Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 26 National Register listings published here for McPherson County · listed in 2005 · category: Building · built in 1915.

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.
  • Listed as. Schroeder, Heinrich H., Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 632 29th Ave., Canton, 67428
  • When was it listed? September 2005
  • Category. building
  • Township. Spring Valley township
  • When was it built? 1915
  • National Register reference number. 05001051 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

10 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Heinrich H. Schroeder Barn between 2015 and 2018, burning about 90 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
14 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service31
29 May 2018Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service24
16 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Service18-0030
7 March 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service6
5 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service4
16 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service16-0025
10 March 2018Debris and open burning80 acresKansas Forest Service10
14 February 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service16-0011

Every fire recorded in McPherson County

Storms near this property

50 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canton, the town this property stands in, in 50 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 23 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 5 heavy rain, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCanton$250,000Trees and power lines were reported knocked down in and around Canton. A section of rook was taken off of a home west of Canton on Highway 56. The school in Canton reported wind damage to its roof.
June 2011HailCanton$50,000Hail up to baseball size affected the Canton area. The large hail likely inflicted damage to various roofs and vehicles, although the exact amount is unknown. Consequently, property damage amounts are rough estimates.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCanton$45,000Damaging straight line winds estimated at 80 mph took the roof off a storage shed and severely damaged another shed on a homestead.
June 1994HailCanton$5,000Pea- to golf ball-size hail fell in an area seven to eight miles north of Canton, breaking branches from trees and damaging the soon-to-be harvested wheat crop. Winds of 61 knots were reported with this storm one mile south of Canton.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCanton-Measured wind gust from a Union Pacific weather station.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCanton-A trained spotter reported tree limbs were down from estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
June 2023Heavy RainCanton-Twenty four hour total from a Cocorahs observer of 1.82 inches.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCanton-Canton Fire Department stated that powerlines were down.
July 2022Heavy RainCanton-A Coop observer reported 2.71 inches in 24 hours.
November 2022Heavy RainCanton-A Coop observer reported 2.11 inches of rainfall.
May 2021Heavy RainCanton-This was a 24 hour rainfall report of 4.67 inches from the CO-OP observer station GOEK1 Goessel 2 WNW.
May 2021Heavy RainCanton-This was a 24 hour rainfall report of 3.39 inches Cocorahs stations KS-MP-21 Canton 3.2 N.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCanton-A mesonet station near Canton measured a 60 mph gust.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCanton-Wind damage to a steel grain bin was noted and a center pivot irrigation system was blown over.
May 2017HailCanton-The trained spotter reported the hail ranged from quarter to ping pong ball-sized and covered the ground. The hail occurred for 5 minutes. The time of the event is estimated from radar.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCanton-A measured wind gust was reported by local law enforcement.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCanton-Winds were estimated at around 60 mph.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Canton-Very weak tornado briefly touched down in an open field.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCanton-Tree damage.
October 1998Flash FloodCanton-Severe thunderstorms producing 2-3 inches of rain caused flooding in and around Canton near the North Branch of the Cottonwood River.
April 2026HailCanton-no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
April 2026HailCanton-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
May 2018HailCanton-no account filed
August 2015HailCanton-no account filed
June 2011HailCanton-no account filed
June 2011HailCanton-no account filed
June 2011HailCanton-no account filed
June 2011HailCanton-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
May 2005HailCanton-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
June 2004HailCanton-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
July 2004HailCanton-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
July 2003HailCanton-no account filed
May 2002HailCanton-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
July 2001HailCanton-no account filed
September 2000HailCanton-no account filed
May 1997HailCanton-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed
June 1996HailCanton-no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCanton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McPherson 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 05001051 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
McPherson CountyAll 26 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.