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One of 51 National Register listings published here for Atchison County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
One of 51 National Register listings published here for Atchison County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Schmitt House between 2005 and 2018, burning about 43 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 were 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 | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 150750 |
| 8 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180751 |
| 10 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Atchison County | not named |
| 6 July 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180648 |
| 15 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Atchison County | 170536 |
| 13 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180432 |
| 15 April 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Atchison County | not named |
| 13 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180317 |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Henry Braun House | under 500 feet | 2006 |
![]() | Ebenezer Baptist Church | 0.4 miles | 2005 |
![]() | Lincoln School | 0.4 miles | 2006 |
![]() | A. J. Harwi House | 0.4 miles | 1975 |
| Atchison's Black Business District | 0.5 miles | 2025 | |
![]() | McInteer Villa | 0.6 miles | 1975 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05001342 in Record Group 79. |
| Atchison County | All 51 listed properties in this county. |