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One of 17 National Register listings published here for Russell County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Reiff Building
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 513 Main St., Dorrance, 67634
- When was it listed? March 2007
- Category. building
- Also known as. Theaters and Opera Houses of Kansas MPS
- Township. Plymouth township
- National Register reference number. 07000140 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Reiff Building between 2012 and 2018, burning about 29,924 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Russell County | 17036 |
| 27 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,920 acres | Kansas Counties | DORRANCE |
| 6 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,000 acres | Russell County | 17010 |
| 15 December 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18059 |
| 21 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Russell County | 201704 |
Storms near this property
58 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dorrance, the town this property stands in, in 58 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 34 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 7 injuries. 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 1993 | Tornado (F4) | Dorrance | 1 killed, 6 hurt, $5,000,000 | At approximately 1705 CST a half mile wide tornado touched down 1.5 miles southwest of the MINOOKA PARK area on the south shore of Wilson Lake. The tornado ravaged Ken's Marina and the MINOOKA PARK area around 1710 CST by destroying the marina building, numerous boats, motors, and trailers plus campers, motor homes, vehicles, and buildings at MINOOKA PARK. As the tornado passed through, flying debris killed a 79 year old female and injured two other people. By 1720 CST the tornado crossed Highway 223, one mile east and 3 miles south of Lucas where four homes and a power sub- station were severely damaged. The other four injuries were sustained by the occupants of these homes. By 1725 CST the tornado passed 1.5 miles east of Lucas where three more homes received moderate damage. About 1745 CST the tornado crossed into southeast Osborne County destroying one farmstead before dissipating about 1755 CST. (F79O) |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | 1 hurt, $40,000 | Tractor trailer was blown off of the highway. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | $10,000 | A metal shed roof was blown off, and a garage was destroyed. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Dorrance | $5,000 | The tornado was on the ground in open country, causing minor damage to a shed and some trees. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | $1,000 | Tree limb blown through a window. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | $200 | Some tree limbs were downed. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Dorrance | $100 | Most of the creeks across the extreme southeast portion of the county came out of their banks. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | $100 | Some tree limbs were downed. |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Dorrance | - | Brief touchdown in open country. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Dorrance | - | A cocorahs observer 3 miles east southeast of Dorrance reported 2.44 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Dorrance | - | US Highway 40 was closed for a few miles west of Wilson due to water flowing over the road. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Dorrance | - | Picture sent through Twitter to KWCH TV. |
| August 2019 | Flood | Dorrance | - | Various country roads were flooded across Southeast Russell County. The roads typically flood during heavy rain. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | - | The speeds ranged from 55 to 70 mph. Quarter-sized hail was also reported. No damage was reported. |
| August 2019 | Flood | Dorrance | - | Reports of flooding were received on 203rd Street. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Dorrance | - | Winds from 55 TO 70 mph were also reported. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | - | Winds of 60 to 70 mph were estimated on I-70 near mile-marker 204. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Dorrance | - | Weak tornado that produced no damage. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Dorrance | - | Brief touchdown. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Dorrance | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorrance | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dorrance State Bank | under 500 feet | 2011 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000140 in Record Group 79. |
| Russell County | All 17 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.