Built in 1917. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
“The Kinsley Civil War Monument, in Hillside Cemetery in Kinsley, Kansas, was built in 1917. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.”
Wikipedia article Kinsley Civil War Monument, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Edwards County · listed in 2008 · category: Object · built in 1917.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Kinsley Civil War Monument between 2015 and 2018, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Edwards County | 25 |
| 6 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Edwards County | 21 |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 33 |
| 28 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 16 |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Edwards County | 18 |
| 6 October 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 16 |
| 8 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1 |
| 15 January 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Edwards County | 7 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kinsley, the town this property stands in, in 109 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 68 hail, 29 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | $1,600,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Kinsley | $500,000 | Hail smashed numerous building and vehicle windows. A hospital had to be evacuated when broken windows allowed heavy rain to flood the facilities. |
| March 2004 | Tornado (F3) | Kinsley | $480,000 | This tornado became very large and dusty. Several farms were hit with minor damage to other outbuildings across it's path. One farm sustained a direct hit. Five equipment buildings were destroyed and the house was knocked from it's foundation. Trees were mangled and debarked. A stock trailer was blown 3/4 of a mile from it's original location and an oil tank was rolled .3 of a mile. A stack of hay bales was demolished with the remnants piled 10 feet thick in a grove of trees. One large cedar tree was carried about a mile. As the tornado was dissipating, it crossed into Pawnee county at a location 12 miles north of Kinsley. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | $1,500 | Several power poles were blown down by the high wind. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Kinsley | - | There was intermittent ground circulation under the wall cloud. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | Winds were estimated to be 75 MPH. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Kinsley | - | Rainfall of 4.50 inches was reported. Flooding was not observed. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Kinsley | - | This was a brief tornado with condensation to the ground for about 1 minute. |
| May 2010 | Heavy Rain | Kinsley | - | Rainfall of 2.25 fell during several rounds of thunderstorms during the day at a location 1 mile WSW of Kinsley. |
| July 2007 | Flood | Kinsley | - | Flooding due to heavy rain that fell overnight caused the evacuation of several homes. |
| March 2007 | Heavy Rain | Kinsley | - | Rainfall of 1.75 inches of rain was reported. |
| March 2007 | Heavy Rain | Kinsley | - | Rainfall of 1.60 inches fell. |
| March 2007 | Heavy Rain | Kinsley | - | Rainfall of 2.50 inches was reported. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | Three inch diameter tree branches blown down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | KSNW-TV weather lab at the Kinsley middle school. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | Some tree damage was reported. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | Two inch tree limbs broken. A semi-trailer was partially overturned. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | Four inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Kinsley | - | Brief contact several times. Condensation was 1/2 to the ground. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | Two to four inch diameter tree limbs were broken |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Kinsley | - | This was a brief tornado (not a gustnado). |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | Power lines were blown down. A few trees were blown down across the road. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | Four inch tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | Five inch diameter limbs down. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Kinsley | - | Streets flooded. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | Three inch diameter limbs blown down. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Kinsley | - | Some crops stripped. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | Three inch tree limbs blown down. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Kinsley | - | Hail smashed numerous building and vehicle windows. A hospital had to be evacuated when broken windows allowed heavy rain to flood the facilities. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Kinsley | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Palace Theater | 2.2 miles | 2005 |
 | Gano Grain Elevator and Scale House | 3.6 miles | 1993 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07001479 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Edwards County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
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