BlockFrom the record
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Graham County · listed in 2008 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Antelope Lake Park
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
The listing
- Address. 2.5 miles W and .5 miles N. of Jct. U.S. 24 and K85, Morland, 67650
- When was it listed? July 2008
- Category. district
- Also known as. New Deal-Era Resources of Kansas MPS
- Township. Gettysburg township
- National Register reference number. 08000643 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Antelope Lake Park in 2018, burning under an acre 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 | 2 |
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 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180033 |
| 3 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180011 |
Storms near this property
60 of 72 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morland, the town this property stands in, in 72 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 42 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | $150,000 | An NWS storm survey confirms wind damage consistent with winds of 90 to 105 mph. Several farmsteads lost buildings, trees, power poles, pivots, fences, and roofing material. A few grain bins were blown over. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | $126,000 | Strong thunderstorm outflow winds produced a swath of damage across northern Graham County. Winds estimated at 90 mph broke approximately 55 utility poles from Roads 130 and V, northeast to Roads 250 and CC. In addition, six irrigation pivots were overturned, two outbuildings were damaged or destroyed and numerous tree limbs broken. Time of events is estimated from radar and local residents. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | $30,000 | An empty grain bin was blown off its foundation and into the middle of the road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | $20,000 | Two power poles were blown down causing Morland to lose power. A window in a house was broken in town from the combined effects of hail and very strong winds. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | $15,000 | Straight-line winds snapped a number of power poles and damaged a small barn. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | $15,000 | Several trees blown over, roof damage and several trailer homes damaged in town. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | $10,000 | Estimated 80 mph wind downed seven power poles west of Morland. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | $1,000 | A large cottonwood tree limb approximately a foot in diameter was snapped off a tree and two small tents were damaged as a strong thunderstorm moved over the location. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Morland | $1,000 | The hail was mostly the size of golf balls, but the largest was baseball sized. The hail lasted for about ten minutes. Windows were broken due to the combination of large hail and strong wind. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | $500 | Large, live tree limbs down on property of an unknown size. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Morland | - | A public report of quarter sized hail. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | Spotter estimated 50-60 mph winds. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Morland | - | Hail ranged from the size of peas to nickels over the location. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | Estimated 60 mph winds occurred with blowing dust creating visibility reductions as low as 30 feet at times. Some trees were stripped of leaves. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Morland | - | Accumulating pea to nickel sized hail observed. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Morland | - | Report of quarter sized hail reported at location. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Morland | - | Report received of hail up to ping pong ball size reported at location covering the ground. |
| October 2021 | Hail | Morland | - | Pea to nickel sized hail reported. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | Mesonet station KKSMORLA2 recorded a 85 mph wind gust. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Morland | - | The hail ranged from quarter to half dollar in size for most of the duration. However, toward the end of the timeframe golf ball size hail occurred. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | Caller reported estimated 50-60 mph wind gusts associated with the core of a thunderstorm. |
| October 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Morland | - | Based on radar rotation, the tornado tracked east and remained north of Highway 36. No damage was reported. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Morland | - | Very strong winds accompanied the hail. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Morland | - | Water up to six inches deep in Morland. Approximately three feet of water covering the road between Morland and Highway 24. Later in the evening, a CoCoRaHS observer just southwest of Morland reported 3.15 inches of rain fell in about a two hour period. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | Observer estimated peak wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Morland | - | This report was relayed via the NSSL SHAVE project. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | Two inch tree limbs downed. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Morland | - | Via NSSL. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Morland | - | Via NSSL. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Morland | - | Hail covered the ground with small drifts observed. Some trees had leaves stripped off. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | Gusted to at least 60 mph for 10 minutes. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | 1-2 inch diameter tree limbs blown down. |
| October 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Morland | - | Brief tornado. |
| September 1997 | Flash Flood | Morland | - | 4 to 5 inches of rainfall flooded roads with 1 to 2 feet of water. Water entered basement of at least one home. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | Wind accompanied by 3/4 inch hail. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Morland | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morland | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Morland | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08000643 in Record Group 79. |
| Graham County | All 3 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.