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Photograph of Shafer Barn
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Shafer Barn

Built in 1920. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

“The Shafer Barn is a gambrel-roofed barn that was built in 1920 near Hoxie, Kansas. It is located on County Road 50S, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of County Road 80E, in West Saline Township.”

Wikipedia article Shafer Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Sheridan County · listed in 2009 · category: Building · built in 1920.

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.
  • Address. Co. Rd. 50S, 1.5 mi. W. of Co. Rd. 80E, Hoxie, 67740
  • When was it listed? April 2009
  • Category. building
  • Township. West Saline township
  • When was it built? 1920
  • National Register reference number. 09000195 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Storms near this property

60 of 189 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoxie, the town this property stands in, in 189 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 103 hail, 75 thunderstorm wind, 7 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHoxie$625,000Fifteen irrigation sprinklers overturned and 5 grain bins destroyed. Windows broken in a house along with roof shingles blown off. Some tree branches downed. Wind speeds estimated.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHoxie$200,000Strong winds destroyed airport hanger and 2 aircraft.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHoxie$100,000A crop duster airplane and its hangar were significantly damaged at the Hoxie Municipal Airport. The metal building was completely collapsed and the plane was flipped on its top.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHoxie$100,000Three grain bins damaged, irrigation system turned over.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHoxie$42,000Multiple reports received of large, healthy trees uprooted and of large tree limbs of an unknown diameter blown down in the city of Hoxie. A few road signs were also blown down around the city. Caller also reported powerlines down west of Hoxie that caused a several hours long power outage.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindHoxie$20,000The roof was taken off the barn. Unspecified tree damage also occurred.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHoxie$15,000A semi truck was flipped over on highway 23 about 13 miles north of Hoxie.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Hoxie$15,000Brief Touchdown destroyed one Grain Bin on farm.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHoxie$10,000As a thunderstorm moved into Hoxie, winds estimated to gust up to 90 mph damaged an airplane hangar at the Hoxie Municipal Airport. Damage included the loss of roof and damage to the side walls. The wood used as supporting structure on the hangar was in fair condition.
June 2020Tornado (EF0)Hoxie$10,000A well documented landspout tornado occurred in Sheridan County. Numerous calls and reports were received. However, looking at the photographic and radar evidence, this appears to be one long-lived and slow moving landspout. A center pivot was overturned in a field and this is the only known damage from this event. As a result, an EF-0 rating was assigned with winds likely around 80 mph with this particular tornado.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHoxie$10,000Irrigation pivot overturned about 10 miles north of Hoxie.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHoxie$10,000Tree limb fell onto car, power lines down in town.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHoxie$4,000Multiple large tree limbs blown down in town, and a four inch flag pole by the sheriff's office was bent in half.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHoxie$4,000Law Enforcement reported two transformers were blown down.
May 2023Flash FloodHoxie$3,000Law enforcement reported multiple roadways underwater or washed out.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHoxie$1,700Half a tree was blown over blocking the entrance to Buffalo Park. A carport on the outside of town was blown into power lines causing Hoxie to lose power.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHoxie$1,500A healthy tree was uprooted, leaning partially over a home.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindHoxie$500Report of greenhouse having damage at Hoxie. Nearby mesonet sites only reported gusts around 45 to 50 MPH.
May 2025HailHoxie-A trained spotter reported half dollar size hail in the town of Hoxie.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Trained spotter reported winds around 40 with gusts to 60 mph.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Site Six Toes Feed reported a 60 MPH gust.
May 2024HailHoxie-Dime to nickel sized hail observed.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Mesonet KKSGRAIN16 recorded a 58 MPH gust at 28 past the hour and 72 MPH peak gust at 34 past the hour.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Public report with pictures of an irrigation pivot flipped over.
June 2024HailHoxie-Hail ranging in size from dime to golf ball fell over a duration of 20 minutes.
June 2024HailHoxie-Multiple reports or large hail ranging from quarter sized to large apple sized over a duration of twenty-five minutes. North facing windows and numerous windshields were broken in town. The unknown depth of accumulating hail created street flooding.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHoxie-A large metal shed that was anchored with poles cemented into the ground was blown over with pieces tossed into the nearby field. The shed was used to house tractor-trailers.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Reported via Ambient weather station Niermeier.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Sheriff Deputy estimates wind gusts around 55 to 60 mph.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Thunderstorm winds estimated to be 65 mph produced blowing dust with visibility reductions down to one-quarter mile at times.
September 2023HailHoxie-Nickel to quarter sized hail observed.
September 2023HailHoxie-Report of up to quarter sized hail.
September 2023HailHoxie-Report received via social media of half dollar sized hail at location. Possibly larger size as hail was not collected and measured immediately.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindHoxie-A 59 mph wind gust was measured by a mesonet over the span of two minutes.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHoxie-As a storm moved southeast across Sheridan County, wind gusts were estimated at 60-70 mph.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Estimated 60 mph gusts as a storm moved southeast across Sheridan County.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHoxie-A severe thunderstorm moved southeast across Sheridan County producing estimated 70 mph wind gusts in the city of Hoxie.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHoxie-A law enforcement officer estimated 60 mph winds as the storms moved through Hoxie.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Mesonet station KKSHOXIE6 measured a sustained wind speed of 80 mph with a gust of 89 mph.
May 2021HailHoxie-Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Mesonet station at location recorded a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust at start time and a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust at end time.
June 2020HailHoxie-Quarter to half dollar sized hail was ongoing at time of report with an estimated duration of 12 minutes as of call time. The caller also reported seeing a landspout tornado on the ground north of Hoxie.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHoxie-A peak gust of 102.7 mph was measured. Forty-foot TV tower kinked in half and 6 inch diameter tree branches snapped off. Live pine trees around 10 to 12 inches in diameter were snapped. Winds were reportedly straight out of the north.
May 2017Tornado (EF0)Hoxie-Farmer reported a brief tornado. Report relayed by Sheridan County Sheriff's Office.
May 2017Tornado (EF0)Hoxie-Chaser reported a rotating wall cloud with a visible debris swirl on the ground.
August 2017HailHoxie-Estimated the hail to be up to dime size in the torrential rainfall.
June 2017HailHoxie-The hail ranged from nickel to quarter in size.
October 2017HailHoxie-Hail up to 2.25 inches was reported on Highway 24, with hail covering the roadway. The highway was nearly impassable due to the hail.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Trees and power lines were blown down along this path. Other damage included windows broken out on a house, outbuildings blown down, roofs and antennas blown off of buildings and grain bins destroyed. No other specific information was given.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Estimated the wind gust to be 60-70 MPH.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Also received 1.90 inches of rainfall in 30 minutes.
May 2016HailHoxie-The hail stones ranged from pea to penny in size.
July 2016HailHoxie-Several trained spotters reported hail stones ranging from nickel to quarter size.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindHoxie-Farm sustained unspecified damage from thunderstorm wind gusts. Estimated time, duration, and intensity of wind gusts from the radar.
June 2014HailHoxie-Winds were also estimated to be gusting to 50 mph.
June 2014HailHoxie-Spotter reported that hail almost covered the ground.
June 2014HailHoxie-Some damage to corn crop also occurred, with extent and dollar amount of damage unknown.
July 2013HailHoxie-Spotter reported nickel size hail along with heavy rain.
March 2013HailHoxie-Hail has nearly covered the ground.
May 2013HailHoxie-Penny size hail was reported from this location a couple minutes prior.

Every storm recorded in Sheridan 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.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
John Fenton Pratt Ranch7.4 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 09000195 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sheridan CountyAll 2 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.
  • 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.