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One of 28 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 2017 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Keystone Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
The listing
- Address. 2910 47th Terrace, Burns, 66840
- When was it listed? July 2017
- Category. district
- Also known as. Agriculture-Related Resources of Kansas MPS
- Township. Milton township
- National Register reference number. 100001290 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Keystone Ranch between 2015 and 2020, burning about 341 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1843 |
| 14 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1839 |
| 9 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 90 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 14 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 220 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 17 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 10 |
| 4 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1617 |
| 23 February 2017 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Butler County | 1705 |
| 15 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 11 |
Storms near this property
53 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burns, the town this property stands in, in 53 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 25 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | $50,000 | Strong winds inflicted roof damage to both a residence and the Morton building. Some structural damage occurred to outbuildings, and some farm equipment was moved around. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Burns | $50,000 | Trees uprooted, one of which possessed a 36 inch diameter trunk, and a second that fell onto a house. Power lines downed. Power poles leaning sharply. One out-building partially unroofed, with effected section of roof impaled into nearby building. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | $50,000 | At one residence, a 24 by 24 foot shed was blown over, one car damaged when a tree fell onto it, and shingles were blown off the roof of the house. A second house that was unconstruction sustained significant damage when when all but the south wall of the second floor were blown down and debris from construction material was blown about the area. A 3rd residence sustained damage when a tree fell through an upstairs bedroom wall. Several trees and power lines were blown down around the town. Area newspapers contributed to this report. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Burns | $32,500 | Multiple residences had windows broken out of their homes from ping pong ball to golfbal size hail. The hail lasted almost 10 minutes. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | $25,000 | Barn blown down. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Burns | $5,000 | Golf ballsized hail broke several windows out of a home. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | $5,000 | Power lines downed. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | $500 | Small tree limbs were knocked down. |
| April 2010 | Flash Flood | Burns | $100 | Five inches of rain caused a creek to come out of its banks. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EFU) | Burns | - | A brief landspout tornado was reported northwest of Burns. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | Up to 8-inch diameter tree limbs were downed, and a lean-to was knocked down. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | There were also 8 to 10 inch tree limbs reported down as well. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | Winds were estimated to be around 70 mph. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Burns | - | Damage occurred to a few farm outbuildings along with trees. During the survey, swirls were observed in the brome and tree damage. There was debris collected in the trees too. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | Butler County Fire Department reported an estimated 70 mph winds and power out in Burns. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | Numerous power outages. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | Power lines down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | This was an estimated wind gust. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Burns | - | There was nickel to quarter sized hail at 40th and Highway 77 north of Burns. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Burns | - | Gusts estimated at 52 knots/60 mph also occurred. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | Quarter-sized hail also occurred. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | This was reported along the county line. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Burns | - | Most roads were flooded, several of which were closed across the entire county. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | Minor damage to trees. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | The winds were accompanied by ping pong ball hail. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | Winds estimated by a trained spotter. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Burns | - | A Channel 10 viewer reported a brief tornado touchdown in an open field. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | Also reported by emergency manager. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Burns | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burns | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Burns | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Burns Union School | 4.6 miles | 1975 |
 | Doyle Place | 6.6 miles | 2000 |
 | Bichet School, District 34 | 6.9 miles | 2004 |
 | Harvey House | 7.0 miles | 1973 |
 | Florence Opera House | 7.2 miles | 2011 |
 | Florence Water Tower | 7.3 miles | 2009 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001290 in Record Group 79. |
| Marion County | All 28 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.