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Howard National Bank

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.

From the record

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Elk County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

31 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Howard National Bank between 1998 and 2020, burning about 3,981 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 2017Arson/incendiarism110 acresElk County17078
2 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Service1500074
17 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service1869
4 April 2018Debris and open burning20 acresKansas Forest Service1832
4 April 2015Arson/incendiarism80 acresKansas Forest Service1500054
30 April 2018Debris and open burning200 acresKansas Forest Service1865
28 April 2018Debris and open burning500 acresKansas Forest Service1861
18 April 2018Debris and open burning350 acresKansas Forest Service1850

Every fire recorded in Elk County

Storms near this property

60 of 110 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howard, the town this property stands in, in 110 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 52 hail, 32 thunderstorm wind, 11 heavy rain, 6 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
July 2007Flash FloodHoward$27,000,000Extremely heavy rainfall from the end of June into early July caused flash flooding throughout Elk County. The flooding damaged or destroyed around 400 houses. This led 12 to 42 million dollars in damage. An awesome 21.49 inches of rain fell during the month of June. Much of this fell during the last few days of the month.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHoward$50,000Numerous trees were knocked down across town.
June 2001LightningHoward$50,000The northwest roof of Elk County Courthouse was struck, inflicting damage to the roof tile, the elevator, and several computers. A second lightning strike set fire to a hay barn. The barn was a total loss.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindHoward$35,000A pole barn with dimensions of 40 feet by 60 feet was completely destroyed. Additionally, some minor shed and house damage occurred. Ten inch tree limbs were blown down as well.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHoward$27,000High winds knocked out power to Howard.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindHoward$12,000no account filed
April 2010Thunderstorm WindHoward$3,000Estimated 70 mph winds damaged a fence and a sheet metal shed.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindHoward$2,250Estimated 70 mph winds damaged a tree and damaged a barn roof.
May 1993HailHoward$500A thunderstorm dropped three-quarter inch hail around Howard.
May 1993HailHoward$500no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHoward$100Winds estimated at 50 to 60 mph downed some small tree limbs as well as damaged a screen door.
June 2008FloodHoward$100Heavy rainfall produced 4.30 inches of rain with agriculture flooding and some minor road flooding.
April 1994HailHoward$50no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHoward-Several trees and large tree limbs were reported down corroborated from two different CO-OP observers that there was widespread tree damage across Howard. Time was estimated from radar.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHoward-The KSU mesonet measured a 62 mph wind gust.
May 2024Heavy RainHoward-Twenty four hour rainfall from CoCoRaHS observer of 2.05 inches. Street flooding occurred in town during the late evening hours of the 6th.
April 2024HailHoward-Trained spotters relayed report to emergency management of quarter sized hail at Kansas Highway 99 and Rock Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHoward-This was a measured wind gust from a Kansas Mesonet site northwest of Howard.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHoward-There was a picture on social media of at least a 1-foot diameter tree branch snapped.
July 2023HailHoward-There were pictures on social media of golf ball sized hail near Howard.
July 2023HailHoward-There was a picture of at least 2-inch hail on the outskirts of Howard.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHoward-This was an estimated wind gusts. This was corroborated by other similar reports.
May 2022Heavy RainHoward-A Cocorahs station in Howard, Kansas, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.85 inches.
June 2022Heavy RainHoward-A Cocorahs observer near Howard reported 4.93 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
June 2022Heavy RainHoward-A Coop observer reported 5.60 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
June 2022Heavy RainHoward-A Cocorahs observer near Howard reported 4.93 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
June 2022Heavy RainHoward-A Coop observer in Howard reported 2.63 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
October 2021Heavy RainHoward-This is a 24 hour rainfall report of 3.67 inches about 1 mile SSE of Howard.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindHoward-This was an estimated wind gust.
April 2019HailHoward-The quarter sized hail lasted for a few minutes.
April 2019HailHoward-Report came in via Facebook.
June 2019Heavy RainHoward-This is a 24 hour total.
June 2019Heavy RainHoward-This is a 24 hour total.
June 2019Flash FloodHoward-A deputy reported that the main road heading west out of Howard was covered with swiftly flowing water in multiple places which made them impassable.
May 2014Funnel CloudHoward-The funnel cloud went half way to the ground, but did not last very long. A distinct wall cloud was also noted.
May 2014Funnel CloudHoward-A trained spotter reported the funnel cloud about halfway to the ground.
August 2013FloodHoward-Several streets in downtown Howard are under a small amount of water. The ditches along the roads are full and spilling over.
April 2013Heavy RainHoward-Observer in Howard measured 2.15 inches in the past 24 hours.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHoward-Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter.
June 2011HailHoward-Law Enforcement also reported 70 mph wind gusts.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHoward-Estimated gust reported by a Law Enforcement officer.
June 2011HailHoward-Winds up to 60 mph were also reported.
March 2010HailHoward-Pea to nickel sized hail covered the ground.
July 2010Heavy RainHoward-The Elk county dispatch center measured 4.7 inches since midnight.
August 2008FloodHoward-Numerous roads in the town of Howard were flooded.
June 2007Flash FloodHoward-Widespread 14 to 17 inch rainfall amounts occurred across Elk County from June 27th through July 1st, producing widespread, significant flooding. Please refer to this event in the July 2007 StormData publication for complete details.
June 2007Flash FloodHoward-Numerous thunderstorms moved across Elk County during the predawn hours of June 1st, dumping widespread 3 to 4 inch rainfall amounts across primarily the northwest half of the county. Several roads were flooded and impassable northwest of Howard.
June 2005Flash FloodHoward-Several county roads flooded.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHoward-AGTAP EK104.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindHoward-Limbs downed.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindHoward-Trees uprooted.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindHoward-Limbs downed.
May 2002Flash FloodHoward-Highway 99 flooded one mile south of the Greenwood/Elk county line.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindHoward-Unspecified farm equipment moved slightly. Velocities estimated between 61 and 70 kts. Time of occurrence estimated.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHoward-Branches 5-6 inches in diameter downed.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindHoward-Tree blown down.
June 2025HailHoward-no account filed
June 2025HailHoward-no account filed
June 2025HailHoward-no account filed
May 2024FloodHoward-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Elk 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

3 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
Elk County Courthouseunder 500 feet2009
Elk Falls High School Gymnasium7.6 miles2024
Elk Falls Pratt Truss Bridge7.9 miles1994

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100005948 in Record Group 79.
Elk CountyAll 5 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.