Cottonwood Falls Grade School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.

From the record

One of 21 National Register listings published here for Chase County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. 401 Maple St., Cottonwood Falls, 66845
When was it listed? June 2021
Category. building
Also known as. Public Schools of Kansas MPS
Township. Falls township
National Register reference number. 100006682 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

16 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Cottonwood Falls Grade School between 2010 and 2016, burning about 8,949 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
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
21 July 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	19 acres	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	CEMETARY
7 April 2015	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Kansas Forest Service	26
4 April 2015	Debris and open burning	60 acres	Kansas Forest Service	24
21 April 2015	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Kansas Forest Service	30
15 April 2014	Debris and open burning	2,095 acres	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	FOX CREEK
14 April 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	121 acres	Chase County	2 SECTION
14 April 2015	Debris and open burning	2,066 acres	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	15 TWO SECTION EAST TRAPS
10 April 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	936 acres	Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge	CRUSHER HILL 2

Every fire recorded in Chase County

Storms near this property

60 of 94 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cottonwood Falls, the town this property stands in, in 94 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 46 hail, 37 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 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 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	$25,000	Many large trees were knocked down throughout town.
August 2019	Lightning	Cottonwood Falls	$15,000	The lightning struck a camper. The camper was subsequently destroyed with only one wall left standing. No injuries were reported. The report was received courtesy of radio station KVOE. This was a delayed report.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	$10,000	Shed blown down. Tree damage.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	$10,000	One-two foot diameter tree limbs broken off and doors blown off barns.
April 2023	Tornado (EF1)	Cottonwood Falls	$5,000	The sixth tornado produced by the supercell tracked across the town of Cottonwood Falls producing EF1 damage, mainly to trees and minor damage to roof structures.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	$5,000	Several large trees were blown down from high winds. Winds were estimated to be at least 65 mph.
April 2006	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	$5,000	The hail broke out windows of historic buildings which are part of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	$4,000	Power poles were reported down.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	$2,000	A 3 to 4 foot diameter tree fell across the road.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	$1,000	Power lines were reported down.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	$100	A few 3 to 4-inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
April 2026	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	Report was received courtesy of KSN, and it was supported by law enforcement.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	Sporadic damage reported across the county with trees, tree limbs, and privacy fences knocked down. A metal roof was partially blown off in Cottonwood Falls.
April 2023	Tornado (EF0)	Cottonwood Falls	-	This was the seventh tornado of the event. Damage was limited to trees and siding of homes.
April 2023	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	This was reported via social media.
May 2023	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	Penny-sized hail was reported on Highway 50 courtesy of KWCH.
May 2022	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	In addition to the hail, there were 60 to 70 mph winds that occurred. This did result in downed tree limbs.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	Law enforcement reported 60 to 70 mph winds and quarter sized hail.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	Trained spotter reported one inch and larger tree limbs that were downed by a thunderstorm wind gust.
November 2022	Heavy Rain	Cottonwood Falls	-	A Coop observer reported 2.67 inches of rainfall.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	Tree limbs were blown down and light poles were knocked over.
May 2020	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	Lots of hail was reported.
August 2018	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	Leaves and twigs were stripped.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	No damage was reported.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	The wind-driven rains caused no-zero visibilities.
July 2015	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	The hail was pea to quarter size.
July 2013	Flood	Cottonwood Falls	-	Numerous roads across the county were flooded.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	A train was derailed due to the strong winds.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	Strong winds destroyed a greenhouse and blew out several tree limbs.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	Spotter estimated pea to half inch sized hail with the 50 to 60 mph winds.
June 2009	Heavy Rain	Cottonwood Falls	-	Rainfall measured 2.00 inches.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	A trained spotter estimated the winds.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	High winds picked up suddenly from the south.
April 2008	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	Winds up to 60 mph accompanied the hail.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	Quarter size hail accompanied the wind.
February 2007	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	Hail covered the ground.
March 2007	Flood	Cottonwood Falls	-	High water was reported over several rural roads and some town roads countywide.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Cottonwood Falls	-	Widespread 4 to 8 inch rainfall amounts occurred across mainly the southeastern half of Chase County from June 28th through the 30th, producing widespread flooding of county and secondary roads.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	Occurred with nickel sized hail.
May 2006	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	Occurred with estimated 40 to 50 mph winds.
May 2005	Flash Flood	Cottonwood Falls	-	Several county roads under water.
June 2005	Flash Flood	Cottonwood Falls	-	Water was reported to be covering the road.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Cottonwood Falls	-	Widespread flash flooding of county roads in and around town.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	Several six inch tree limbs were blown down.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	Limbs downed.
April 2026	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	no account filed
April 2023	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	no account filed
March 2017	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	no account filed
March 2017	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	no account filed
April 2016	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	no account filed
March 2011	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	no account filed
March 2011	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	no account filed
March 2011	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	no account filed
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottonwood Falls	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Cottonwood Falls	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chase 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

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Chase County Courthouse	0.3 miles	1971
Cartter Building	0.4 miles	1977
Chase County National Bank	0.4 miles	1977
Cottonwood River Bridge	0.7 miles	1985
Wood House	1.4 miles	1974
Strong City Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Depot	2.0 miles	2007

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100006682 in Record Group 79.
Chase County	All 21 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.