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One of 48 National Register listings published here for Dickinson County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Union Electric Warehouse
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 205 South Cedar St., Abilene, 67410
- When was it listed? September 2021
- Category. building
- City. Abilene city
- National Register reference number. 100007020 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
17 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Union Electric Warehouse between 2015 and 2018, burning about 121 acres in total. 1 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Dickinson County | 543 |
| 25 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 24 |
| 24 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 23 |
| 21 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 72 |
| 15 June 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Dickinson County | 14 |
| 10 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 12 |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 10 |
| 15 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Dickinson County | 204 |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Union Electric Warehouse: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Pit & Pekor Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 145 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Abilene, the town this property stands in, in 145 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 72 hail, 54 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 4 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | $500,000 | Strong winds caused tree damage in the area. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Abilene | $100,000 | A local newspaper reported a lightning strike at a hardware store, followed by approximately 2.00" of rain, the combination of which caused extensive damage to the building itself, and the goods inside. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | $100,000 | High winds did substantial damage to the Abilene airport. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Abilene | $75,000 | Hail and high winds combined for widespread damage. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Abilene | $60,000 | A tornado touched down 4 miles southeast of Abilene and traveled intermittently for 2 and one half miles before dissipating. The tornado struck a farm doing considerable damage to outbuildings. A second funnel aloft was seen at times accompanying the tornado. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Abilene | $50,000 | About 2 inches of water reported flowing across Fair rd. in town. Water over the road was rising and county officials were barricading the road. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Abilene | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | $40,000 | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Lightning | Abilene | $25,000 | Lightning struck a city dispatch center in Abilene doing about 25 thousand dollars damage. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Abilene | $20,000 | Water moving onto Interstate 70 eastbound from the median to the shoulder of the fast lane at mile marker 275. Water over Highway 40 east of the town of Solomon...road closed. Dickinson County receives a county disaster declaration. |
| November 1998 | Flash Flood | Abilene | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Abilene | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Abilene | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Abilene | $8,000 | A tornado touched down in the city park and damaged 2 sheds and a concession stand before lifting moments later. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Abilene | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Abilene | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Lightning | Abilene | $4,000 | Lightning struck a vehicle on Interstate 70 just north of Abilene. The motorist was traveling west on the interstate when the incident occurred. The vehicle was totaled but the lone occupant who was the driver was uninjured. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | $4,000 | Strong winds blew down power lines. |
| March 2007 | Lightning | Abilene | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | $100 | A tent was damaged at a county fair by strong winds. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | There are reports of trees down with unknown diameter. Power poles are also down throughout Abilene. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Abilene | - | Quarter size hail near Interstate 70. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Abilene | - | Hail in Abilene from trailing supercell. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Estimated 65-60 mph winds. Trees bending over at times. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Abilene | - | Half dollar size hail in Abilene. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Abilene | - | Ping pong ball size hail near I-70 west of Abilene. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Estimated 60 mph gust and 3/4 inch hail. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Tree limbs 4 inches in diameter blown down, dumpster blown over onto a train track. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Snapped tree relayed by KAKE. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Delayed report of a large uprooted tree. Photo was sent via social media. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Limbs two inches in diameter broken off trees. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Abilene | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Spotter estimated wind gusts of 60 to 65 mph. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Abilene | - | Quarter to half dollar sized hail on the western size of Abilene city limits. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Abilene | - | Golf ball sized hail reported. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Abilene | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Abilene | - | Golf ball sized hail reported. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Abilene | - | Hen egg sized hail reported. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | No damage was reported but confidence was high that severe level wind gusts occurred. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Several 8 to 10 inch tree limbs down around Abilene. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Wind estimated at 60 mph in Abilene. Widespread dust with near zero visibility also reported. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Tree blew down into a powerline just north of Abilene. Wind estimated at 70 mph. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Report of trees down and power out. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | High confidence of 70 mph wind gusts, no damage observed at this time. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Abilene | - | Quarter size hail reported. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Tree 1 foot in diameter down, kdot signs blown down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Report of a 6 inch tree limb down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | DK214 reported power outage and 2 to 3 inch limbs down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Report via social media of 8 to 12 inch tree limb down. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Abilene | - | EM reported golf ball size hail. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Abilene | - | Tennis ball size hail estimated from Twitter picture. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Abilene | - | Several streets in Abilene are flooded and closed due to flowing water due to heavy rains. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Estimated wind gust. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | A tree was blown over, size unknown. Estimated wind gust of 70 MPH. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Abilene | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abilene | - | Tree damage was also reported. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Abilene | - | Law enforcement reports that some low, easily flooded areas of Abilene are experiencing standing water and some streets have been closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | D. G. Smith Building | under 500 feet | 1995 |
 | Elms Hotel | 0.1 miles | 2008 |
 | Abilene Union Pacific Railroad Freight Depot | 0.2 miles | 1993 |
 | Hotel Sunflower | 0.2 miles | 2001 |
 | Abilene Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
 | ATSF Steam Locomotive No. 3415 | 0.2 miles | 2012 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007020 in Record Group 79. |
| Dickinson County | All 48 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- 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.