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Bertrand House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.

From the record

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Logan County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Bertrand House between 2008 and 2018, burning about 650 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
15 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service0W18002
3 December 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined650 acresKansas CountiesMONUMENT

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Storms near this property

60 of 186 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakley, the town this property stands in, in 186 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 116 hail, 59 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 tornado. 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 2013HailOakley$200,000Numerous reports from emergency manager (EM), trained spotters and the public were received in a short period of time with hail sizes ranging from 1.25 up to 2.50 in diameter. The EM estimated at least 100 vehicles in town suffered some type of hail damage, with some having windshields or other glass broken. Two med-flight aircraft also had damage.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindOakley$80,000Logan County Emergency Manager reported a center pivot blown over just south of the city of Oakley as the line of storms moved over.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindOakley$65,000A couple of traffic signs were blown down in town. Just south and west of the intersection of U.S. 83 and U.S. 40, an irrigation sprinkler was overturned, a grain bin was buckled in and loosened from its mounting, and about 10 utility poles were broken.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindOakley$50,000A metal machine shed was destroyed on CR 410 a half mile north of CR Broken Bow.
August 1993HailOakley$50,000Baseball-size hail broke windows, windshields, dented vehicles and damaged many roofs.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindOakley$12,000High wind gusts broke out windows at the Travel Stop on I-70; minor injuries were reported from flying glass. Estimated time of report from radar.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindOakley$5,000Numerous trees down in Oakley, including a large tree at city hall. Power lines reported down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindOakley$4,500Measured four or five 10-12 inch diameter healthy tree limbs blown down in town.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindOakley$2,000Local emergency management estimated 60 mph winds in Oakley. They also reported that some 12 inch tree branches had been blown down.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindOakley$2,000Numerous large tree limbs of assorted sizes blown down and siding blown off a house in southwest Oakley.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindOakley$1,000Multiple reports received of large tree limbs down of unknown size in the city of Oakley.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindOakley$1,000Several six to eight inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. A few trees were also blown over. A couple of canopies on downtown buildings were blown off. Time of report estimated from Doppler radar.
May 2010HailOakley$1,000Car windows were reported broken.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindOakley$1,000Newspaper reported tree limbs broken and antenna poles bent. Sizes unknown.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindOakley$1,000no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindOakley$750Logan County Emergency Manager reported power line blown down due to strong 50-60 mph wind gusts. Brownout conditions were reported due to blowing dust.
May 2008HailOakley$750Storm was accompanied by heavy rainfall and hail broke windows.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindOakley$500Emergency manager reported several 2 inch live tree limbs and one 7 inch limb from a rotted tree down. Damage was caused by strong winds from an outflow boundary associated with a strong thunderstorm on the north side of I-70.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindOakley$400Half mile west of Oakley on County Road A, time estimated. Bin for ground cane storage was moved off its foundation 3 inches, in addition to short round top cover being picked up and set back on a fence. The round top was anchored 18 inches to ground with T-posts.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindOakley$250Stop signs and three-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindOakley-The wind gust was reported via Ambient Weather Station Dog_House.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindOakley-A trained spotter reports 2 inch green tree limb down in Oakley.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindOakley-Up to 3.5 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down in town. A 54 mph wind gust was reported at the Oakley Airport at 16:29 as well.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindOakley-Reported via Ambient weather station Dog House.
May 2023HailOakley-The hail ranged from pea to quarter in size.
June 2023HailOakley-Delayed report CoCoRaHS observer reported 1.75 inch maximum hail size and the hail lasted for 5 minutes. 1.55 inches of rain were also reported. Station ID is KS-LG-15.
August 2023HailOakley-Quarter sized hail reported ongoing at location.
August 2023HailOakley-Quarter sized hail reported at location.
August 2023HailOakley-Quarter sized hail reported at location.
August 2023HailOakley-Quarter sized hail reported at location.
August 2021HailOakley-Report received of hail up to penny size at location.
August 2021HailOakley-Report received of half dollar sized hail at location.
August 2021HailOakley-Reports received of hail ranging from half inch to golf ball sized near location. Time is radar-estimated.
June 2020HailOakley-Dime to penny size hail fell at the location.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindOakley-Logan County Emergency Manager reported wind driven rain with small hail that significantly reduced visibilities in Oakley. Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2020HailOakley-Several reports from social media and Logan County Emergency Manager of small hail ranging from peas to penny in size that fell for a duration of approximately 10 minutes in the town of Oakley.
August 2020HailOakley-A report was received over Facebook of a few tennis ball sized hailstones mixed with nickel sized falling in the town of Oakley.
July 2020HailOakley-Emergency manager reported hail in Oakley that varied in size from dime to 1.5 inches.
September 2019HailOakley-Strong supercell-type thunderstorm produced hail up to 1.125 inches in diameter near Oakley, KS.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindOakley-A member of the public estimated 70 mph wind gusts in Oakley.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindOakley-Atleast one tree was uprooted two more that were blown over, another tree that was larger than a foot in diameter snapped at its base, and numerous branches broken off ranging in size from less an inch to over nine inches in diameter. Shingles were also seen flying through the air.
June 2018HailOakley-The hail ranged from hen egg to apple in size. The hail broke an unknown number of windshields were broken and cars had major hail dents. The hail also stripped some of the trees in town.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindOakley-Thunderstorm winds were strong enough to cause a dust storm in the Oakley area.
May 2017Flash FloodOakley-Three to seven inches of rain fell just northwest of the Highway 40/CR 400 intersection, with the higher amounts uphill just across the county line. The flood waters from the heavy rainfall were over Highway 40 a half mile west of this intersection.
May 2017FloodOakley-Flood waters continued running over Highway 40 after the rainfall ended.
June 2017HailOakley-The hail ranged from nickel to ping-pong ball size.
October 2017HailOakley-The hail ranged from quarter to ping-pong ball size.
May 2016HailOakley-The largest hail stones ranged from ping-pong to golf ball size. The hail continued to fall into the following morning.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindOakley-Six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down in town.
May 2016HailOakley-The largest hail stones ranged from ping-pong ball to hen egg size.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindOakley-Tree limbs up to one inch in diameter blown down in town.
August 2015HailOakley-Hail stones started out as penny size then increased to half dollar size. 0.71 of rainfall also fell with the hail.
August 2015HailOakley-Quarter size hail may be accompanied by slightly larger hail.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindOakley-Numerous five inch diameter tree limbs blown down and dumpsters blown over. Zero visibility due to the blowing dust from the high winds. Minor damage sustained to vehicles and buildings from the high winds and hail. There was a power outage west of town for two hours. The sustained wind reached 60 MPH for a brief time during the high winds, with winds gusting up to 82 MPH.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindOakley-Emergency manager reported numerous 2-inch diameter live tree branches were blown down across Oakley from thunderstorm winds.
August 2014HailOakley-The cooperative observer also reported 1.80 inches of rain fell in about 15 minutes just after this hail report around 6:30 pm CDT.
June 2014FloodOakley-Overnight heavy rainfall continued to cause problems on area roads into the early afternoon hours. Radar estimated 5 inches of rain fell just before sunrise west of Oakley. County crews barricaded many roads until the water subsided.
April 2014HailOakley-Hail lasted for ten minutes. Heavy rain occurred with minor street flooding.
April 2014HailOakley-Hail one-half inch to one inch in diameter occurred with heavy rain and wind estimated at 30 to 40 mph. The ground is starting to become white with accumulating hail.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindOakley-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.

Every storm recorded in Logan 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100011614 in Record Group 79.
Logan CountyAll 4 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.