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One of 9 National Register listings published here for Pratt County · listed in 2012 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Norden Bombsight Storage Vaults
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 305 Flint Rd., Pratt, 67124
- When was it listed? September 2012
- Category. structure
- Also known as. World War II-Era Aviation-Related Facilities of Kansas
- City. Pratt city
- National Register reference number. 12000816 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
41 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Norden Bombsight Storage Vaults between 2015 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 1 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 10 |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 25 |
| 15 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 24 |
| 8 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 7 |
| 27 August 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 44 |
| 23 August 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Pratt County | 47 |
| 5 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 19 |
| 5 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 20 |
Storms near this property
60 of 324 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pratt, the town this property stands in, in 324 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 194 hail, 95 thunderstorm wind, 13 heavy rain, 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Tornado (F2) | Pratt | $20,000,000 | This very large tornado moved southeast across much of Pratt. Damage was rated a STRONG F2. There were 14 homes destroyed, 15 with major damage and 230 with minor damage. Over 50 Pivot sprinklers were damaged or destroyed. Despite the very heavy damage, there were no injuries thanks in part to adequate warnings. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Pratt | $2,500,000 | Heavy rainfall and runoff caused extensive flooding along the Ninnescah river flooding the city park, Memorial lake and the Kansas Department of Wildlife offices and rearing ponds. At the lake, several vehicles, tents and campers were inundated by flood waters. At the fish hatchery at the KDWP offices, many of the ponds were breached washing fingerling fish and brood fish out into the swollen river. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | $850,000 | Microburst occurred...centered about 4 miles north of Pratt. The impact point was 4 miles north of Highway 54 and 1/2 mile east of Highway 281. Area extended 3 miles northwest through southwest with the greatest damage at the Pratt airport. Five buildings had considerable damage...7 with major damage and 18 had minor damage. Debris was carried for miles past the impact point. A John Deere tractor had a 16 foot long 2x4 impaled into the engine compartment. Three sprinkler irrigation systems were destroyed. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Pratt | $100,000 | Hail the size of cantaloupes was reported. Unspecified damage was done. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | $55,000 | A pivot irrigation sprinkler was overturned. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | $50,000 | Center pivot sprinkler overturned. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | $20,000 | A large shed was blown down. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Pratt | $20,000 | Hail covered the ground 2 inches deep. Several houses were damaged with broken windows and damaged siding |
| September 1994 | Hail | Pratt | $20,000 | Hail the size of golf balls broke windows nine miles south of Pratt at 1600 CST. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | $15,000 | There were 24 power poles that were broken by the high wind. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | $10,000 | Ten power poles were blown down. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | $8,000 | Numerous 6 to 8 inch limbs blown down. One large tree fell on a pickup truck. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Pratt | $5,000 | The Emergency Manager reported multiple roads across Pratt flooded. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Pratt | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | $4,000 | Four inch diameter tree limbs blown down along with power lines. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | $3,000 | Six power poles blown down. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | $2,500 | Five power poles broken. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | $1,000 | Porch blown off back of home. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Pratt | - | Public reported 2 inch hail near the Pratt Community College. Time estimated via radar. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Pratt | - | Social media report of half-dollar sized hail at Pratt County Lake. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Pratt County Landfill recorded a 62 mph wind gust. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Public report estimating 60 mph gusts south of Pratt. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | A report of estimated 65 mph winds come from the Public about 3 miles south of Pratt. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Personal weather station Pratt County Landfill recorded a 71 mph wind gust. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Pratt | - | The emergency manager reported 1 inch hail. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Picture on social media of tree uprooted. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Wind gust of 65 mph. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Mesonet site recorded a wind gust of 64 MPH. |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Pratt | - | Rainfall report of 1.32 inches. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | A tree tood down a powerline when it fell. |
| May 2023 | Heavy Rain | Pratt | - | In one hour, 1.31 inches of rain fell. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Four inch tree limbs broken just south of US 54 and Wes River Road. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Pratt | - | Rainfall of 6.80 inches was reported. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Pratt | - | Rainfall of 7.78 inches was observed. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Pratt | - | Much of the city park and surrounding area was flooded. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Pratt | - | Numerous roads were flooded and numerous cars were flooded in parts of Pratt. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Winds were estimated to be gusting to 70 MPH. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Winds were estimated to be gusting to 80 MPH. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Winds of 70 MPH were estimated. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Winds of 70 MPH were accompanied by quarter sized hail. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Pratt | - | Winds were also estimated to be 70 MPH. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Pratt | - | Many streets were closed due to flooding streets. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Pratt | - | Five inches was rain was measured. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Pratt | - | Rainfall of 1.52 inches was measured. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Pratt | - | Rainfall of 2.24 inches was measured. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Pratt | - | Rainfall of 4.90 inches was observed. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Pratt | - | Heavy rainfall was also observed. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Large tree branches were broken by the high wind. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | This report was relayed by Emergency Management. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH between Pratt and Coats. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Pratt | - | There was also a 53 MPH wind gust as the hail was falling. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Numerous power lines were blown down in and around Pratt. The entire city was without power as well as in Cullison and Iuka. Numerous trees were reported down from Cullison to Pratt. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Wind gusts of 60 MPH were observed. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 80 MPH. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pratt | - | A 10 to 12 inch diameter tree was blown down. There was also quite a bit of sign damage along with numerous 4 to 5 inch diameter tree branches broken. |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parachute Building | 0.3 miles | 2009 | |
 | S. P. Gebhart House | 4.0 miles | 1987 |
 | Hotel Roberts | 4.2 miles | 2015 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000816 in Record Group 79. |
| Pratt County | All 9 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.