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Photograph of Beni Israel Cemetery
Photograph by Bhall87, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Beni Israel Cemetery

Built in 1869. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

From the record

“Beni Israel Cemetery, also known as Cemetery Beni Israel and today known as B'nai Israel Cemetery, is an historic Jewish cemetery located at 1301 E. 2100 Road in Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas. It was founded in 1858 by German and Polish Jews who were a part of the German Immigrant Settlement Company from Chicago that had founded Eudora in 1856.”

Wikipedia article Beni Israel Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 118 National Register listings published here for Douglas County · listed in 2013 · category: Site · built in 1869.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 1301 E. 2100 Rd., Eudora, 66025
  • When was it listed? January 2013
  • Category. site
  • Township. Eudora township
  • When was it built? 1869
  • National Register reference number. 12001118 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

86 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Beni Israel Cemetery between 2015 and 2020, burning about 593 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Fireworks1

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
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2160006
4 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service337
4 July 2015Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service359
3 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service6590
8 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
5 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service75
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service79
23 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service88

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this property

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eudora, the town this property stands in, in 63 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 31 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1996LightningEudora$50,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindEudora$8,000Strong winds blew the roofs off of two houses. The roof of a nursing home was severely damaged.
March 1993Thunderstorm WindEudora$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph moved through the Eudora area producing only minor damage to roofs and trees.
May 2000LightningEudora$1,000Lightning struck a transformer and knocked out power to a Kwik Shop doing minor damage.
March 2026HailEudora-WFO EAX relayed report of nickel size hail in Eudora from an off-duty AOMC employee.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindEudora-Estimated 60 mph gusts.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEudora-Social media report of a large, two foot diameter tree uprooted. Winds estimated between 70 and 80 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEudora-Multiple trees blown down. Time estimated via radar.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEudora-Eudora AWOS recorded 78 mph gust.
June 2021Flash FloodEudora-The northbound lane of E2200 Road partially covered with water and ditches are full on both sides of the road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindEudora-Delayed report of 60 mph wind gust.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindEudora-Large tree 1 foot in diameter snapped.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindEudora-Siding torn off a building. Time estimated based on radar.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEudora-Powerlines were reported down.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEudora-Estimated wind gust.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEudora-Picture of a 4-8 inch diameter tree limb down.
May 2019Flash FloodEudora-Multiple roadways are flooded.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEudora-Powerlines were reported down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEudora-Estimated wind gust.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEudora-Delayed report received via twitter. Power lines appeared to be bent over and tree branches were snapped. The size of the branches is unknown.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEudora-Delayed report of a 6 inch diameter limb snapped.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEudora-Powerlines reported down in Eudora.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindEudora-Tree damage including large limbs in Eudora.
July 2015Tornado (EF1)Eudora-Damage assessment survey found a path of sporadic tree damage extending approximately 6 miles along a line from Eudora to around 3 miles southwest of De Soto in Johnson County. This tornado did cross from Douglas County Kansas which is NWS Topeka's area into Johnson County Kansas which is NWS Kansas City's service area. EF1 tree damage was noted along the path. Width of damage estimated 250 yards maximum while majority of tornado damage path was more narrow on order of 50 to 100 yards.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindEudora-Wind gust measured on the southwest side of Eudora. No damage reported.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEudora-Law enforcement reported a 60 mph wind gust in Eudora.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEudora-A law enforcement officer reported trees down along E 2400 Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEudora-Wind blew 2 to 3 inch tree limbs down.
September 2008Tornado (EF1)Eudora-The tornado touched down in a field and moved northeast damaging two residences and one farm. The tornado was on the ground for 1 minute and 26 seconds. The tornado produced EF-1 damage at both residences, at the first residence a garage and small barn were both destroyed. A cedar tree was snapped off at its base and a power pole was snapped off mid-way. At the second residence an outbuilding was destroyed. A large barn sustained significant roofing damage. A barn with a cinderblock wall was destroyed. There was damage to the outside of the residence, siding and shingle damage primairly. The tornado lifted over a field a short distance from the second residence.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindEudora-One and half foot diamter tree snapped. Power lines also reported to be down.
October 2007Flash FloodEudora-Law enforcement relayed a report that water was flowing over N. 1500 Road near E. 2000 Rd. A spotter in the town of Eudora reported 4.00 of rain so far on the 17th.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindEudora-Strong winds took trees and power lines down in Eudora.
May 2012HailEudora-no account filed
May 2012HailEudora-no account filed
May 2012HailEudora-no account filed
July 2012HailEudora-no account filed
July 2012HailEudora-no account filed
August 2012HailEudora-no account filed
August 2012HailEudora-no account filed
April 2011HailEudora-no account filed
April 2011HailEudora-no account filed
March 2011HailEudora-no account filed
April 2010HailEudora-no account filed
June 2010HailEudora-no account filed
June 2009HailEudora-no account filed
June 2009HailEudora-no account filed
June 2009HailEudora-no account filed
June 2009HailEudora-no account filed
May 2009HailEudora-no account filed
May 2009HailEudora-no account filed
March 2006HailEudora-no account filed
March 2006HailEudora-no account filed
April 2006HailEudora-no account filed
March 2003HailEudora-no account filed
March 2002HailEudora-no account filed
May 2002HailEudora-no account filed
April 2001HailEudora-no account filed
September 2000HailEudora-no account filed
September 2000HailEudora-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEudora-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Holy Family Catholic Church1.4 miles2020
Cohn/Gardner-Hill & Company Store1.4 miles2021
First Methodist Church of Eudora1.5 miles2024
Charles Pilla House1.6 miles1974
Oak Hill Cemetery5.7 miles2017
Robert H. Miller House6.0 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 12001118 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Douglas CountyAll 118 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.