Built in 1892 (Queen Anne style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
“The William B. and Julia Washington House, at 112 N. 3rd St. in Leoti in Wichita County, Kansas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.”
Wikipedia article Washington-Ames House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 2 National Register listings published here for Wichita County · listed in 2014 · category: Building · built in 1892, Queen Anne style.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of William B. and Julia Washington House in 2017, burning about 3 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/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wichita County | 19 |
| 9 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wichita County | 7 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leoti, the town this property stands in, in 205 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 138 hail, 52 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 5 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Hail | Leoti | 1 hurt | Multiple reports of hail associated with second storm that moved through Leoti. Hail ranged in size from half-dollar to baseball in size over a duration of 10 minutes. Hail busted windows in a home and damaged a car. There was one injury where someone was hit in the head by the large hail while retrieving a dog stuck outside. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Leoti | $800,000 | Hail broke out windows in house. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Leoti | $800,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F3) | Leoti | $250,000 | A large tornado (F3) destroyed a farmstead. The house was nearly flattened by the tornado, and a tractor and grain combine/harvester were rolled several hundred feet. Tornado moved from East to West. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | $100,000 | A feed yard northwest of Leoti, KS suffered damage from strong thunderstorm outflows. About 20% of the feed warehouse roof was removed. Two smaller wood-frame metal-skin sheds were heavily damaged. Four by eight foot hay bales were blown a short distance. Three irrigation pivots just south of the feed yard were overturned. All debris was blown from SSW to NNE. |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Leoti | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | $25,000 | Report received of 5 power poles broken on the NW side of town due to thunderstorm wind gusts. Time is radar estimated and estimated wind gust speed is based on storm damage. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | $10,000 | Door blown in on west end of building. Numerous windows broken at school. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Leoti | $5,000 | Hail broke windshields. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Leoti | $5,000 | Baseball-size hail damaged paint and roof. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | $1,000 | A small metal office building had the metal roof partially peeled up by the strong thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | $1,000 | Report received of an estimated 70 mph wind gust near this location that downed a 1.25-inch diameter tree limb and blew off some old shingles from a roof. Event time is radar-estimated. Wind speed has been estimated based on storm damage. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | $1,000 | A carport was blown down. |
| March 1998 | Hail | Leoti | $1,000 | Hail combined with wind broke windows. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Leoti | - | Wichita County EM passed along a report of pea to dime sized hail in Leoti. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Leoti | - | Law enforcement reported dime sized hail 1 mile south of Leoti. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Emergency manager reports a microburst with broken poles and downed tree limbs around 6 inches in diameter. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Mesonet station FW1490 Leoti measured 71 mph wind gust. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Wind gusts estimated around 60 mph was reported by a spotter to the east of Leoti. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Kansas mesonet site reported the 64 mph wind gust. A 60 mph wind gust was reported just before the 64 mph gust. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Leoti | - | Report via social media with photos of estimated racquet ball sized spikey hail near Leoti. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Leoti | - | Public submitted photo of nickel sized hail in Leoti. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Leoti | - | Report via MPing. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Leoti | - | Trained spotter reports 1 inch hail. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Reported via mesonet station FW1490. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Kansas State mesonet site reported the 75 wind gust at 10m. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Leoti | - | Report received of hail ranging from 1 inch to 1.25 inches at location. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Leoti | - | Accumulating hail up to pennies in size reported at location covering the highway. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Leoti | - | Report received of hail up to pennies in size at location. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Leoti | - | Hail up to pennies in size at location. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Leoti | - | Multiple reports received of half-dollar to golf ball sized hail in the town of Leoti. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | The Kansas State Mesonet site reported a 62 mph wind gust at 10-meters above ground at location. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Leoti | - | Report received from a trained spotter of dime to penny sized hail at location along with a 50 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | A mesonet station recorded a 61 mph gust at a height of 10 meters and a 45 mph gust at 2 meters. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Via Kansas Mesonet at Leoti. A 58 mph gust was measured at 10 meters high with a 47 mph gust measured at 2 meters high. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Kansas State mesonet station KWHK1 measured a 62 mph wind gust. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Leoti | - | Report received via mPing of ping pong ball sized hail at location. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Leoti | - | Wichita County Law Enforcement reported at least 6 inches of water on roads within the city of Leoti due to heavy rain. A nearby rain gauge reported 0.51 inches of rain within a 15 minute period during the event. At times the rain was so heavy, visibility was reduced to half a mile or less. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Leoti | - | Sheriff and citizens on social media reported various sized hail from quarter to half dollar falling in the town of Leoti. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Mesonet station recorded a 63 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Mesonet station recorded a 67 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Approximately 60 mph winds were estimated by local law enforcement in Leoti, KS. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Unknown number of trees blown down in town. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Leoti | - | A trained spotter reported roadways being covered with water at least six inches deep in some areas. Some county roads will be impassable due to the prolonged heavy rainfall. Storm report was sent through Spotter Network. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Leoti | - | Spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Leoti | - | Quarter size hail has been falling off and on for 30 minutes. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Leoti | - | Measured quarter sized hail with some larger stones estimated to be around half dollar size. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Leoti | - | A six-inch tree branch was also broken. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Leoti | - | Report was relayed via Vortex 2 probe vehicle. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Leoti | - | Spotter also reported wind gusts estimated at 50 mph. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Leoti | - | A law enforcement officer measured hail up to 3.5 inches in diameter. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Leoti | - | Brief tornado reported NW of Leoti with no known damage. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Strong winds broke 4-5 inch diameter tree limbs. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Leoti | - | Several hail reports between penny and quarter size received during a 10 minute period from spotter, law enforcement and KAKE-TV broadcast media. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Leoti | - | Water running over highway 25 about 150 feet wide. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoti | - | Several tree limbs down...size unknown. Time estimated based on surrounding reports and radar imagery. |
| August 2006 | Heavy Rain | Leoti | - | 3.00 inches of rain fell in the past three hours. |
| August 2006 | Heavy Rain | Leoti | - | 4.50 inches of rain reported. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Leoti | - | Hail fell for an estimated 45 minutes with maximum size of 2.0 inches. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Leoti | - | Large, slow moving thunderstorm produced flash flooding on many rural roads in the NW quarter of Wichita county...generally north of highway 96 and west of highway 25. Measured rainfall amounts of 3-6 inches were common from spotters and the general public the next morning. Gravel was washed off Road G near Ladder Creek about 13 NW Leoti. Many reports of more than 6 inches of water across roads. |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Auditorium and City Hall | 0.1 miles | 2019 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000351 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Wichita County | All 2 listed properties in this county. |
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