Eskridge Bandstand

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

From the record

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Wabaunsee County · listed in 2017 · category: Structure.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. Eskridge City Park, bet. 4th, 5th, Main & Pine Sts., Eskridge, 66423
When was it listed? January 2017
Category. structure
Township. Wilmington township
National Register reference number. 16000133 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

31 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Eskridge Bandstand between 2015 and 2020, burning about 3,266 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Arson/incendiarism	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
19 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Kansas Forest Service	15-0033
3 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Wabaunsee County	17-0028
21 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Kansas Forest Service	18-0055
11 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Kansas Forest Service	18-0053
10 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wabaunsee County	17-0026
8 April 2020	Recreation and ceremony	10 acres	Kansas Forest Service	not named
7 April 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Kansas Forest Service	15-0020
20 April 2018	Debris and open burning	1,500 acres	Kansas Forest Service	18-0037

Every fire recorded in Wabaunsee County

Storms near this property

60 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eskridge, the town this property stands in, in 78 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 48 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 1993	Tornado (F1)	Eskridge	$500,000	A tornado bounced up and down along a northeast track through the eastern part of the county, mainly in farmland. About half dozen buildings were damaged. At times the tornado had multiple vorticies. This tornado was one of 12 confirmed tornadoes that struck northeast Kansas on the evening of May 6th. Several had multiple vortices that were initially reported as more than one tornado.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Eskridge	$10,000	Approximately 2.5 of rain had fallen in less than three hours. KDOT relayed a report from deputies that water was flowing over K-4, 2 to 4 miles north of Eskridge. Elsewhere in the county, a deputy 3 miles north of Harveyville reported that water was overflowing the banks of Coon Creek. The excessive water spilled over Walton Road, between Harveyville and Calson Road. Water was reported to be 3 to 4 feet deep.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	$5,000	Strong winds snapped a 15 inch diameter telephone pole at ground level. A number of tree limbs were also snapped. One of the tree limbs hit the roof of a house and knocked an attic fan from the ceiling.
August 2004	Lightning	Eskridge	$5,000	Lightning struck a house in Eskridge and ignited a fire that did some damage to the house.
May 2024	Hail	Eskridge	-	Quarter size hail near Eskridge.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	Personal Weather Station.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	Estimated 70 mph winds with gust front.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	Report of 60 mph wind gust.
April 2023	Hail	Eskridge	-	Quarter sized hail reported.
April 2023	Hail	Eskridge	-	Mping report.
July 2023	Hail	Eskridge	-	Golf ball sized hail reported.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	Power poles damaged, possibly associated with a tornado.
May 2022	Hail	Eskridge	-	Quarter to half dollar sized hail reported.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	Estimated wind gusts of 65-70 mph.
May 2016	Tornado (EF1)	Eskridge	-	The 4th and final tornado of the day was produced by the same long lived supercell thunderstorm that produced all other tornadoes. This tornado did damage to one structure and to power poles along its path. The tornado was reported to be on the ground at K-99 and K-31 by law enforcement and it dissipated around one half mile east of this location.
May 2016	Hail	Eskridge	-	Mostly dime size hail with a few nickel size stones.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Eskridge	-	Water is running over K31 1.5 miles east of K99 . Also report of water over K99 south of Eskridge.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Eskridge	-	Water is running over K31 1.5 miles east of K99 . Also report of water over K99 south of Eskridge.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	Winds estimated.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	Tree damage was reported from near Eskridge.
June 2008	Hail	Eskridge	-	Dime to penny size hail.
September 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	Spotter estimated the wind gust speed. Also noted that an entertainment center was blown over.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	Ten inch live tree limb blown down. Small trees also downed.
April 2005	Hail	Eskridge	-	Ground almost white from hail. No wind.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	Power lines down and windows blown out.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	Six to eight inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	A gazebo and outbuildings were damaged.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	Flag pole blown over at KDOT building and numerous tree limbs down.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	Strong winds snapped of 12 to 18 inch diameter limbs.
August 2019	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
February 2012	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
March 2011	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
September 2010	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
September 2010	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
May 2009	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	no account filed
July 2005	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
February 2004	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Eskridge	-	no account filed
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Eskridge	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wabaunsee 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

3 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Security State Bank	0.2 miles	1982
East Stone Arch Bridge - Lake Wabaunsee	3.8 miles	2009
Southeast Stone Arch Bridge - Lake Wabaunsee	4.2 miles	2009

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 16000133 in Record Group 79.
Wabaunsee County	All 20 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.