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Weigle Barn

Built in 1890. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

From the record

One of 26 National Register listings published here for Cowley County · listed in 2016 · category: Building · built in 1890.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 14097 189th Rd., Burden, 67156
  • When was it listed? October 2016
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Agriculture-Related Resources of Kansas MPS
  • Township. Sheridan township
  • When was it built? 1890
  • National Register reference number. 16000702 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

25 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Weigle Barn between 2015 and 2018, burning about 238 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning10
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCowley County2211
4 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service85
4 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service57
12 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service52
12 April 2017Debris and open burning50 acresCowley County50
11 April 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresCowley County873
10 April 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresKansas Forest Service53
8 March 2017Other causes12 acresCowley County574

Every fire recorded in Cowley County

Storms near this property

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burden, the town this property stands in, in 65 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 39 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998Tornado (F0)Burden$500,000Minor damage inflicted to a few homes on south side of Burden.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBurden$35,000A tree was blown onto a house causing damage to the house. Also several power poles were blown down.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindBurden$5,000Power lines were reported down just east of Burden.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBurden$5,000A tree with an 8-inch diameter trunk was uprooted.
April 1994HailBurden$500no account filed
April 2010Thunderstorm WindBurden$200Some tree limbs were downed.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBurden-Law enforcement reported multiple trees and powerlines down throughout town. There was damage to a public works facility outbuilding and garage as well which was relayed via pictures sent by emergency management.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBurden-Law enforcement estimated winds up to 70 mph. Tree damage was reported across town.
April 2020HailBurden-Mostly nickel sized hail with a few larger stones mixed in.
May 2019Flash FloodBurden-A road was flooded near New Salem which is just south of Timber Creek Lake.
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Burden-Tree damage was noted along the path.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBurden-The gust occurred at Winfield City Lake.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBurden-No damage was reported.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindBurden-A 72 mph wind gust reported at Central Schools.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBurden-Wind report was estimated.
May 2016HailBurden-The time was based on radar.
August 2016FloodBurden-Significant flooding occurred at a low-water crossing near Burden.
April 2012HailBurden-Some of the hail was ping pong ball size, but most of the hail was to the size of quarters.
September 2010Tornado (EF0)Burden-A rope tornado briefly touched down in an open field.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindBurden-KSN Weather Lab.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBurden-Gusts ranged from 52-61kt.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBurden-no account filed
July 2023HailBurden-no account filed
April 2020HailBurden-no account filed
April 2017HailBurden-no account filed
May 2016HailBurden-no account filed
May 2016HailBurden-no account filed
June 2014HailBurden-no account filed
June 2011HailBurden-no account filed
June 2011HailBurden-no account filed
June 2011HailBurden-no account filed
June 2011HailBurden-no account filed
March 2009HailBurden-no account filed
March 2009Thunderstorm WindBurden-no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindBurden-no account filed
May 2009HailBurden-no account filed
June 2009HailBurden-no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBurden-no account filed
August 2009HailBurden-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBurden-no account filed
May 2008HailBurden-no account filed
May 2008HailBurden-no account filed
May 2008HailBurden-no account filed
June 2007HailBurden-no account filed
June 2007HailBurden-no account filed
April 2006HailBurden-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBurden-no account filed
June 2005HailBurden-no account filed
April 2004HailBurden-no account filed
April 2003HailBurden-no account filed
May 2003HailBurden-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBurden-no account filed
May 2002HailBurden-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBurden-no account filed
September 2002HailBurden-no account filed
June 2001HailBurden-no account filed
July 2001HailBurden-no account filed
October 2001HailBurden-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindBurden-no account filed
May 1999HailBurden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cowley 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
West Dormitory-St. John's College4.3 miles1991
Silver Creek Bridge6.2 miles1987
East Badger Creek Culvert7.3 miles2015

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 16000702 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cowley CountyAll 26 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.