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One of 22 National Register listings published here for Barton County · listed in 1970 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Pawnee Rock
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 0.2 mi. N of Pawnee Rock off U.S. 56, Pawnee Rock, 67567
- When was it listed? December 1970
- Category. site
- Township. Pawnee Rock township
- National Register reference number. 70000247 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Pawnee Rock between 2016 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 9 December 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 19300 |
Storms near this property
56 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pawnee Rock, the town this property stands in, in 56 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 27 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 4 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2017 | Tornado (EF3) | Pawnee Rock | 2 hurt, $658,000 | This long track tornado moved in from Pawnee County. Law Enforcement reported the tornado just south of the county line near Pawnee Rock and then followed it as it moved to the NE. The tornado moved through the west side of Pawnee Rock causing sporadic EF1 and isolated EF2 damage to several homes and one school type facility. The tornado continued to move to the NNE causing EF2 damage to a couple of homes on West Barton County Road. One residence was a mobile home that lost the far east side of the structure and all roofing material. One injury was noted at that location as they did not seek shelter. The home just to the west lost the east half of structure with the occupants seeking refuge in the basement. Of note, a Ford F-150 was thrown or rolled approximately 75 to hundred yards away from its original location. Further to the NE, the tornado strengthened considerably as noted by complete destruction of an 1890 farm house. With the age of the home and no anchoring being present due to the structure resting on cinder blocks along with a lack of debarking, a higher rating could not be justified though the amount of devastation to the structure itself pointed towards a possible higher rating. Three occupants sought refuge in the basement and were unharmed. The next door neighbor's home was also considerably damaged with all of the structure being demolished except for one corner section. The tornado then continued to the NE over open country damaging trees and power lines along the way before dissipating NW of Hoisington. A total of 44 parcels were affected. Ten homes were deemed total losses. The estimated property value losses were estimated at $658,000. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Pawnee Rock | $100,000 | Multiple Roads flooding the city of Great Bend. Numerous cars flooded out. Some water considered fast moving. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | $5,000 | Severe straight line winds collapsed a shed. A couple was seeking shelter from the storm in their car inside the shed when it collapsed. They needed help getting out but were uninjured. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Pawnee Rock | $2,000 | Water was over Highway 56 southwest of Pawnee Rock. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | A 67 mph wind gusts was measured from a personal weather station. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported in Pawnee Rock. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | Measured wind gust from a weather station near Pawnee Rock. |
| October 2023 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | Hail ranging from 2.5 to 3 inches damaged a vehicle and a pontoon boat according to a public report. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | Barton County dispatch relayed a public report of golf ball sized hail near Pawnee Rock. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | The hail was slightly larger than quarters. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | The hail was nickel to quarter size. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | No damage was reported. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | Picture sent through Twitter to KWCH TV. |
| August 2019 | Flood | Pawnee Rock | - | Numerous roads across roughly the western half of the county were flooded. Sections of West Barton County Road were closed. Sandbagging occurred in and around Pawnee Rock due to swollen tributaries. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | Law enforcement also reported 40 mph winds. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | Reported by a trained spotter. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | Wind gusts to 60 mph were also reported. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | Law enforcement reported power lines down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | Estimated gust reported by trained spotter. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | Estimated gust reported by trained spotter. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | Estimated gust reported by trained spotter. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | Winds were estimated around 70 mph. |
| April 2010 | Flood | Pawnee Rock | - | Flooding was reported in and around both Great Bend and Ellinwood. Just less than 2 inches of rain occurred in Great Bend. Any potential property or crop damage that may have occurred is unknown. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | The hail was at least an inch deep on the ground. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | Car trailer was blown of highway. |
| June 2006 | Flood | Pawnee Rock | - | Southwest 70 County Road was closed due to high water over the road. The road did not reopen until around 1200 CST on the 23rd. |
| August 2006 | Flood | Pawnee Rock | - | A week of on and off heavy rainfall closed Highway 56 near Pawnee Rock for a relatively short time on the morning of the 21st. According to the Great Bend Tribune, two feet of standing water over the highway stranded a few motorists, and eventually lead to law enforcement officials barricading the highway. |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Pawnee Rock | - | Brief touchdown in open country. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | Trees, 12 to 15 inches in diameter, blown down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pawnee Rock | - | no account filed |
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 70000247 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Barton County | All 22 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.