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One of 14 National Register listings published here for Pottawatomie County · listed in 1973 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Old Dutch Mill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Wamego City Park, Wamego, 66547
- When was it listed? January 1973
- Category. structure
- Township. Wamego township
- National Register reference number. 73000773 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
31 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Old Dutch Mill between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,810 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1176012 |
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Pottawatomie County | 2017014 |
| 6 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pottawatomie County | 28 |
| 3 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 44 |
| 3 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 acres | Kansas Forest Service | FLINT ROCK |
| 10 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 47 |
| 1 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 25 |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 42 |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Old Dutch Mill: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mc Carter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wamego Sand Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 93 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wamego, the town this property stands in, in 93 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 44 thunderstorm wind, 40 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | $227,000 | Strong winds damaged many homes and residences in Wamego. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Wamego | $150,000 | Water around one foot deep flowing over several streets in the city of Wamego. Nearly 5 inches of rain fell. One intersection noted was 99th and Lincoln. A number of homes and garages were flooded. Rural roads were water covered with some damaged. A section of railroad track was also washed out. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Wamego | $50,000 | Lightning hit feeder lines to the Wamego Municipal Power Plant with some damage to the plant and loss of power to some residents. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Wamego | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Wamego | $10,000 | Water reported to be running over Hwy 24. Numerous county roads also reported to be flooded and impassible on the north side of Wamego, including Hwy 99 between Wamego and Louisville where one foot of water was observed to be flowing over the roadway. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | $5,000 | Strong winds damaged some homes in Wamego. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | $4,000 | Strong winds did roof damage to 2 homes in Wamego. The same storm damaged the corn crop near Wamego as well. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | $3,000 | Strong winds damaged power poles. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | $3,000 | Strong winds blew down some power lines. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | $3,000 | Strong winds damaged some business signs in Wamego. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | $3,000 | Strong winds blew a bin over and did some damage to it. |
| July 2008 | Lightning | Wamego | $1,000 | House fire as a result of a lightning strike. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Weather Station measured. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Measured gust to 62 mph. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Wamego | - | Report from mping. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Wamego | - | Ground in Wamego covered by quarter size hail. |
| October 2024 | Hail | Wamego | - | Quarter size hail in Wamego. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Small shed lost its roof and was knocked over in Wamego. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Wamego | - | Delayed report from social media. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Emergency manger recorded 68 mph wind gust. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Wamego | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Railroad signs damaged and impaled into trees, possibly caused by a tornado. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Measured on a mesonet station. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Many snapped tree branches in the city, and a 40 foot tall tree snapped and blocking the roadway. The health of the tree was unknown. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Eight inch diameter tree completely snapped. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Tree limbs reported down in Wamego with wind speeds estimated at 60 MPH. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Large tree was blown down on Valley Street in southeast Wamego. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Wamego | - | A tornado began along the north bank of the Kansas River in Wamego and moved north through the city. Thankfully only minor tree limb and shingle damage occurred in the city as the tornado was weak in this location. However as it moved north out of the city the tornado intensified and produced more significant structural damage to homes north of Wamego. The tornado continued to travel north and ended north of Louisville. The tornado was rated EF1. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Four inch diameter limbs are down. Time was estimated by radar. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Estimated wind gust. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Old tree fell across the road. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Wamego | - | Flooding west of Wamego on hwy 24. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Tree limbs up to 8 inches in diameter down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Wind knocked down power lines. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Tree down in Wamego. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | A trained spotter near Wamego reported a 65 mph wind gust. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Trees blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Trained spotters near St. George, Wamego, and Louisville all reported estimated 70 mph wind gusts. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | The gust was reported by law enforcement. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | The emergency manager reports 60 mph winds in Wamego. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Power lines are down in Wamego. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Wamego | - | Hail up to the size of nickels fell for several minutes. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Tree reported to have blown down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Car ports and fencing destroyed. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Wamego | - | Heavy rains resulted in water running in the streets in Wamego. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Wamego | - | A tornado touched down briefly over open country southeast of Wamego. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Wamego | - | Quarter size hail fell for over 5 minutes west of Wamego. No damage reports were received. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | Three inch tree limbs were downed. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wamego | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Wamego | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Wamego | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Wamego | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Wamego | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Wamego | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Wamego | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Wamego | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Wamego | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Wamego | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Wamego | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
4 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cassius and Adelia Baker House | 0.4 miles | 2013 |
 | George and Virginia Trout House | 0.5 miles | 2014 |
| Genn Hospital | 0.5 miles | 2025 | |
| Vermillion Creek Crossing, Oregon Trail | 4.7 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73000773 in Record Group 79. |
| Pottawatomie County | All 14 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- 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.