US Post Office and Federal Building-Salina

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

One of 21 National Register listings published here for Saline County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. US Post Office and Federal Building--Salina - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 211 W. Iron, Salina, 67401
When was it listed? July 1989
Category. building
Also known as. Kansas Post Offices with Artwork, 1936-1942 MPS
City. Salina city
Architectural style. Moderne architecture
National Register reference number. 89000793 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

124 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of US Post Office and Federal Building-Salina between 2015 and 2020, burning about 405 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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	40
Debris and open burning	23
Smoking	16
Arson/incendiarism	14
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Fireworks	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	5

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
9 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Saline County	2000
8 September 2017	Smoking	under an acre	Saline County	1994
6 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Saline County	1987
30 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Saline County	2173
30 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kansas Forest Service	2257
3 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Saline County	1967
26 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kansas Forest Service	2228
19 September 2017	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Saline County	2079

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of US Post Office and Federal Building-Salina: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Knox Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this property

60 of 206 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salina, the town this property stands in, in 206 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 97 hail, 71 thunderstorm wind, 12 flood, 10 flash 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
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	1 hurt, $50,000	Microburst winds tore a roof off a barn. One man injured, sustaining fractured right elbow and head injury that required ten stitches. Large branches stripped from a maple tree fell onto the porch of a duplex collapsing part of it's roof. Horse shelter didn't exactly live up it's billing when it was lifted off the ground and blown over the tops of about 15 parked cars at a neighboring towing company. Downed power lines cuased spotty power outages although tree damage was fairly widespread. Newspapers contributed to this report.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	1 hurt, $5,000	Severe thunderstorm winds blew truck off I-70. Driver injured.
May 2007	Flood	Salina	$6,500,000	Numerous, slow-moving thunderstorms produced widespread 4 to 7 inch rainfall amounts across primarily the northwestern two-thirds of Saline County from the evening hours on May 23rd, to the early morning hours on May 24th. Excessive runoff from this heavy rain caused widespread countywide flooding for days. Numerous rural and city roads were closed due to high water. The Mulberry Creek reached record flood stage during the late afternoon hours of the 24th, resulting in road closures and evacuations across portions of Salina. Mandatory evacuations were needed in the communities of Hedville and Bavaria, due to the rapidly rising Mulberry and Spring Creeks. The rising Smoky Hill River effectively closed all roads leading in and out of New Cambria. Some water rescues were needed across the county, but there were no reported injuries. Numerous homes and businesses received extensive flood damage, as well as various roads and one bridge across the county. Additionally, the Salina Municipal Aiport terminal building received fairly extensive flood damage. Roughly $3.5 million in public damages was suffered across the county, with likely around $3 million in private damages.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$5,000,000	Damaging winds of 75 miles an hour hit the Salina area and ripped tree limbs and power lines down and yanked roofs off buildings.
May 2007	Flood	Salina	$4,840,000	Heavy rains over several days from intense thunderstorms caused significant river flooding throughout the county. The hardest hit area was Salina where the Smoky Hill River and the Mulberry Creek combined to cause nearly 5 million dollars in damage. According the Salina Journal, 239 structures had minor flood damage, ranging from a few inches of water in basements to as much as 6 feet of water in basements. 18 structures sustained some structural damage and 9 structures were destroyed. There was also about 1.75 million dollars in damage to public roads bridges and structures. The Mulberry Creek crested at 27.22 feet late in the evening on May 7th. The Smoky Hill River crested at 20.99 feet at Mentor on the evening of May 8th. At New Cambria on the Smoky Hill River, the crested during the afternoon hours of May 7th.
June 2008	Hail	Salina	$500,000	The largest hail stone fell at Magnolia and Marketplace in Downtown Salina.
August 2019	Flash Flood	Salina	$200,000	Numerous roads and intersections were flooded in Salina. There were several stalled vehicles dues to high water.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$100,000	Widespread wind damage occurred across Salina. Numerous powerlines were blown down, including some power poles snapped. Numerous trees and tree limbs were reported down.
June 2003	Flash Flood	Salina	$50,000	Unspecifieid number of vehicles abandoned.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$50,000	About 10 power poles blown down.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$30,000	Numerous large trees and power lines were downed across Salina. Additionally, a pole barn in rural Salina was damaged.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$24,000	A short lived microburst moved a shed about one quarter of a mile. And produced damage to several homes roofs.
August 2011	Lightning	Salina	$20,000	Lightning struck an automobile and a radio station in Salina. The strike burned the vehicle antenna, damaged the drivers side door and windshield, and shattered the back window. At the radio station, damage occurred to the transmitter, satellites and other equipment. No one was injured. Property damage amounts are rough estimates. The Salina Journal was the sole contributor to this report.
August 2009	Flood	Salina	$20,000	Very heavy rainfall rates on the order of nearly 2.50 inches per hour during the late evening hours on the 25th caused sporadic street flooding across Salina. The Autozone warehouse on the south side of town was reportedly flooded, but the extent or severity of the flooding is a rough estimate at best.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$20,000	Large trees and street lights were downed. Additionally, the wind pulled the roof off the west side of a residence.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$15,000	Several signs were blown over at the National Guard Armory. An air conditioning unit was blown off at the Kansas State facility located on airport grounds.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$15,000	Severe thunderstorm winds blew a tree onto a car.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$10,000	A semi trailer traveling eastbound on Interstate 70 was blown onto its side. The driver was not injured.
April 2004	Lightning	Salina	$10,000	Tree top on south side of house struck. Side discharge punctured a hole in attic wall, traveled through the attic then down into a wall of a first-floor bedroom. A small section of wallpaper was peeled from the corner of the bedroom near ceiling, causing part of the wallboard to fall to the floor. (Narrative courtesy of the Salina Journal.)
June 2002	Lightning	Salina	$10,000	Power line knocked down just south of Iron Ave./Columbia Ave. intersection, tripping a circuit breaker that severed power to 656 people including the Penn Campus of Salina Regional Health Center and the Salina Journal.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$7,000	Reports from Fire Department personnel, emergency management and a KAKE TV storm chaser reported areas of thunderstorm wind damage in Salina. Windows were blown out of a business near the intersection of Cloud and South 9th street, power lines were downed on Santa Fe Avenue, and some trees were uprooted across the city.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$5,000	Some power lines and trees were downed by the damaging winds.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$5,000	7 to 10 inch diameter tree limbs downed with several on to cars. Report via KSAL radio
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$5,000	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$2,500	no account filed
May 2021	Flood	Salina	$2,000	Several roads were flooded across the city of Salina. rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were reported in Salina. One intersection had one to two feet of water over the intersection.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$1,000	Dispatch reported strong winds in town with a tree knocked down.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$500	Three to four inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$500	no account filed
May 2020	Flash Flood	Salina	$100	Water was reported over numerous roads across Salina with heavy rain.
August 2019	Flood	Salina	$100	Some minor flooding was reported in rural areas south of Salina.
June 2015	Flood	Salina	$100	The intersection of ninth and Republic had water over the road. Several other streets were also flooded.
May 2015	Flood	Salina	$100	The public reported street flooding in Salina.
August 2015	Flood	Salina	$100	A few stalled cars were reported in town due to water over the road.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	$50	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Salina	-	The report was received via MPING.
May 2025	Hail	Salina	-	The time was estimated via radar.
April 2025	Hail	Salina	-	A picture was sent of ping pong ball sized hail.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	-	There was a damage report of one tree branch blocking a roadway.
May 2024	Flood	Salina	-	Flooding was occurring on Crawford Street from Front to 3rd Steet.
May 2024	Hail	Salina	-	Multiple sources reported ping pong ball to golf ball sized hail.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	-	A sensor on top of the roof of the KSAL Radio station measured 95 mph. Per social media posts and the local media, extensive tree damage occurred in Salina.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	-	Widespread trees and power lines down throughout the city of Salina.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	-	Around 55 to 60 mph wind gusts were reported.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	-	The public reported the gust.
August 2023	Heavy Rain	Salina	-	Rain fall total 24 hours of 1.18 inches.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	-	Tree limbs were blown down.
April 2022	Hail	Salina	-	The report was received via mPING.
July 2022	Heavy Rain	Salina	-	A cocorahs observer reported 3.05 inches in 24 hours.
July 2022	Heavy Rain	Salina	-	A cocorahs observer reported 3.59 inches in 24 hours.
July 2022	Heavy Rain	Salina	-	A cocorahs observer reported 2.97 inches in 24 hours.
September 2022	Heavy Rain	Salina	-	This was a 24 hour rainfall report of 3.5 inches.
June 2022	Hail	Salina	-	Viewer of KWCH sent a picture of hail next to a quarter.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	-	Power lines were blown down in Salina.
May 2021	Hail	Salina	-	The report was from Mping.
May 2021	Hail	Salina	-	The hail was nickel size on the north side of Salina.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	-	A tree that was blown down took out power in the northern part of town.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Salina	-	Tree branches about 5 inches in diameter were blown down.
May 2021	Heavy Rain	Salina	-	This was a 24 hour rainfall report of just over 4 inches.
May 2021	Flash Flood	Salina	-	Water rescues had to be performed in the northeast part of the county. Ohio street north of interstate 70 was impassable. Also, multiple homes had four or more feet of water in the basements.

Every storm recorded in Saline 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

6 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
Christ Cathedral	under 500 feet	2010
National Bank of America	0.1 miles	2020
Flanders-Lee House and Carriage House	0.2 miles	1987
Fox-Watson Theater Building	0.2 miles	1988
Roosevelt-Lincoln Junior High School	0.2 miles	2006
Roosevelt-Lincoln Junior High School	0.3 miles	2006

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 89000793 in Record Group 79.
Saline County	All 21 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.