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One of 22 National Register listings published here for Reno County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Wall-Ratzlaff House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Wall--Ratzlaff House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 103 N. Maple, Buhler, 67522
- When was it listed? April 1992
- Category. building
- Township. Little River township
- National Register reference number. 92000443 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
29 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Wall-Ratzlaff House between 2010 and 2018, burning about 2,301 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Reno County | 55 |
| 4 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2959 |
| 28 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Reno County | 51 |
| 24 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2520 |
| 14 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 87 |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 73 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 71 |
| 16 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 79 |
Storms near this property
38 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buhler, the town this property stands in, in 38 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 23 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Buhler | $1,000,000 | At Buhler, a subdivision consisting of 37 homes was hit. Of the 37 homes damaged, 3 were destroyed, 4 sustained major damage and 30 minor damage. This tornado would continue a northeast track into Southwest McPherson County where it skipped along Highway 61. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | $100,000 | Downed power lines and power poles caused power outages to as many as 50 residences. Westar Energy and KSN Channel 3 contributed greatly to this narrative. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | $5,000 | Trees and power lines downed. Unspecified damage to a garage. |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Buhler | $5,000 | Minor damage inflicted to one residence when the lightning traveled thru wiring to an electrical outlet. A second lightning destroyed several hay bales just east of Buhler. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | Winds estimated from 60-70 mph were reported in Buhler. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | Reported via trained spotter. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | No damage reported. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | Winds were estimated between 70 and 80 mph in the Buhler area. |
| October 2008 | Flood | Buhler | - | Minor street flooding was noted near Buhler and Pretty Prairie. Water was over the roads in a few low lying locations. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Buhler | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Buhler | - | Buhler Road flooded. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Buhler | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranson Hotel | 4.3 miles | 2008 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000443 in Record Group 79. |
| Reno 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.