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One of 20 National Register listings published here for Wabaunsee County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Snokomo School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 8 mi. S of Paxico, Paxico, 66526
- When was it listed? January 1995
- Category. building
- Township. Newbury township
- National Register reference number. 94001576 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
14 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Snokomo School between 2015 and 2020, burning about 753 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 60 |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18-0040 |
| 4 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 2 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 440 |
| 17 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 71 |
| 14 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0024 |
| 11 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 acres | Wabaunsee County | 17-0016 |
| 10 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
39 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paxico, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 19 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | 2 hurt, $500,000 | Winds estimated to at least 70 mph caused widespread damage across the county. A couple near Paxico was briefly trapped in their mobile home when it was detached from its cables and flipped over. The uninsured mobile home was destroyed. The couple was treated for minor injuries at a hospital. Other damage to trees, power lines and roofs was common. Many crops were severely damaged in the storm. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Paxico | $100,000 | Over 6 inches of fast flowing water over highway 18 and over several county roads. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a junior high school. |
| June 1999 | Lightning | Paxico | $3,000 | Two bolts of lightning struck a 2 story farm house igniting a fire that heavily damaged the structure. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Paxico | - | A visual confirmation of a tornado was reported |approximately 1 mile west of Paxico slightly north of Interstate 70. |This tornado proceeded to remove a barn roof on the northeast side of |Paxico. Time estimated based on radar data. |
| October 2017 | Hail | Paxico | - | The report was delayed via social media. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Paxico | - | Evacuations of Mill Creek campground are underway due to flooding along Mill Creek. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | A couple two to three inch diameter tree branches reported to have been blown down by the 60 mph winds. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | Relayed report from the public that tin sections of an outbuilding were carried a couple miles to the east by strong severe thunderstorm winds. Barbed wire fences were also knocked down. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Paxico | - | Reported as large marble size hail. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Paxico | - | Heavy rains produced flash flooding in northeast Wabaunsee county. Several roads were under water for a time. Water was also reported flowing out of drainage ditches and over a few roads. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paxico | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Paxico | - | 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Paxico Historic District | 6.0 miles | 1998 |
| Paxico Rural High School | 6.4 miles | 2022 | |
 | Peter Thoes Barn | 7.8 miles | 2013 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94001576 in Record Group 79. |
| Wabaunsee County | All 20 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.