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One of 10 National Register listings published here for Sumner County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Spring Creek School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The listing
- Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 4 mi. N of US 81, approximately 4 mi. NE of Caldwell, Corbin, 67022
- When was it listed? May 1997
- Category. building
- Township. Falls township
- National Register reference number. 97000410 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
18 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Spring Creek School between 2015 and 2020, burning about 254 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 21113 |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 21350 |
| 31 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 127 |
| 1 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sumner County | 21260 |
| 10 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 117 |
| 7 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Sumner County | 21238 |
| 15 March 2015 | Smoking | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 21062 |
Storms near this property
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corbin, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 11 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | $150,000 | A combination of large hail and microburst straight-line winds caused extensive damage across south-central and southwest portions of Sumner County. At least two outbuildings, one of which was newly constructed, were heavily damaged. A residence sustained roof, siding and window damage, and a few vehicles sustained hail damage. Eight to ten power poles were snapped across the area, and five-inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | $10,000 | Several elm trees were knocked down, including one that was knocked down onto a garage. The tree collapsed the garage and it was considered a total loss. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | $3,750 | Powerlines were blown down. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Corbin | - | Quarter to two inch sized hail reported. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Corbin | - | The report was received via image on social media. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Corbin | - | Heavy rains had caused some nuisance flooding on county roads with a few being covered by shallow water. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Corbin | - | Flooding was reported along the Chikaskia River. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Corbin | - | Roadway flooded. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Heavy Rain | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | US Post Office-Caldwell | 5.9 miles | 1989 |
 | Caldwell Carnegie Library | 5.9 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97000410 in Record Group 79. |
| Sumner County | All 10 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.