Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
“Buck St. in Caldwell, Texas, was built in 1891. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.”
Wikipedia article Thomas, Jr., and Mary Kraitchar House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Burleson County · listed in 2002 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Kraitchar, Thomas, Jr. and Mary, House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 553 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 | 85 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR244 |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORROLL GRASS FIRE CYRD327 |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PROBATION DEPARTMENT |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 327 PASTURE FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 364 |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0019291 - BNSF RR ROW |
| 26 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR307 ELECTRIC POLE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caldwell, the town this property stands in, in 52 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 22 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2000 | Tornado (F3) | Caldwell | 2 hurt, $1,000,000 | Tornado touched down near Harmony at 1955 CST with significant tree damage including an 18 inch diameter tree blown down. A trailer was also significantly damaged. Tornado then tracked to just south of Center Line with mostly F0 tree damage along its path. Tornado then reached the Pin Oak subdivision at about 2022 CST. Several trailers, including a double-wide, were destroyed. A total of 7 homes were destroyed and another 10 severely damaged in this area, with damage reaching F2 status. Tornado then struck a ranch on the south side of FM 1361 with large trees uprooted or cut in half and windows blown out and portion of roof torn off large frame house. Several rural outbuildings at the ranch which had been bolted down were destroyed. Damage in this area was rated F3 with damage swath up to a half mile wide. Tornado then tracked to just north of Clay by 2051 CST with a narrow swath of F0 to F1 tree damage along the path. When tornado passed north of Clay before dissipating, car was blown off road and damage swath reached 200 yards wide. |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Caldwell | $1,500,000 | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Caldwell | $500,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Caldwell | $500,000 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Caldwell | $200,000 | At least 50 reports of damage to cars and homes. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $100,000 | Trees and power lines down in Caldwell with portion of roof blown off Caldwell Middle School. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Caldwell | $95,000 | Baseball size hail in Caldwell. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $50,000 | Sheriff reported heavy roof damage to the Caldwell Elementary and Intermediate schools located on CR 307, also two trailers and a barn were destroyed and trees blown down just north of Caldwell. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Caldwell | $20,000 | Numerous county roads closed due to flooding. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $15,000 | Trees down and blocking roads. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $15,000 | Tree down. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Caldwell | $15,000 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Caldwell | $10,000 | Hail covered the ground along FM 908. |
| December 2002 | Hail | Caldwell | $10,000 | 1.75 inch hail. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Caldwell | $10,000 | Dime sized hail in Harmony. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Caldwell | $10,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Caldwell | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Caldwell | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $8,000 | Trees blown over in the town of Caldwell. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Caldwell | $8,000 | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Caldwell | $7,000 | no account filed |
| November 2007 | Lightning | Caldwell | $5,000 | A mobile home was damaged in a lightning strike. |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $5,000 | Trees down on County Road 415. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $5,000 | Trees blown down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $5,000 | Sheriffs reported 60 mph winds at Caldwell. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $5,000 | Sheriff reported 60 mph winds at Caldwell. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Caldwell | $4,000 | Damage to shutters and a pickup. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Caldwell | $4,000 | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $3,000 | Trees down along FM 976 one mile off of Hwy 36. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $3,000 | Trees down along FM 166. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | $1,000 | Large trees blown down on FM 305. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Caldwell | $1,000 | Sheriff reported golf ball-size hail in Caldwell. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Caldwell | $1,000 | Sheriffs reported golfball hail in Caldwell. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Caldwell | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Caldwell | $1,000 | no account filed |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | - | Medium to large tree branches were downed by strong thunderstorm winds in Caldwell. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | - | A tree was downed near the intersection of Highway 21 and FM 2000. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Caldwell | - | Baseball to softball sized hail occurred in and around the Sheriff's office. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | - | Trees were reported downed around the county. |
| October 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Caldwell | - | A funnel cloud was reported near FM 908 and FM 316. |
| October 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Caldwell | - | The funnel cloud was sighted near FM 316 and FM 908. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Caldwell | - | Quarter size hail was reported in the town of Caldwell. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Caldwell | - | Hail reported on Road 21 East near Cooks Point. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Caldwell | - | Portions of SR 21 were temporarily closed due to high water. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | - | Reported trees down across a couple of county roads; CR 318 and CR 377. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Caldwell | - | High water over County Road 3058. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | - | 60 mph wind gust. |
| November 2004 | Hail | Caldwell | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Caldwell | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caldwell | - | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Caldwell | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Reeves-Womack House | 0.4 miles | 1993 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02000731 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Burleson County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
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