Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
“Strain Farm-Strain House is a farmstead located in Lancaster, Texas, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the W.”
Wikipedia article W. A. Strain Farm-Strain House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 159 National Register listings published here for Dallas County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of W. A. Strain House between 2006 and 2016, burning about 142 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | VALLEY VIEW |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JJ LEMMON |
| 24 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1900 FM 664 |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 1 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lancaster, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 10 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 4 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 2004 | Flash Flood | Lancaster | $17,000,000 | 175-200 homes were flooded, numerous streets were completely flooded, people were stranded in cars, andnumerous high water rescues were needed. The police station was also flooded. Lancaster recieved over 7 inches of rain in 12 hours. |
| January 1996 | Tornado (F2) | Lancaster | $750,000 | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $200,000 | Four mobile homes and two homes under construction were damaged one mile west of Seagonville. In addition, trees were uprooted and power lines downed throughout the county. Damage was reported along the North Central Expressway in northeast Dallas; in an area encompassed by Interstate 35 East to the north, Loop 12 to the west, and Interstate 30 to the south. Similar damage was also reported in the southern part of the county. Power was knocked out to about 4,500 customers. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $30,000 | An emergency manager reported power lines down, large trees down, and fence damage along and near Bluegrove Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $30,000 | Straight-line winds up to 95 mph damaged a church on Dewberry Blvd in Lancaster. Nearly the entire roof of the church was peeled off. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $25,000 | A 69 MPH wind gust was reported by the Lancaster, TX Regional Airport Automated Weather Observation System. A damage report was received from an unknown location in the city of large tree limbs down and a roof peeled off a building. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Lancaster | $25,000 | Several streets were flooded in Lancaster, and at least one home was flooded. Interstate 35 was flooded as well. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Lancaster | $25,000 | Seven homes were flooded. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $20,000 | Fences, roof shingles, power lines, and trees were blown over or damaged by high winds. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $15,000 | A 60 MPH wind gust was measured on the northern side of Lancaster. A hotel awning was torn off and trees and power lines were blown down in Hutchins. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down in Lancaster. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $2,000 | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Lancaster | - | A social media report indicated quarter-sized hail in Lancaster. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Lancaster | - | Streets in town were flooded. |
| October 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Lancaster | - | A brief tornado touchdown occurred.,,, , , |
| April 1994 | Hail | Lancaster | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
| April 1994 | Hail | West Lancaster | - | Golf ball-size hail was reported at Beltline Road and Interstate 35. |
| October 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Lancaster | - | A brief tornado touchdown took shingles off a house and damaged trees. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Lancaster | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Lancaster | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Lancaster | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Lancaster | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Lancaster | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Lancaster | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Lancaster | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Lancaster | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Lancaster | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Lancaster | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Lancaster | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | W.A. Strain Farm-Strain House (Boundary Increase) | 0.3 miles | 2001 |
 | Randlett House | 0.4 miles | 1978 |
| Capt. R. A. Rawlins House | 0.6 miles | 1978 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78002922 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Dallas County | All 159 listed properties in this county. |
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