BlockFrom the record
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Karnes County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
John Ruckman House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Ruckman, John, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 6 mi. N of Karnes City off TX 80, Karnes City, 78118
- When was it listed? June 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Runge
- Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 79002987 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
92 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of John Ruckman House between 2005 and 2020, burning about 638 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JESSE ATZGER |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KARNES COUNTY CR334 #2 |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLAYTON VAUGHN |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | KARNES COUNTY CR334 |
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RICHTER RANCH |
| 19 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR333 AND CR334 |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of John Ruckman House: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kotzur Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Labus-Moczygemba | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Winerich Pit | Uranium | Producer |
Storms near this property
22 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Karnes City, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 7 hail, 6 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Karnes City | $120,000 | A second and more intense Karnes County tornado touched down west of Karnes City near the Wilson County line. Rated F1, it destroyed a trailer, a metal barn, and literally hundreds of trees as it moved northeast for just over two miles. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Karnes City | $80,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Karnes City | $20,000 | Severe winds blew over a shed and knocked over trees between Karnes City and Panna Maria. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Karnes City | $10,000 | Severe winds damaged a mobile home near Karnes City. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Karnes City | $3,000 | Hail up to the size of quarters covered the ground around Karnes City, causing extensive damage to corn crops in the area. A few homes had windows broken due to the hail. |
| October 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Karnes City | $2,000 | Damage to a fence and some trees due to a tornado were reported by Sheriffs Department. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Karnes City | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. TXDoT reported FM 1353 was flooded south of Karnes City. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Karnes City | - | Highway 181 south of farm to market road 1144 in Karnes City was closed due to water over the roadway. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Karnes City | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding in Karnes County. The roads were closed at the intersection of FM 99 and US 181 on the west side of Karnes City, and farther northeast FM 792 at TX 80 was closed near the San Antonio River. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Karnes City | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing County Road 1353 south of Karnes City. |
| May 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Karnes City | - | A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Karnes City | - | Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding and closed Highway 181 at Calvert Avenue in Karnes City. |
| January 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Karnes City | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph which caused damage in and around Karnes City and Kenedy. The Karnes County emergency manager reported trees toppled over and roofs blown off carports. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Karnes City | - | Between 1 and 3 inches of rain fell between Karnes City and Kenedy in the late evening. Flash flooding closed parts of FM99 and FM792 just before midnight. |
| November 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Karnes City | - | A small tornado, rated F0, touched down briefly in an open area near Karnes City. No damage was indicated. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Karnes City | - | Strong winds blew down tree limbs and knocked out power lines. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Karnes City | - | The Department of Public Safety reported golf ball-size hail in Karnes City. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Karnes City | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Hail | Karnes City | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Karnes City | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Karnes City | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Karnes City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Panna Maria Historic District | 5.8 miles | 1976 |
 | Karnes County Courthouse | 6.4 miles | 2010 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79002987 in Record Group 79. |
| Karnes County | All 3 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- 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.