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2 National Register listings published here.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Arthur County, Nebraska
31 topographic sheets cover 8 settlements here, and 2 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
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What the record shows
- 99 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 2 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 1 district and 1 building.
- 1 of the 2 listings was added during the 1970s.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 8 populated places in this county; 8 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Places on the National Register
2Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | First Arthur County Courthouse and Jail | district | 1990 | 89002241 |
 | Pilgrim Holiness Church | building | 1979 | 79001434 |
Wildfire, 2003 to 2020
57 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 57 of them, burning about 30,197 acres. 35 started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 2015 | Natural | 23,000 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 February 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5,500 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 October 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 500 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | 300 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 May 2019 | Natural | 86 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1971 to 2024
60 of 248 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 248 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $624,750 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 182 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 50 |
| Tornado | 9 |
| Flash Flood | 2 |
| Lightning | 2 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1977 | Tornado | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | $75,000 | Most of a metal roof was blown off of a residents home. In addition, extensive water damage was also reported to this residence. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Arthur | $50,000 | Rainfall of approximately 2.50 inches in 20 minutes caused flash flooding in the coummunity of Arthur. There was extensive damage to streets and roads, basements flooded, and water in homes and businesses. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Arthur | $40,000 | Windows were broken, screens were knocked out, and a car was damaged. |
| August 2002 | Lightning | Arthur | $30,000 | Lightning struck the TV antenna on a house and then traveled through the wiring in the house. The house received extensive fire, heat and smoke damage. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Arthur | $25,000 | During touchdown the tornado damaged or uprooted numerous trees, destroyed a wind mill and a 40 foot metal tower. The metal roof of nearby barn was peeled off and a trailer home was moved about 1 foot, with damage to the roof and siding. |
| July 1977 | Tornado | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Arthur | $20,000 | A window was broken, screens were knocked out, and a car sustained damage from tennis ball size hail. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Arthur | $10,000 | Wind gusts of approximately 60 MPH accompanied the hail. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Arthur | $10,000 | Several storm chasers followed the supercell storm and recorded the tornado development. The tornado broke off or uprooted numerous trees, destroyed one small shed, peeled off the roof of another outbuilding, and damaged shingles on a home. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Arthur | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | $8,000 | Thunderstorm outflow winds broke off large tree limbs. A roof of a house was damaged as a tree limb fell on it. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | $5,000 | Public report that a power line was knocked down and caused a prairie fire. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds broke off large tree branches which fell on and damaged playground equipment at the city park. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | $5,000 | Two 20 inch diameter utility poles were snapped near the ground. A 12 inch diameter tree trunk was also broken by the wind. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Arthur | $5,000 | Golfball to baseball size hail covered the ground and broke out windows in a house. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Arthur | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Arthur | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Arthur | $4,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Arthur | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Arthur | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Arthur | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Arthur | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Arthur | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Arthur | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Arthur | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Arthur | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Arthur | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Arthur | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Arthur | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Arthur | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Arthur | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | $1,000 | A large elm tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | $1,000 | Four inch diameter tree limbs were broken off. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | $1,000 | Numerous large tree branches were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Arthur | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Arthur | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Arthur | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | $500 | Large tree down |
| June 1991 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Lena | - | Report via social media. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Lena | - | Report via social media. Hail was between a baseball and softball in size. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | - | Strong winds downed a tree onto a house in Arthur, via social media. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Bucktail | - | Hail ranged from dimes to quarters at this location. Time estimated from radar. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Arthur | - | Time was estimated by radar. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | - | Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph reported at this location. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bucktail | - | Trained spotter reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph at this station. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Arthur | - | Delayed report. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Arthur | - | Quarter sized hail reported at this location. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | - | Mesonet station reported a 64 MPH wind gust southeast of Arthur. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | - | Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph, reported at this location. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Arthur | - | Time was estimated by radar. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Arthur | - | Hail damaged a green house roof. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Arthur | - | Public reported half dollar size hail south of Arthur. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | - | No details. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | - | A cement block building with wooden roof was destroyed, and a barn door was ripped off. There were also several tree branches snapped off. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | - | No damage reported. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Bucktail | - | A wide assortment of hail was reported with the largest being baseball size. |
Every populated place in the county
8Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
Provenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- 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.