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Pawnee County, Nebraska

18 topographic sheets cover 12 settlements here, and 12 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

12 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Nebraska within the United States
Pawnee County within Nebraska

What the record shows

  • 122 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 12 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 8 buildings, 3 districts and 1 structure.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 12 populated places in this county; 12 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

12

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Cincinnati Bridgestructure92000719
E. F. Hempstead Housebuilding198282000611
Lindsley Housebuilding199999000389
Harold Lloyd Birthplacebuilding199393001403
Pawnee City Carnegie Librarybuilding201010001004
Pawnee City Historic Business Districtdistrict199494000066
Pawnee County Courthousedistrict199089002232
Rinne Farmbuilding201515000089
Steinauer Opera Housebuilding198888000934
Table Rock Opera Housebuilding198888000931
Table Rock Public Square Historic Districtdistrict199494000655
US Post Office-Pawnee Citybuilding199292000472

Wildfire, 2001 to 2020

64 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 64 of them, burning about 2,551 acres. None started naturally and 6 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 March 2008Debris and open burning300 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 April 2009Debris and open burning170 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 January 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 March 2018Debris and open burning120 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 March 2018Debris and open burning120 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 April 2007Arson/incendiarism110 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 April 2012Debris and open burning100 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1956 to 2026

60 of 208 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 208 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 1 injury and about $673,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail105
Thunderstorm Wind63
Tornado21
Flash Flood8
Heavy Rain4
Funnel Cloud3
Flood3
Lightning1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1958Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindTable Rock$150,000Three buildings destroyed.
April 2008FloodMayberry$100,000Rainfall of 2 to 6 inches in a few hours time caused flooding along Turkey Creek from Johnson county into Pawnee county to near Steinauer. The flooding caused some road damage and structual damage to 1 bridge in Pawnee county. The flood waters also affected agricultural lowlands.
May 1996LightningTable Rock$40,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDu Bois$30,000Large cottonwood tree fell on house. Shed and swing set torn out and flipped over.
December 1975Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1974Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1968Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBurchard$5,000Roof blown off a barn.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindBurchard$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down tree limbs.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindLewiston$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew a shed onto a gas tank. Live electrical wires then ignited the fumes and caused a fire.
July 1992Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500no account filed
July 1992Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500no account filed
June 1984Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
September 1978Tornadonot stated$2,500no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindPawnee City$2,000Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 mph destroyed a silo and did tree damage north of Pawnee City.
June 2010FloodSteinauer$1,000Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches caused flooding along Turkey Creek which flooded farmlands along the stream and a city pond in Pawnee City.
April 2026HailMayberry-Public report of hail estimated up to 1 inch in diameter near Lewiston, NE.
April 2026HailTable Rock-Trained spotter report of hail measured up to 1.75 inch in diameter near Elk Creek, NE.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindArmour-Emergency manager report of a farm shop severely damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts with an estimated wind speed of 65 mph. The report was delayed, with the time estimated from radar.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindTable Rock-Trained spotter measured gust of 60 mph.
June 2025HailDu Bois-Public report of hail estimated up to 1 inch in diameter.
May 2025HailMayberry-Public report of hail estimated up to dime size (0.75 inch) in diameter.
May 2025Tornado (EFU)Du Bois-Storm chaser videos indicate that an intermittent weak tornado tracked just south of Highway 8, beginning in an open field east of Highway 50, and continuing with an intermittent ground-level circulation and dust until ending prior to reaching 631 road. The ground level dust circulation did appear to be connected to a cloud base circulation, although without a fully visible condensation funnel. No damage was noted with this tornado.
May 2025HailPawnee City-Public report of hail estimated up to 1.25 in diameter. Report received via mPING.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLewiston-A 58 miles per hour wind gust was reported by a trained spotter.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSteinauer-Fire Department measured a 60 miles per hour wind gust. This report was relayed by the Emergency Manager.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDu Bois-Emergency Management relayed a report of doors blown off a farm outbuilding. A subsequent damage survey found this was due to straight-line winds, estimated to be at 83 miles per hour.
May 2024HailPawnee City-Emergency Management reported quarter sized hail.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLewiston-A public report was received of a 59 miles per hour wind gust measured on a Davis weather instrument.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindLewiston-A trained spotter measured a 63 miles per hour wind gust on a personal weather station.
May 2023HailDu Bois-Trained spotter reported 1-inch hail and a 35 mph wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMayberry-Trained spotter reported a measured peak wind gust of 68 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBurchard-A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMayberry-Trained spotter reported a measured peak wind gust of 67 mph.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSteinauer-A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 69 mph.
August 2023HailBurchard-Public reported 1.5-inch hail.
August 2023HailBurchard Rinne Arpt-Trained spotter reported 2-inch hail.
April 2023HailDu Bois-COOP observer reported hail slightly larger than quarters, but there weren't many of them.
April 2023HailBookwater-Public reported 1-inch hail.
April 2023HailDu Bois-Trained spotter reported 1.5-inch hail.
April 2023HailBookwater-Trained spotter reported 1.25-inch hail.
April 2023HailDu Bois-COOP observer reported 1-inch hail near Du Bois.
April 2023HailDu Bois-Public reported 1.25-inch hail via mPING.
April 2023HailDu Bois-Public reported 1.25-inch hail.
April 2023HailLewiston-Trained spotter reported 1-inch hail.
May 2023HailTable Rock-Storm chaser reported 2.75-inch hail.
May 2023HailTable Rock-Public reported via mPing for 3.25-inch hail.
May 2023Tornado (EF1)Pawnee City-Tornado started on the northeast side of Pawnee City where the baseball fields sustained damage. The tornado continued northeast and destroyed a grain bin and ended in a field 1 1/2 miles southwest of Table Rock.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindPawnee City-Storm chaser reported 4-inch tree limbs blown down.
May 2023HailTable Rock-Public sent multiple photos on social media of 4.5-inch hail.
May 2023HailTable Rock-Public reported 1.25-inch hail via mPing.
May 2023HailTable Rock-Trained spotter reported 2.75-inch hail.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindLewiston-Trained spotter reported a measured peak wind gust of 68 mph.
April 2022Funnel CloudLewiston-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindLewiston-Trained spotter measured a peak wind gust of 81 mph.
April 2022HailLewiston-Trained spotter reported dime to quarter sized hail.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMayberry-Trained spotter reported a measured peak wind gust of 81 mph.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindDu Bois-COOP Observer reported a that a shed blew over and crushed a can.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMayberry-Public report from mPing of damage to 1 inch tree branches or shingles blown off.

Every populated place in the county

12

Named 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.

The vanished settlements of Pawnee County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

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.