Richardson County, Nebraska

33 topographic sheets cover 19 settlements here, and 11 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

11 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Nebraska within the United States

Richardson County within Nebraska

What the record shows

225 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
11 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 7 buildings, 3 districts and 1 structure.
1 of the 11 listings was added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 19 populated places in this county; 19 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
1 public-domain county history, 1917, supplies 28,575 words of narrative reproduced here.

Places on the National Register

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

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
R.A. Clark House	building	2015	15000395
Falls City Commercial Historic District	district	2013	13001023
Gehling's Theatre	building	1988	88000942
John Holman House	building	1972	72000756
Humboldt Commercial Historic District	district	2005	05000999
Miles Ranch	building	2012	12001075
Richardson County Courthouse	district	1990	90000965
Rulo Bridge	structure		92000718
Alfred and Magdalena Schmid Farmstead	building	2005	05001292
Way Side Stock Farm	building	2015	15000090
Gov. Arthur J. Weaver House	building	2005	05000356

Wildfire, 2002 to 2020

97 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 97 of them, burning about 2,413 acres. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
5 March 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,020 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
2 March 2012	Debris and open burning	200 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
17 April 2019	Debris and open burning	110 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
6 March 2020	Debris and open burning	100 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
12 March 2012	Debris and open burning	95 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
17 February 2020	Debris and open burning	80 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
4 April 2016	Debris and open burning	70 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
11 March 2016	Debris and open burning	60 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

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

Storms, 1953 to 2026

60 of 348 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 348 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $4,485,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Hail	133
Thunderstorm Wind	124
Flood	41
Tornado	23
Flash Flood	12
Heavy Rain	12
Lightning	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
October 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Falls City	$1,500,000	A swath of destructive straight line winds impacted portions of southeast Richardson County including Falls City. The Falls City ASOS measured a 91 miles per hour wind gust at 1:09 pm CDT, and again at 1:12 pm CDT. The ASOS lost power and stopped transmitting data at 1:15 pm CDT. Widespread tree damage was reported across Falls City with snow plows assisting in the removal of tree debris. Trees went through the roofs of two homes, and an additional house had a wall blown down as reported by law enforcement. A large factory in town lost approximately 3 to 4 thousand square feet of its roof. Powerlines were down across the southeast portion of the county, debris was strewn out across fields, and a school bus was reported to have been moved by the wind.
June 2010	Flood	Barada	$500,000	Heavy rain over much of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during most of June caused a prolonged period of flooding along the Missouri River, especially downstream of Omaha through Rulo. The river at Rulo reached a record crest of around 26.6 feet during the evening of 6/23, flood stage is 17 feet. An earlier crest of around 25 feet was measured on 6/17. The river remained flood stage into and through July. Highway 159 near Rulo was closed for a time and substantial flooding of lowlands along the river occurred including cabins, homes and recreation areas. At least 30 to 40 people were evacuated from 20 homes that were damaged by flood waters.
March 2019	Flood	Shubert	$425,000	This is for flooding along the Missouri River. The river gage at Rulo, operated by the USGS, peaked at 28.14 feet at 5 pm on March 17th. Major flood stage is 26 feet. Preliminarily this peak is the highest on record. Flooding continued into the next month. Levee R520 overtopped as a result of this high water. Several houses just to the Northeast on the Rulo side of the bridge were under water and the bridge crossing the Missouri River from Nebraska to Missouri was closed due to water over the road.
June 2008	Flood	Shubert	$400,000	This flooding event carried over from May when heavy rain producing thunderstorms during the last week of May occurred along the Missouri River basin. The heavy rains caused the Missouri River to flood from near its confluence with the Platte River near Plattsmouth downstream through Rulo which is in extreme southeast Richardson county. Heavy rain which continued over sections of the Missouri River basin during the first week of June caused the flooding to continue along the Missouri River in Richardson county until mid evening on June 21st. The Flooding from this event along the Missouri River in Richardson county began during the mid afternoon hours of May 30th. The river at Rulo crested just above 25 feet early in the evening of June 14th, flood stage is 17 feet. The town of Rulo sustained damage to a few streets, park buildings and one of its boat ramps. It was estimated that around 30 homes and a few businesses sustained some damage from flood waters. The flooding also affected agricultural lowlands and flooded county roads in the area.
March 2010	Flood	Barada	$250,000	Melting snow, along with several rain events, brought a prolonged period of lowland flooding along the Missouri River, especially downstream of its confluence with the Platte River near Plattsmouth. The river at Rulo first crossed flood stage, 17 feet, during the evening of 3/11 and remained above flood stage until the morning of the 31st. The river at Rulo crested around 22 feet during the morning of the 25th. Agricultural lowlands and a few county roads near the river flooded in Richardson county and some cabins and recreational areas near Rulo also experienced flood waters.
September 1975	Tornado (F0)	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
July 1965	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
June 2015	Flood	Salem	$125,000	Significant flooding was observed along the Big Nemaha River near Falls City. The flooding including closing of many gravel and county roads, as well State Highway 8. The flooding also included agricultural low-lands along the river as well.
July 2011	Flood	Barada	$100,000	Flooding along the Missouri River gradually worsened during June as record releases from Gavins Point Dam brought widespread flooding along the River. The river at Rulo rose to a record crest around 27 feet by the end of the June before falling slightly as levees were breached and widened by the flood waters. Flood stage is 17 feet. The flooding persisted into August. The high water flooded farmland along the river, along with roads, cabins, recreation areas and a few businesses. Highway 159 in Holt county Missouri flooded by the middle of the June prompting the closure of the Rulo, Nebraska bridge over the Missouri River for the summer. Over $100 thousand had already been spent by early July shoring up pump houses and wells in the Falls City area to protect the water supply.
June 2024	Flood	Barada	$75,000	Excessive rainfall across much of eastern South Dakota resulted in river flooding along the Missouri River at the end of June. Moderate flood stage was observed along the Missouri. The Missouri River flooding in Richardson County did not crest until July 1, and will be included on in July StormData. At 1:25 pm CDT on the 28th, emergency management reported several feet of water in the parking lot of the Rulo boat ramp. At 10:38 am, emergency management sent multiple photos to the office of roads and homes near the river edge that had begun to be inundated with water.
June 2015	Flood	Rulo	$75,000	This was the second, and more significant flood of the Missouri River near Rulo in the month of June. The river crested at 21.47 ft, or 5.47 feet above flood stage. In addition to significant agricultural low-land flooding, some cabins along the river also flooded.
May 2006	Lightning	Falls City	$75,000	Lightning struck a tree next to a house and then traveled into the house and set in on fire. By the time firefighters arrived the house was completely in flames. The house and all of its contents were destroyed. There was nobody home at the time and no injuries were reported.
June 1997	Lightning	Stella	$60,000	Lightning struck a roof of a home and caused a fire.
September 2011	Flood	Barada	$50,000	Flooding along the Missouri River gradually worsened during June as record releases from Gavins Point Dam brought widespread flooding along the river. The river at Rulo rose to a record crest around 27 feet by the end of the June before falling slightly as levees were breached and widened by the flood waters. Flood stage is 17 feet. Although river levels steadily fell after mid August as upstream reservoirs reduced releases, moderate flooding persisted into early September. As releases decreased even further during September, river levels fell even more and at Rulo they were just a foot or so above flood stage by the end of September. At the height of the flooding, farmland along the river was flooded, along with roads, cabins, recreation areas and a few businesses. Highway 159 in Holt county Missouri flooded by the middle of the June prompting the closure of the Rulo, Nebraska bridge over the Missouri River for the summer.
August 2011	Flood	Barada	$50,000	Flooding along the Missouri River gradually worsened during June as record releases from Gavins Point Dam brought widespread flooding along the River. The river at Rulo rose to a record crest around 27 feet by the end of the June before falling slightly as levees were breached and widened by the flood waters. Flood stage is 17 feet. Although river levels steadily fell after mid August as upstream reservoirs reduced releases, moderate flooding persisted through August and into early September. The high water flooded farmland along the river, along with roads, cabins, recreation areas and a few businesses. Highway 159 in Holt county Missouri flooded by the middle of the June prompting the closure of the Rulo, Nebraska bridge over the Missouri River for the summer.
June 2011	Flood	Barada	$50,000	Flooding along the Missouri River gradually worsened during June as record releases from Gavins Point Dam brought widespread flooding along the river. The river at Rulo started June a little under 23 feet, flood stage is 17 feet. The river rose to a record crest around 27 feet by the end of the month before falling slightly as levees were breached and widened by the flood waters. However, flooding persisted into July. The high water initially flooded marshy areas and farmland along the river, but then it began flooding roads, cabins and recreation areas by the river. Highway 159 in Holt county Missouri flooded by the middle of the month prompting the closure of the Rulo, Nebraska bridge over the Missouri River.
May 1996	Hail	Humboldt	$30,000	no account filed
May 1960	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
June 1960	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
July 2010	Flood	Barada	$20,000	Heavy rain over much of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during most of June caused a prolonged period of flooding along the Missouri River, especially downstream of Omaha through Rulo. The river remained above flood stage through July and into August, with the high water aided by additional rains and increased releases from upstream reservoirs. The river at Rulo reached a record around 26.6 feet during the evening of 6/24, flood stage is 17 feet. A July crest of just under 23 feet late on the 5th was observed. Highway 159 near Rulo was closed for a time and substantial flooding of lowlands along the river occurred including cabins and recreation areas. At least 20 homes along the river were evacuated in June when flooding forced 30 to 40 people to find other shelter.
June 2014	Flood	Barada	$15,000	Several episodes of heavy rain produced a prolonged flood event along the Missouri River. The river near Rulo crested around 21.75 feet during the evening of June 25th, flood stage at Rulo is 17 feet. The flooding impacted several cabins, roads and farmland near the river.
September 2014	Flood	Rulo	$10,000	The Missouri River rose above flood stage during the afternoon of the 10th, and crested during the early morning hours on the 11th, before falling below flood stage on the afternoon of the 12th. The flooding was minor and confined to low-lying areas along the river.
May 2011	Flood	Barada	$10,000	This flooding carried over from April when several episodes of heavy rain combined with high releases from upstream reservoirs and caused a prolonged flood event along the Missouri River. The river at Rulo, which climbed above its 17 foot flood stage in mid April, briefly fell to around flood stage on the 10th then steadily rose ending the month a little under 23 feet. The flooding carried over into June. The high water initially flooded marshy areas and farmland along the river, but then it began flooding a few roads, cabins and recreation areas by the river.
June 2009	Flash Flood	Salem	$10,000	Heavy rain for the second night in a row caused flash flooding along Rock Creek and another unnamed creek near Salem. The flooding crossed several county roads causing some gravel washout and culvert damage.
April 1999	Tornado (F1)	Verdon	$10,000	Empty mobil home and barn destroyed as well as roof damage to several buildings.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Humboldt	$10,000	Trees downed. Few outbuildings on a farm just west of cemetary damaged.
July 1996	Tornado (F0)	Dawson	$10,000	no account filed
April 1999	Tornado (F0)	Falls City	$8,000	Brief touchdown downed a few power poles and outbuildings.
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Humboldt	$8,000	Thunderstorm winds took the roof off of a 150 ft machine shed.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Verdon	$8,000	Thunderstorm winds tore corner of a roof off of a home in addition to uprooting several trees.
October 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Preston	$5,000	Emergency management reported 6 train cars on a double-stacked train that were leaning from a tree that had fallen on them. Time was estimated by radar.
July 2014	Flood	Barada	$5,000	Heavy rain events in late June and early July brought prolonged flooding along the Missouri River from around Brownville through Rulo. At Rulo the river crested around 18.5 feet on July 3rd, fell briefly below its 17 foot flood stage on the 4th and 5th and then reached a second crest around 18 feet late on the 6th. The river fell below flood stage midday on the 7th. The flooding impacted a few county roads and cabins along the River.
October 2014	Flood	Rulo	$5,000	Heavy rainfall at the end of September caused the Missouri River to go into flood. The river rose above flood stage in the afternoon on the 1st, crested on the afternoon of the 2nd, and fell below flood stage on the evening of the 3rd. The river flooding was minor and mainly confined to low-lying areas along the river.
April 2011	Flood	Barada	$5,000	Several periods of moderate to heavy rain combined with upstream inflows due to snow melt and rain caused the Missouri River to flood from around Nebraska City downstream through Rulo. The flooding began a little after the middle of the month and persisted into May. In Richardson county the flooding mainly affected marshy lowlands and low-lying farm fields along the river although a few recreational areas were flooded as well. The river at Rulo climbed above its 17 foot flood stage during the evening of 4/19 and continued above flood stage into May. The river had a prolonged crest of around and just over 18 feet over the last week or so of April. The flooding and crest carried over into May.
August 2010	Flood	Barada	$5,000	Heavy rain over much of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during most of June caused a prolonged period of flooding along the Missouri River, especially downstream of Omaha through Rulo. The river at Rulo reached a record crest of around 26.6 feet during the evening of 6/24, flood stage is 17 feet. The river remained above flood stage through July and into August, with the high water aided by additional rains and increased releases from upstream reservoirs. A July crest of just under 23 feet late on the 5th was observed and an August crest of a little under 21 feet was measured on the 6th. Highway 159 near Rulo was closed for a time in June and July and substantial flooding of lowlands along the river occurred including cabins and recreation areas. At least 20 homes along the river were evacuated in June when flooding forced 30 to 40 people to find other shelter. Most of the damage and evacuations occurred in June and July.
October 2011	Flood	Barada	$4,000	Flooding along the Missouri River in Richardson county finally ended in early October as decreasing releases from Gavins Point Dam allowed the river to drop below its 17 foot at Rulo. Earlier in the summer the river at Rulo rose to a record crest of around 27 feet by the end of the June. At the height of the flooding, farmland along the river was flooded, along with roads, cabins, recreation areas and a few businesses. Highway 159 in Holt county Missouri flooded by the middle of the June prompting the closure of the Rulo, Nebraska bridge over the Missouri River for the summer.
April 1999	Tornado (F0)	Shubert	$4,000	Outbuildings damaged, small building destroyed and windows broke out of a home due to flying debris.
April 1999	Tornado (F0)	Salem	$3,000	Brief touchdown did some tree and outbuilding damage.
May 1960	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
June 1960	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
May 1953	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Falls City	$2,000	Damage to shed roof.
May 2011	Flash Flood	Falls City	$1,000	Two to three inches of rain fell over much of Richardson county over several hours during the afternoon/early evening of 5/25...2.29 inches was measured at Falls City. The heavy rain caused flash flooding for a few hours across Pony Creek Road south of Falls City causing its brief closure.
September 2010	Flood	Barada	$1,000	High levels of the Missouri River were pushed back above flood stage in the Rulo area in late September 2010 by a few heavy rain events in mid to late September plus increased flows from rivers in western Iowa and southeast South Dakota from heavy rain earlier in the month there. The river at Rulo crossed above it's 17 foot flood stage during the morning of Sept. 27th and remained above flood stage into October. The flooding mainly affected agricultural lowlands.
October 2010	Flood	Barada	$1,000	This flooding carried over from September when periodic heavy rain events combined with increased releases from upstream reservoirs and high rivers in northwest Iowa. The Missouri River at Rulo began the month a little over 17.5 feet, flood stage is 17 feet. The river gradually rose to a little over 18 feet during the evening of the 3rd before slowly falling, eventually below flood stage by late in the evening on the 9th. Mainly agricultural lowlands were affected by the minor flooding.
August 2007	Flash Flood	Falls City	$1,000	Rainfall of around 2 inches in an hour or so caused flooding across Highway 73 north of Falls City closing it for a while this evening.
February 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Dawson	$1,000	Window blown out of a house, wind damage to outbuildings.
May 1993	Tornado (F1)	Dawson to	$500	A tornado continued from the Kansas/Nebraska state line three miles northeast of Bern, Kansas to two miles north of the junction of Highways 8 and 75. The path was intermittent. Damage was confined to trees, fences and power lines.
April 2026	Hail	Humboldt	-	Public report of hail estimated up to 1 inch in diameter near Humboldt, NE.
April 2026	Hail	Falls City	-	Trained spotter report of hail estimated up to 1 inch in diameter in Falls City, NE.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Falls City Arpt	-	Fall City, Nebraska Airport ASOS (KFNB) measured wind gust of 68 mph.
March 2025	Hail	Humboldt	-	Public report of mostly smaller hail, but a couple of soft hail stones up to the size of a quarter.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Humboldt	-	Mesonet measured wind gust of 58 mph.
May 2025	Tornado (EFU)	Humboldt	-	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 2025	Hail	Dawson	-	Storm chaser report of hail measured up to 1 in diameter.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Humboldt	-	A trained spotter recorded a wind gust of 71 miles per hour.
April 2024	Funnel Cloud	Dawson	-	The National Weather Serivce in Topeka relayed a report to the Omaha-Valley National Weather Service of a funnel cloud in Richardson County, to the east of Du Bois.
April 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Falls City	-	The Falls City ASOS recorded a 58 mile per hour wind gust.
April 2024	Hail	Stella	-	The office received a public report of golf ball sized hail.
July 2024	Flood	Barada	-	After the first of the month, flood waters continued to rise along this stretch of the Missouri River. River levels crested at 0130 CST on 7/2, reaching a height of 24.01 feet. At 3 pm CDT on 7/1, photos were taken by emergency management of waters rising under a bridge that crossed over the Missouri, with lowland flooding impacting several homes and private roads. Damage estimates and flooding impacts that began in June can be found in June StormData.

Mines and quarries

1 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 1 working inside this county. It still produces. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Nemaha Valley Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

The townships, in 1917

28,575 words

History of Richardson County, Nebraska : Its People, Industries and Institutions devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 6 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.

Township	Settlements in it	Length	Sections
Arago Precinct	Arago	2,503 words	2
Humboldt City	Humboldt	11,575 words	14
Liberty Precinct	Verdon	191 words	0
Nemaha Precinct	Nim City	1,551 words	4
Rulo Precinct	Nohart, Rulo, Yancton	11,072 words	17
Salem Precinct	Salem	1,683 words	1

The county's history books

536,582 words

One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 24 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.

History of Richardson County, Nebraska : Its People, Industries and Institutions (1917)

Chapter	Length
Chapter 1	11,572 words
Chapter 2	9,129 words
Chapter 5	7,060 words
Chapter 6	6,422 words
Chapter with an unread heading (no. 6 of those read)	3,246 words
Chapter 10	2,617 words
Agrtcri.ture and Stockraising	18,171 words in 2 parts
Chapter 12	14,015 words
Chapter 13	15,283 words
Chapter 14	12,191 words
Chapter 15	10,187 words
Chapter 16	16,073 words in 2 parts
Chapter 18	3,425 words
Chapter 19	3,408 words
Chapter 20	14,908 words
Chapter 21	8,601 words
Chapter 22	5,972 words
Chapter 23	11,261 words
Chapter with an unread heading (no. 22 of those read)	25,618 words in 2 parts
Chapter 25	6,845 words
Chapter 26	13,954 words
N'ii	9,889 words
\'iii	9,131 words
Biographical sketches	297,604 words in 19 parts

Every populated place in the county

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.

Arago

Arago precinct · 68355 · Corning quadrangle

14 sheets, 1920 to 1986

No longer a settlement
Archer

Ohio precinct · 68355 · On Halfbreed Creek · Falls City quadrangle

12 sheets, 1915 to 1986

No longer a settlement
Athens

Speiser precinct · 68376 · Humboldt SW quadrangle

12 sheets, 1916 to 1986

No longer a settlement
Barada

Barada precinct · 68355 · Barada quadrangle

12 sheets, 1915 to 1986
Dawson

Grant precinct · 68337 · On Cottonwood Creek · Dawson quadrangle

11 sheets, 1916 to 1986
Falls City

Falls City precinct · 68355 · Falls City quadrangle

12 sheets, 1915 to 1986
Humboldt

Humboldt city · 68376 · On Long Branch · Humboldt quadrangle

11 sheets, 1916 to 1986
Nim City

Nemaha precinct · 68337 · On Spring Creek · Humboldt SE quadrangle

11 sheets, 1916 to 1986
Nohart

Rulo precinct · 68431 · On Roys Creek · Big Lake quadrangle

13 sheets, 1920 to 1986

No longer a settlement
Preston

Jefferson precinct · 68355 · On Berard Creek · Falls City quadrangle

12 sheets, 1915 to 1986
Preston Census Designated Place

Jefferson precinct · 68355 · On Berard Creek · Falls City quadrangle

12 sheets, 1915 to 1986
Rulo

Rulo precinct · 68431 · Rulo quadrangle

13 sheets, 1920 to 1986
Salem

Salem precinct · 68433 · On North Fork Big Nemaha River · Salem quadrangle

11 sheets, 1915 to 1986
Shubert

East Muddy precinct · 68437 · Verdon quadrangle

11 sheets, 1915 to 1986
Stella

West Muddy precinct · 68442 · On Hoosier Creek · Dawson quadrangle

11 sheets, 1916 to 1986
Straussville

Ohio precinct · 68355 · On Goolsby Branch · Salem quadrangle

11 sheets, 1915 to 1986
Verdon

Liberty precinct · 68457 · On Sardine Creek · Verdon quadrangle

11 sheets, 1915 to 1986
Williamsville

Barada precinct · 68355 · Barada quadrangle

12 sheets, 1915 to 1986

No longer a settlement
Yancton

Rulo precinct · 68431 · On Winnebago Creek · Rulo quadrangle

13 sheets, 1920 to 1986

No longer a settlement

The vanished settlements of Richardson 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.