BlockMenominee, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 2. It lies in ZIP code area 68736. The Survey maps it on the Menominee quadrangle.
On record in Menominee
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
St. Boniface Catholic Church Complexlisted 1983
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Menominee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Yankton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Menominee between 2009 and 2018, burning about 7 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Menominee in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menominee | - | Public reported power line down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menominee | - | A storm chaser reported 65 mph winds and penny sized hail 4 miles south southwest of Menominee. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Menominee | - | This tornado started about 4 1/2 miles northwest of Fordyce near Highway US 81 and moved southeast. The tornado crossed Nebraska Highway 12 and passed 1/2 mile north of Bow Valley. Little damage was noted as the tornado crossed through rural, agricultural, areas. The tornado made a right turn and headed south-southeast about 2 miles south of Wynot. The tornado struck a farmstead which destroyed a barn, knocked over trees, and did minor structural damage to a home. The tornado then flipped over a center pivot irrigation system and produced minor roof damage to a home before dissipating. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menominee | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at least 60 mph caused extensive damage in south Yankton. Numerous tree limbs and power lines were downed by the storm. There was also structural damage to Riverside Auto Body. Here the roof was removed, and a number of storage units were destroyed. Damage was scattered for a half block downstream from the site. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menominee | - | Law enforcement estimated that thunderstorm winds reached around 70 mph. Winds from this same thunderstorm downed trees in the Hartington area, which is several miles to the southeast, several minutes later. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menominee | - | Thunderstorm wind gust of around 60 mph estimated by law enforcement personnel. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Menominee | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Menominee | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menominee | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menominee | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Yankton | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Aten | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Fordyce | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Constance | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Helena | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Bow Valley | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Bow Valley Mills | 11.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wynot | 11.3 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Menominee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18343838 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 831220. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.
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.