Pauline, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Little Blue Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68941. The Survey maps it on the Pauline quadrangle. It stands 1,768 feet above sea level.
On record in Pauline
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
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1898 USGS Superior quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Pauline quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Pauline between 2008 and 2020, burning about 351 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 187 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 November 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 January 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 127 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
36 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pauline in 36 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 19 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 5 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Pauline | $500,000 | A tornado sat down south of Pauline and traveled northeast. It crossed into Clay county to the east of Pauline. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | $250,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be between 60 and 65 MPH lasted for approximately 20 minutes. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Pauline | $150,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | $100,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH knocked over an irrigation pivot section. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | $25,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH downed a few tree limbs up to 5 inches in diameter. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | $25,000 | Wind gusts were estimated at 65 MPH. Tree limbs up to 8 to 10 inches in diameter were knocked down. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Pauline | $25,000 | Quarter to half dollar size hail fell with major crop damage reported in the area. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Pauline | $20,000 | Heavy rain across the area, ranging anywhere from 3 to 6 inches, resulted in a few rural roads being washed out in the Holstein area. Flooding was also reported in the Crystal Lake State Recreation Area, and while the park was not closed, campers were encouraged to leave. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | $4,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in minor tree damage. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | A wind gust of 62 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles west of Glenvil. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Pauline | - | Report from an NeRain observer located six miles east-northeast of Blue Hill. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | A small grain bin was blown between the house and a workshop. Damage was reported to a hydrant and fencing. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 65 MPH. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 65 MPH. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | Estimated 55 to 60 mph wind gusts occurred. Winds were strong for about 5 to 7 minutes. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 65 MPH. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | A NWS Hastings employee estimated wind gusts to be near 60 MPH. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Pauline | - | A multi-day rainfall total of 5.73 was reported 7 miles southwest of Glenvil. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Pauline | - | A storm total rainfall amount of 3.10 inches was measured. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Pauline | - | Storm-total rainfall of 3.10 inches...all of which fell between 9:30 p.m. and 5 a.m. CDT. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH by an off-duty NWS employee. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Pauline | - | A rainfall total of 3.12 inches occurred. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Pauline | - | Storm total rainfall amount was 5.1 inches. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Pauline | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Pauline | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Pauline | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Pauline | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Pauline | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Pauline | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Hail | Pauline | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pauline | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ayr Junction | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Brickton (historical) | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Muriel | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Level | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Good Samaritan Village | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Kingswood Plaza | 11.8 miles | 13 | |
| Roseland | 11.9 miles | 12 |
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 Pauline | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16896527 | 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 832000. 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.





