Santee, Nebraska
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68760. The Survey maps it on the Santee quadrangle.
On record in Santee
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 2 records
Congregational Church and Manselisted 1972
Episcopal Churchlisted 1972
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1978 USGS Santee quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Yankton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Santee between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,693 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | SMOKING BIRD FIRE |
| 4 July 2000 | Fireworks | 1.1 acres | Springfield Volunteer Fire Department | FIREWORK |
| 3 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | BLUFF DRIVE |
| 19 July 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 870 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302105 |
| 6 June 2002 | Smoking | 130 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302049 |
| 29 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | LAGOON FIRE |
| 28 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | APPLE TREE ROAD |
| 9 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DVORACEK |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Santee: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Coleman Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santee in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 11 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Santee | $2,000 | Rainfall of 6 to 7 inches fell on Sept. 22nd which produced flash flooding along Bazile Creek reducing Highway 12 to one lane east of Niobrara. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Santee | - | Public reported quarter size hail at the Santee Tribe Museum. Another report said it was just smaller than a golf ball. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | Power lines and trees were blown down. Hail of unknown size was also reported. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Santee | - | The hail was mostly pea to dime-size but a few were around quarter-size. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Santee | - | A brief rope tornado touchdown was observed just north of Santee. |
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Santee | - | A tornado apparently touched down on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River south of Springfield, SD. The tornado caused some tree damage in the area. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | Law enforcement officials estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph in Santee. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Santee | - | Hail up to nickel size lasted 20 minutes near Santee. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts over 60 mph downed large tree limbs and broke a few windows on homes in Santee. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Santee | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Santee | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Santee | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Santee | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Santee | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Santee | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Santee | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Santee | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Santee | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santee | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 833214. 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.
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.




