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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.

Santee within Knox County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

26 since 1996

Regional 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 August 2015Naturalunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSMOKING BIRD FIRE
4 July 2000Fireworks1.1 acresSpringfield Volunteer Fire DepartmentFIREWORK
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBLUFF DRIVE
19 July 2002Equipment and vehicle use870 acresWinnebago AgencyA1302105
6 June 2002Smoking130 acresWinnebago AgencyA1302049
29 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionLAGOON FIRE
28 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionAPPLE TREE ROAD
9 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionDVORACEK

Every fire recorded in Knox County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Percy Coleman Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Knox County

Storms near this place

19 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2010Flash FloodSantee$2,000Rainfall 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 2020HailSantee-Public reported quarter size hail at the Santee Tribe Museum. Another report said it was just smaller than a golf ball.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSantee-Power lines and trees were blown down. Hail of unknown size was also reported.
June 2013HailSantee-The hail was mostly pea to dime-size but a few were around quarter-size.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Santee-A brief rope tornado touchdown was observed just north of Santee.
March 2009Tornado (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 2003Thunderstorm WindSantee-Law enforcement officials estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph in Santee.
June 2002HailSantee-Hail up to nickel size lasted 20 minutes near Santee.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindSantee-Thunderstorm wind gusts over 60 mph downed large tree limbs and broke a few windows on homes in Santee.
August 2016HailSantee-no account filed
July 2015HailSantee-no account filed
May 2011HailSantee-no account filed
April 2010HailSantee-no account filed
May 2004HailSantee-no account filed
June 2003HailSantee-no account filed
June 2003HailSantee-no account filed
June 2003HailSantee-no account filed
June 1998Funnel CloudSantee-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindSantee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Knox County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Tewsville8.3 miles9
Lindy9.4 miles10
Niobrara11.1 miles11
Sparta14.4 miles10
Ponca14.8 miles11
Center16.0 miles10
Dukeville18.2 miles10
Verdel18.2 miles12

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.