Steinauer, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Precinct 4, Steinauer. It lies in ZIP code area 68441. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Steinauer quadrangle. 59 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,214 feet above sea level.
On record in Steinauer
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
Steinauer Opera Houselisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresSteinauer fell from 75 to 59 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 75 | |
| 2020 | 59 | -16 (-21%) |
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 Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Steinauer quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beatrice quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Steinauer between 2003 and 2018, burning about 523 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 31 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Steinauer: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Niobium (Columbium). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Creek | Niobium (Columbium) | Prospect |
Storms near this place
17 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steinauer in 17 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flood | Steinauer | $1,000 | Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches caused flooding along Turkey Creek which flooded farmlands along the stream and a city pond in Pawnee City. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steinauer | - | Fire Department measured a 60 miles per hour wind gust. This report was relayed by the Emergency Manager. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steinauer | - | A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 69 mph. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Steinauer | - | A storm spotter reported and the NWS damage survey confirmed a brief tornado touchdown about 2.8 miles east of Steinhauer. This was a brief touchdown in pastureland with some branches down from hardwood trees. |
| October 2013 | Hail | Steinauer | - | There were also small limbs blown down at the spotter location, but winds were below severe limits. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Steinauer | - | The hail was accompanied by thunderstorms winds near 60 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steinauer | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated at around 60 mph. The winds were accompanied by hail around quarter-size. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Steinauer | - | Hail at least one inch in diameter was driven by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at least at 60 mph which caused considerable damage to crops along with some house and vehicle damage northeast of Table Rock. There were some reports that the hail could have been up to several inches in diameter. The damage path was visible on satellite pictures and was around 10 miles wide across Pawnee county. The damage started in Gage county and ended in Richardson county. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Steinauer | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding which briefly crossed Highway 50 just north of its intersection with Highway 4. Six hour rainfall was between 3 and 5 inches from near the Burchard area to around Pawnee City. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steinauer | - | Hail at least one inch in diameter was driven by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at least at 60 mph which caused considerable damage to crops along with some house and vehicle damage northeast of Table Rock. The damage path was visible on satellite pictures and was around 10 miles wide across Pawnee county. The damage started in Gage county and ended in Richardson county. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Steinauer | - | Thunderstorms dropped over 3 inches of rain on parts of Pawnee county early on the 16th, with 3.25 inches near Pawnee City one of the largest amounts received. The heavy rain caused water up to 4 feet high to flow across highway 50 in northern Pawnee county, causing its closure. Even though the flood waters receded, the highway remained closed later that afternoon as there was potential undermining of the road by the flooding. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Steinauer | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Steinauer | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Steinauer | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Steinauer | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Steinauer | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Steinauer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayberry | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Violet (historical) | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Burchard | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Table Rock | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pawnee City | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lewiston | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Armour (historical) | 11.6 miles | 11 | |
| Tate (historical) | 11.7 miles | 10 |
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 Steinauer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2161350 | 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 833807. 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.




