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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.

Steinauer within Pawnee County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Steinauer 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.

YearPeople Change
201075
202059-16 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

16 since 2003

Regional 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
7 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 April 2018Debris and open burning35 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 April 2018Debris and open burning55 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 April 2009Smokingunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 March 2018Debris and open burning120 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 March 2011Debris and open burning40 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 March 2018Debris and open burning120 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pawnee 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Elk CreekNiobium (Columbium)Prospect

Storms near this place

17 since 2002

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010FloodSteinauer$1,000Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches caused flooding along Turkey Creek which flooded farmlands along the stream and a city pond in Pawnee City.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSteinauer-Fire Department measured a 60 miles per hour wind gust. This report was relayed by the Emergency Manager.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSteinauer-A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 69 mph.
June 2018Tornado (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 2013HailSteinauer-There were also small limbs blown down at the spotter location, but winds were below severe limits.
July 2011HailSteinauer-The hail was accompanied by thunderstorms winds near 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSteinauer-Thunderstorm winds were estimated at around 60 mph. The winds were accompanied by hail around quarter-size.
June 2010HailSteinauer-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 2010Flash FloodSteinauer-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 2010Thunderstorm WindSteinauer-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 2002Flash FloodSteinauer-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 2011HailSteinauer-no account filed
June 2009HailSteinauer-no account filed
May 2008HailSteinauer-no account filed
April 2006HailSteinauer-no account filed
May 2006HailSteinauer-no account filed
May 2005HailSteinauer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pawnee 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
Mayberry4.3 miles10
Violet (historical)5.3 miles10
Burchard7.4 miles10
Table Rock7.6 miles10
Pawnee City8.1 miles10
Lewiston9.3 miles10
Armour (historical)11.6 miles11
Tate (historical)11.7 miles10

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 SteinauerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2161350The 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.