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One of 110 National Register listings published here for Lancaster County · listed in 2002 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Nebraska City to Fort Kearny Cutoff Ruts at Spring Creek Prairie
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
The listing
- Address. 11700 SW 100th St., Denton, 68339
- When was it listed? July 2002
- Category. site
- Precinct. Highland precinct
- National Register reference number. 02000771 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
58 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Nebraska City to Fort Kearny Cutoff Ruts at Spring Creek Prairie between 2007 and 2020, burning about 662 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denton, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | $1,500,000 | Widespread severe wind gusts and straight line wind damage was observed across the entirety of Lancaster County with a line of severe thunderstorms that moved through the afternoon of July 31st. The highest measured wind gust was 92 miles per hour, recorded 1 mile southwest of Denton, Nebraska by a mesonet station. An 83 miles per hour wind gust was also measured by the Lincoln ASOS, and an 88 miles per hour wind gust was recorded by another mesonet station 4 miles northwest of Martell. Significant tree damage was reported across the county, with numerous trees blown down across the Lincoln metro. There were also several reports of structural damage, including a hotel which received roof damage near the Lincoln airport. Damages from these storms are estimated to be approximately 1.5 million dollars. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Denton | $5,000 | A second round of heavy rain producing thunderstorms produced additional flash flooding across parts of Lincoln, especially the north part of town near Interstate 80, near 56th and Arbor Road and 63rd and Fletcher. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Denton | - | The office received reports from the public and amateur radio of quarter-sized hail in the Denton, Nebraska area. Hail fell for approximately ten minutes. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 65 mph. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Emergency manager reported damage to utility poles near SW 72nd and Bennett. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Mesonet measured a wind gust of 54 knots. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Home weather equipment measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 71 mph. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts, which were measured at 59 mph by the Asos at the Lincoln airport, occurred from southwest of Lincoln across the northwest side of town. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Denton | - | Quarter-size hail was reported near Denton. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at nearly 70 mph knocked down several large trees and caused other tree damage in and near Denton. Fallen trees caused damage to shingles and siding of several homes, and also downed power lines knocking out power to much of the town, which wasn't restored until early afternoon later that day. A few roads were also closed due to downed trees. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at around 60 mph blew down an old grain elevator no longer in use in Denton. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneers Park | 7.4 miles | 1993 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02000771 in Record Group 79. |
| Lancaster County | All 110 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.