Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
“The Nehawka Public Library in Nehawka, Nebraska was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.”
Wikipedia article Nehawka Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 26 National Register listings published here for Cass County · listed in 2002 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Nehawka Public Library between 2005 and 2018, burning about 104 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nehawka Public Library: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nehawka Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nehawka, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Nehawka | - | Cass County Emergency Management relayed a report from a trained spotter of tennis ball sized hail at 67th and A street. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nehawka | - | Emergency manager reported a large hog shed blown off its foundation and onto a home. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Nehawka | - | Tornado removed roof from house. Roof over garage uplifted and displaced. House moved slightly on foundation. Several large pines & oak trees snapped. Additional damage to power poles was noted, along with total destruction of a farm outbuilding near Highway 75 and Baxter Loop. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Nehawka | - | Local law enforcement indicated that numerous streets in and around the city of Union had water over them. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF2) | Nehawka | - | This tornado started just to the southwest of the city of Nehawka and generally traveled to the northwest through its lifespan. The tornado was filmed by numerous storm chasers and general public. The tornado remain generally in rural areas, but did impact a couple of farmsteads. The most significant damage occurred along Havelock Ave where a home was destroyed. The damage at this residence was consistent with EF2 damage. Another farmstead was impacted south of Knabe Dr where several outbuildings were completely destroyed. Otherwise trees were uprooted or damaged along the path. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Nehawka | - | A tornado uprooted large trees and downed transmission towers from around Nehawka to near Union. Two houses sustained major damage and "heavy damage" was reported to 30 other houses. Some of the damage could have also been caused by straight line winds that occurred across parts of the area shortly before the reported time of the tornado. The strong winds also knocked power out across most of Union. The track of the tornado was around 4 miles long and was spawned from the same supercell complex that produced the long tracked f4 tornado earlier which caused extensive damage in the Hallam area. |
| June 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Nehawka | - | Reported by storm spotter. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Nehawka | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Nehawka | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Nehawka | - | no account filed |
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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Union Jail | 3.7 miles | 2006 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02001481 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Cass County | All 26 listed properties in this county. |
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