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Photograph of Columbia Hall
Photograph by Ammodramus, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Columbia Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

“Columbia Hall, also known as NEHBS #HW04-056, is an historic building located in Dannebrog, Nebraska, United States that was built in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 2005.”

Wikipedia article Columbia Hall (Dannebrog, Nebraska), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Howard County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Jct. of NE 58 and W. Roger Wetsch Ave., Dannebrog, 68831
  • When was it listed? July 2005
  • Category. building
  • Precinct. Dannebrog precinct
  • National Register reference number. 05000724 - 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

15 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Columbia Hall between 2004 and 2018, burning about 68 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 burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4

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
26 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
24 July 2017Debris and open burning25 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 May 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 April 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 April 2017Equipment and vehicle use10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Storms near this property

56 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dannebrog, the town this property stands in, in 56 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 33 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 3 heavy rain. 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
March 2019Flash FloodDannebrog$1,000,000no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$100,000no account filed
April 1999Tornado (F2)Dannebrog$100,000no account filed
May 2003Tornado (F0)Dannebrog$75,000Brief tornado touch down northwest of Dannebrog did some minor damage to outbuildings, irrigation pivots and trees.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$75,000no account filed
June 2014HailDannebrog$50,000Golfball to hen egg size hail was reported.
June 2014FloodDannebrog$50,000Water was over Highway 11 south of Dannebrog. Law enforcement barricaded Highway 11 one mile south of mile marker 31 due to flooding. Several county roads were under water in southwestern Howard County. At least four inches of rain fell in the community of Boelus.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$50,000no account filed
September 2015HailDannebrog$35,000Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported in the area.
May 2005HailDannebrog$25,000no account filed
May 2005HailDannebrog$25,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$25,000no account filed
May 2003HailDannebrog$25,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$25,000no account filed
September 1998HailDannebrog$25,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$25,000no account filed
May 2008Flash FloodDannebrog$15,000Thunderstorms rolled across the same area of southeast Howard County during the evening hours and dumped several inches of rain. This caused roads and some small creeks to quickly flood.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$15,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$15,000no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$15,000no account filed
May 2007FloodDannebrog$10,000no account filed
July 2006FloodDannebrog$10,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$10,000no account filed
July 2004HailDannebrog$10,000no account filed
May 2001HailDannebrog$10,000no account filed
June 2005Heavy RainDannebrog$5,000no account filed
July 1995HailDannebrog$2,000no account filed
April 2024Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$1,000Minor outbuilding damage was reported three miles west of Dannebrog.
June 2024FloodDannebrog-Based on radar estimation and various totals from NWS/NeRAIN/CoCoRaHS observers, widespread rainfall of 3-6 inches (localized 7+ inches) fell across most of the county mainly between 7 p.m. CDT on the 21st and 12:30 a.m. CDT on the 22nd. A river gage along the Turkey Creek north of Dannebrog registered a record crest of 21.63 feet (flood stage 17.0') on the morning of the 22nd. Emergency management reported numerous rural roads under water and an evacuation was needed at one farmstead northwest of Dannebrog. Other area creeks and streams flooded, including the Dry and Oak Creeks. The flooding of Oak Creek had a significant impact in Dannebrog, closing Highway 58, flooding the park and several streets, and causing a few homes to need sandbagged. In all, a reported seven homes received water damage and 14 city blocks flooded, causing $50,000 in city infrastructure damage. Flood waters in and near Dannebrog did not start to recede appreciably until late evening on the 22nd. Per county officials, 60 miles of county roads were damaged at an estimated cost of $393,000. In addition, 11 bridges were damaged with an estimated repair at $275,000.
July 2016Heavy RainDannebrog-Total rainfall over the past 24 hours was 3.13 inches, much of which fell in past 3-4 hours.
June 2014Heavy RainDannebrog-A 24 hour total of 3.11 inches of rain occurred 3 miles east southeast of Dannebrog. This report was from an NERAIN observer. The rain occurred from late afternoon into the overnight hours.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindDannebrog-Wind gusts were estimated at 75 MPH.
July 2008HailDannebrog-Pea to dime size hail accompained by 30 to 40 mph winds.
May 1997HailDannebrog-Severe thunderstorms rolled across parts of south central Nebraska during the late evening. Funnel clouds were observed near Loup City while hail covered the ground west of Dannebrog with the storms passage.
March 2021HailDannebrog-no account filed
April 2019HailDannebrog-no account filed
April 2019HailDannebrog-no account filed
July 2016HailDannebrog-no account filed
June 2014HailDannebrog-no account filed
June 2014HailDannebrog-no account filed
June 2014HailDannebrog-no account filed
June 2014HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2012HailDannebrog-no account filed
October 2011HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2005HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2005HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2005HailDannebrog-no account filed
June 2005HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2004HailDannebrog-no account filed
April 2003HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2003HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2003HailDannebrog-no account filed
August 2001HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2000HailDannebrog-no account filed
August 1999HailDannebrog-no account filed
July 1995HailDannebrog-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Howard County

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 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
St. Peder's Dansk Evangelical Lutheran Kirke3.6 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05000724 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Howard CountyAll 5 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.