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One of 9 National Register listings published here for Dawson County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Temple, Harry V., House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 305 E. 13th St., Lexington, 68850
- When was it listed? November 2019
- Category. building
- City. Lexington city
- National Register reference number. 100004608 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
81 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Temple, Harry V., House between 2007 and 2020, burning about 97 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
60 of 109 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lexington, the town this property stands in, in 109 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 72 hail, 30 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Hail | Lexington | 3 hurt, $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lexington | $2,000,000 | Hail ranging in size from quarters to baseballs was reported in town by trained spotters and law enforcement officials. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | $1,000,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH accompanied hail to the size of golf balls. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Lexington | $1,000,000 | Hail ranging in size from quarters to half dollars was reported and accompanied wind gusts of 60 to 70 MPH. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | $1,000,000 | Wind gusts near and in Lexington were estimated to be between 60 and 70 MPH. These winds accompanied hail ranging in size from quarters to half dollars. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lexington | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Lexington | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Lexington | $250,000 | Hail up to two inches in diameter was reported in the area. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Lexington | $250,000 | Hail ranging in size from golf balls to baseballs was reported and was accompanied by wind gusts estimated to be near 55 MPH. |
| September 2000 | Lightning | Lexington | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | $150,000 | Tree limbs that were 8 to 10 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Lexington | $125,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Lexington | $100,000 | A small stretch of Highway 21 was completely covered in hail. Most hail stones were near the size of golf balls, with some as large as 3 in diameter. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Lexington | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lexington | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Lexington | $50,000 | Hail ranging in size from quarters to golf balls was reported. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | $50,000 | Trailers were blown onto their sides at Tyson Foods. The trailers were empty. Time was estimated from radar. A photo was received via Facebook of two full length truck trailers that were blown over. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Lexington | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Lexington | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Lexington | $40,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lexington | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Lexington | $25,000 | Flooding in the streets of Lexington was up to 2 feet deep on some roads. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lexington | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lexington | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Lexington | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Lexington | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lexington | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lexington | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Lexington | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Lexington | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Lexington | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | $15,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in tree damage in the area, with some limbs upwards of 6 to 8 inches in diameter. Power outages were reported in Lexington. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds in the form of a wet microburst turned a tractor-semitrailer on its side and destroyed an outbuilding. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lexington | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Lexington | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lexington | $5,000 | Nickel to quarter size hail reported. Accompanied by heavy rain. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lexington | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Lexington | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Lexington | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Lexington | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Lexington | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | A wind gust of 64 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles east of Lexington. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | A wind gust of 64 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles west-northwest of Lexington. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | A wind gust of 68 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles east of Lexington. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Spotter measured the wind gust with a hand held anemometer. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH. Reports from the area included damage to an irrigation well engine shed and a power pole knocked down approximately 1 mile east of Lexington and one mile north of Interstate 80. A large cottonwood tree was also knocked down east of Lexington. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Wind gusts estimated at 70 MPH. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Wind gusts estimated at 80 MPH. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington | - | Wind gust measured at 59 mph from AWOS. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Lexington | - | Winds blew at 40 to 50 mph with the hail. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Lexington | - | A brief tornado was observed in open country north of Lexington by a Nebraska State Patrol officer. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Lexington | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Lexington | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ira Webster Olive House | under 500 feet | 1989 |
 | Dawson County Courthouse | 0.5 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004608 in Record Group 79. |
| Dawson County | All 9 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.