BlockFrom the record
One of 14 National Register listings published here for Knox County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Winnetoon Public School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 308 Jones St., Winnetoon, 68789
- When was it listed? March 2020
- Category. building
- Also known as. School Buildings in Nebraska MPS
- Township. Miller township
- National Register reference number. 100005053 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
17 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Winnetoon Public School between 2014 and 2019, burning about 134 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Winnetoon Public School: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coutts and Sons Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Selders Sand & Gravel Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winnetoon, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 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 2025 | Hail | Winnetoon | - | Trained spotter report of hail nearing tennis ball-size from chaser live stream. Time estimated from radar on Highway 14 West of Winnetoon, NE. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Winnetoon | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnetoon | - | The emergency manager reported large tree branches blown down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnetoon | - | Local law enforcement reported that 12 inch tree limbs were broke off. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Winnetoon | - | The public reported flash flooding in rural Knox County. The flooding included several county roads becoming flooded from rainfall runoff, as well as flooding of farm fields. Rainfall amounts greater than 4 inches were reported in this part of Knox County that led to the flooding. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winnetoon | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by hail up to golfball-size. The winds and hail caused vehicle and house damage in Creighton and crop damage near town, especially in the Winnetoon area northwest of Creighton. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Winnetoon | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Winnetoon | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Winnetoon | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Winnetoon | - | 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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Winnetoon Jail | under 500 feet | 1995 |
 | Z.C.B.J. Opera House | 6.8 miles | 1988 |
 | Commercial Hotel, The | 6.9 miles | 1990 |
 | Knox County Courthouse | 7.9 miles | 1990 |
 | Episcopal Church | 8.0 miles | 1972 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005053 in Record Group 79. |
| Knox County | All 14 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.
- 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.