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One of 6 National Register listings published here for Valley County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Arcadia Township Carnegie Library
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. 100 South Reynolds St., Arcadia, 68815
- When was it listed? March 2020
- Category. building
- Also known as. Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska MPS
- Township. Arcadia township
- National Register reference number. 100005056 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Arcadia Township Carnegie Library in 2008, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
60 of 76 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcadia, the town this property stands in, in 76 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 52 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | $1,500,000 | Wind gusts of 80 to 90 MPH were reported along and near this path. Peak measured wind gusts include: 89 MPH, by a mesonet station located eight miles west-southwest of Ord; 82 MPH, by a mesonet station located four miles west-southwest of Ord; 75 MPH, by a Nebraska Mesonet station located two miles northwest of Ord; 73 MPH, by a mesonet station located six miles southwest of Ord. Widespread damage was reported in and around Arcadia by a NWS Cooperative Observer, who estimated wind speeds to be 80 to 90 MPH with near-zero visibility due to blowing dirt. Numerous trees were uprooted or torn apart, and many buildings and grains bins were damaged or destroyed. Numerous pivots were overturned. Hail up to the size of ping pong balls was driven by this wind, enhancing the destructive nature of the storm. In and around Ord, law enforcement also reported widespread tree damage, along with fencing and shed damage. The NWS Cooperative Observer in Ord reported pea to dime size hail lasted for approximately 10-15 minutes. The Fort Hartsuff State Park area in far northern Valley County also reported tree damage. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Arcadia | $1,000,000 | Hail ranged in size from quarters to ping pong balls. Crop damage was reported in the area. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Arcadia | $250,000 | A tornado moved across western Valley county and was reported by an off duty meteorologist from the SPC. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | $150,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH knocked over 3 irrigation pivots. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Arcadia | $100,000 | The NWS Cooperative Observer located two miles west of Arcadia reported hail up to the size of ping pong balls, driven by wind gusts of 80 to 90 MPH. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Arcadia | $100,000 | Radar estimation showed that rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches fell across the area. Emergency management reported some rural roads were covered with water. Approximately 6 miles south of Ord, a bridge crossing Mira Creek was washed out. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | $100,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. Crop and tree damage was reported in the area. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Arcadia | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Arcadia | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Arcadia | $50,000 | Hail up to the size of half dollars was reported. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Arcadia | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Arcadia | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Arcadia | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Arcadia | $40,000 | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Arcadia | $35,000 | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Arcadia | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Arcadia | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Arcadia | $25,000 | Wind gusts up to 50 mph occurred along with dime to golf ball size hail. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Arcadia | $25,000 | Heavy rainfall over a few hours resulted in water running over the intersection of Highways 70 and 58 east of Arcadia for a short time. There were portions of a number of county roads and driveways covered with water. Ground truth rainfall totals ranged from 3 to 5 inches. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Arcadia | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Arcadia | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Arcadia | $20,000 | Nickel to golf ball size hail was reported, along with wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | $10,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in large tree limbs being downed in Arcadia, some as large as 10-12 in diameter. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Arcadia | $10,000 | Crop damage was reported in the area. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Arcadia | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Arcadia | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Arcadia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 65 MPH. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Arcadia | - | Hail ranging in size from quarters to two inches in diameter was reported near and along this path from near Arcadia to Ord. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Arcadia | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Arcadia | - | A few quarter size hail stones occurred, but most were smaller. This was associated with a morning storm, apart from the primary severe event later in the day. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Arcadia | - | A 24-hour precipitation amount of 3.08 inches was recorded 2 miles west of Arcadia. |
| April 2016 | Heavy Rain | Arcadia | - | Twenty-four rainfall was 3.09 inches. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Arcadia | - | Report of 4.75 inches of rain in the past 24 hours, with approximately 4 inches of that falling in the past 3 hours. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Arcadia | - | Total rainfall over the past 24 hours was 4.25 inches, much of which fell in past 3-4 hours. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | - | Tree limbs of 4 inch diameter or smaller were reported down in Arcadia. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 MPH, knocking down tree limbs between 5 and 6 inches in diameter. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcadia | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH accompanied by small hail resulted in crop damage across the area. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Arcadia | - | The Valley County Emergency Manager observed a brief tornado in southern Valley county. The tornado did no damage. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Arcadia | - | A brief tornado was reported just west of Arcadia. No damage was reported. |
| July 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Arcadia | - | Brief touchdown in open country reported by volunteer fireman. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Arcadia | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Arcadia | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005056 in Record Group 79. |
| Valley County | All 6 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.