BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Burt County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
A.B. Fuller House
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.
- Listed as. Fuller, A.B., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 400 8th St., Decatur, 68020
- When was it listed? July 2020
- Category. building
- Township. Decatur township
- National Register reference number. 100005334 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
17 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of A.B. Fuller House between 2002 and 2017, burning about 1,685 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2002 | Smoking | 40 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302015 |
| 7 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302016 |
| 7 April 2002 | Smoking | 11 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302027 |
| 6 April 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302014 |
| 6 April 2002 | Fireworks | 13 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302028 |
| 5 April 2002 | Fireworks | 11 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302029 |
| 5 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302025 |
| 29 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 260 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this property
34 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Decatur, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 21 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flood | Decatur | $100,000 | Flooding along the Missouri River gradually worsened over the area during June as record releases from Gavins Point Dam brought widespread flooding along the river. In Burt county the flooding generally began during the first week of the month as the gauge at Decatur didn't surpass flood stage until around June 6th. However, by the middle of the month the gauge had climbed above 38 feet and reached around 40 feet by the end of the month. Flood stage at Decatur is 35 feet. Flooding in Burt county especially affected agricultural lowlands, recreation areas and roads near the river but also forced evacuation of 150 to 200 homes. Late in the month the Highway 175 bridge over the Missouri between Decatur and Onawa was closed due to erosion of the abutment on the Iowa side of the bridge. The flooding persisted into July. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Decatur | $50,000 | Flooding along the Missouri River gradually worsened over the area during June and continued into July as record releases from Gavins Point Dam brought widespread flooding along the River. In Burt county the flooding generally began during the first week of June as the gauge at Decatur didn't surpass flood stage until around June 6th. The level climbed to around 40 feet by the end of June and remained around that level through July. Flood stage at Decatur is 35 feet. Flooding in Burt county especially affected agricultural lowlands, recreation areas and roads near the river but also forced evacuation of 150 to 200 homes. Late in June the Highway 175 bridge over the Missouri between Decatur and Onawa was closed due to erosion of the abutment on the Iowa side of the bridge. The flooding persisted into August. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Decatur | $10,000 | River flooding from upstream excessive rain impacted the region, bringing the Missouri River to moderate flood stage. The Missouri River crested at 37.55 feet at the Decatur gauge at 03:45 CDT on 6/26. Flood stage at this gauge is 35.0 feet. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Decatur | $5,000 | Flooding along the Missouri River continued into August as record releases from Gavins Point Dam, initially due to heavy rain and snow melt, and then to mostly heavy rain brought widespread flooding along the River. However, by the end of the month the river fell drastically as releases from Gavins Point Dam were cut way back and the river gauge at Decatur dropped below its 35 foot flood stage late on Aug. 31. Earlier in the summer flooding in Burt county affected agricultural lowlands, recreation areas and roads near the river and also forced evacuation of 150 to 200 homes. Late in June the Highway 175 bridge over the Missouri between Decatur and Onawa was closed due to erosion of the abutment on the Iowa side of the bridge and the bridge remained closed during August. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | - | The Burt County Emergency Manager reported a 65 miles per hour wind gust on the north side of Decatur, Nebraska. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Decatur | - | An EF-0 tornado developed just north of Decatur, breaking tree limbs and bringing down power lines. The tornado lasted approximately 1 minute and was approximately 75 yards wide according to video and eyewitness reports. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Decatur | - | Public reported 1-inch hail via mPing. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Decatur | - | Public reported a lot of hail, most of it nickel size with some stones up to 1 inch. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Decatur | - | Trained spotter reported 1 inch hail. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Decatur | - | This is for flooding along the Missouri River. The river gage at Decatur, operated by the USGS, peaked at 36.59 feet at 5 pm on March 17th. Minor flood stage is 35 feet. Preliminary this was the 3rd highest crest on record. |
| November 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | - | Dime size hail also accompanied winds. |
| November 2012 | Hail | Decatur | - | Dime-size hail was accompanied by wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph. |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Decatur | - | Rainfall estimated at around 3 inches in several hours caused flash flooding across parts of Highway 75 near Decatur for a few hours. Damage was apparently minimal, but the flooding did detour traffic for a while. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | - | Thunderstorm winds of around 60 mph downed a few large branches in town. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Decatur | - | Hail around 3/4 of an inch in diameter fell for a little under 10 minutes in Decatur. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | - | Numerous trees were blown down and windows in a house were blown in at a location 6 miles west and 3 miles south of Decatur. Winds estimated to be over 80 mph. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Decatur | - | Hail up to golf ball size was accompanied by heavy rain with 2.00 inches in 60 minutes. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree which briefly blocked Highway 51 west of Decatur. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Decatur | - | A storm spotter reported hail up to golfball size caused "extreme damage" in town. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Decatur | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decatur | - | 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 100005334 in Record Group 79. |
| Burt 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.