BlockFrom the record
One of 23 National Register listings published here for Dodge County · listed in 2010 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Scribner Town Hall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. W terminus of Howard St at 3rd St, Scribner, 68057
- When was it listed? August 2010
- Category. building
- City. Scribner city
- Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 10000608 - 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
46 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Scribner Town Hall between 2002 and 2011, burning about 104 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
35 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scribner, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 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 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Scribner | $300,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Flood | Scribner | $5,000 | A band of 2 to 3 inches of rain fell across the Pebble Creek basin causing it to flood for the second time in around a week. The creek near Scribner reached a crest around 22.3 feet during the afternoon of June 27th, flood stage is 18 feet. The flooding impacted county roads and farmland near the stream. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scribner | - | Trained spotter report of 2diameter tree limbs falling, with an estimated wind speed of 50-60 mph. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Scribner | - | Public reported that it hailed for over 10 minutes. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Scribner | - | Public reported 1 inch hail. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scribner | - | Public reported several trees and powerlines down. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scribner | - | Received multiple reports via social media of trees and large branches down in town. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Scribner | - | This is for flooding along the Elkhorn River. The river gage at Winslow, operated by the Nebraska DNR, peaked at 24.14 feet at 1 am on March 14th. Minor flood stage is 17 feet. Major flood stage is 24 feet. Preliminary this is a record crest. The town of Winslow received extensive damage as their levee was easily overtopped. This river gage stopped reporting around 6 am on March 14th. This was likely due to river ice damaging the gage sensor. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scribner | - | Numerous trees were reported downed in the town of Schribner. There was also some outbuildings destroyed. The entire town was without power for some time. |
| September 2016 | Flood | Scribner | - | Heavy rainfall caused the Pebble Creek to rise into major flood near the town of Scribner. The flooding necessitated the closing of the flood gates that protect the town of Scribner, which also closes US Highway 275 through town. Outside of town significant low-land flooding was observed which closed numerous county roadways. The river crested at 22.35 ft before quickly falling on the 16t. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scribner | - | A spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts were around 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Scribner | - | Rainfall of a little over 3 inches was reported in the Scribner area. The rain fell in a several hour period and produced flooding along sections of Maple Creek later that day. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scribner | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph downed numerous tree limbs and a few trees in the Scribner area. The corner of a roof of a chemical building was also severely damaged. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scribner | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts of around 60 mph flattened some corn east of Scribner and knocked over or uprooted a few trees around the area. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scribner | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph downed a tree southwest of Scribner. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scribner | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph uprooted several trees and destroyed some farm outbuildings between Scribner and Hooper. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scribner | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph downed numerous power lines and several large tree limbs. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scribner | - | Wind damage was reported from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph in Scribner. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Scribner | - | Brief touchdown of a small tornado caught on film. No damage reported. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Scribner | - | Heavy rain caused flooding around Scribner which briefly closed highway 275. |
| August 1999 | Flash Flood | Scribner | - | Around 5 inches of rain in a 12 hour period ending before midnight caused Mud Creek to flood junction of highways 91 and 275. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Scribner | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Scribner | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Scribner | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Scribner | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Scribner | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Scribner | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Scribner | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Scribner | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Scribner | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Scribner | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scribner | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Scribner | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Scribner | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Scribner | - | 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Harder Hotel | under 500 feet | 1989 |
 | Scheider's Opera House | 6.7 miles | 1988 |
 | Hooper Historic District | 7.2 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 10000608 in Record Group 79. |
| Dodge County | All 23 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.