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One of 12 National Register listings published here for Colfax County · listed in 2022 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Merchant Park
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Corner of Higgins Dr. and Adams St., Schuyler, 68661
- When was it listed? October 2022
- Category. structure
- Also known as. New Deal Work Relief Projects in Nebraska MPS
- Precinct. Schuyler precinct
- National Register reference number. 100008313 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Merchant Park in 2020, burning about 12 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 | 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 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
60 of 73 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schuyler, the town this property stands in, in 73 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 34 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 5 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 2008 | Hail | Schuyler | $3,000,000 | Hail up to golfball-size fell in the Schuyler area for around 20 minutes. The hail caused considerable damage to houses, vehicles and trees in town. The ground was almost completely covered white with hail and hail fragments. An insurance agent stated the damage was in the millions of dollars. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Schuyler | $1,000,000 | Heavy rain which fell on May 29th eventually worked its way down Shell Creek to just northeast of Schuyler overflowing into a tributary which flooded the northeast section of town late on May 30th. The flooding continued into Saturday, May 31st and forced the evacuation of some people in town. The water mostly flooded basements and garages, but it also affected the main floors of a few homes and several businesses. In all 250 homes and buildings were damaged and 8 families were permanently displaced. The water reached 4 to 5 feet deep on a few streets. Just north of town the flood waters crossed Highway 15 for a while. The dollar damage due to flooding in town and the surrounding rural areas of Colfax county exceeded $1 million. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Schuyler | $540,000 | Damage to 10 farmsteads and a 100 year old historic church. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Schuyler | - | Public mPING report of hail estimated at 1.00 inch in diameter. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Schuyler | - | Public report of hail estimated at 1.00 inch in diameter. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Schuyler | - | Trained spotter report of hail estimated at 1.00 inch in diameter. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Schuyler | - | Trained spotter report of hail estimated up to 1.5 in diameter. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Schuyler | - | Delayed report of hail estimated at baseball-sized hail via a picture relayed by emergency management. Time estimated based on radar. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Law enforcement reported a tree down on Highway 15 just north of the Platte River bridge. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | The office received a public report of a tree blown down across Highway 15. The time was estimated by radar. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Schuyler | - | Public reported 1.25 inch hail. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Schuyler | - | A brief tornado developed west of Schuyler and moved east northeast before dissipating northeast of Schuyler. Damage along the track consisted of approximately 20 broken power poles and several overturned center pivot irrigation systems. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Public reported large tree down in front yard via Twitter. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Law enforcement reported sporadic damage to trees north of Schyuler. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Public reported a measured wind gust of 77 mph. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Public reported small tree limbs damaged by wind. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Public reported 1 inch tree limbs damaged. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Schuyler | - | This is for flooding along the Platte River. The river gage at North Bend, operated by the USGS, peaked at 11.91 feet at 8 am on March 17th. Minor flood stage is 8 feet, moderate flood stage is 12 feet while major flood stage is 15 feet. Preliminary this peak is the 3rd highest on record. Ice jamming also played a role in the flooding at this location. The net effect of this flooding was overwhelmed by the high water that immediately proceeded any river ice movement. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Schuyler | - | Highway 15 closed between 44th and Higgins Drive due to flooding. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Schuyler | - | Highway 15 closed between Schuyler and Octavia due to ice and water going over the Platte River bridge. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | A storm chaser estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust 1/2 mile east of Schuyler. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | A semi was blown over on Highway and significant tree damage was reported in the city of Schuyler. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 80 mph caused a swath of damage from west of Schuyler through Rogers and into Dodge county. In Colfax county trees were snapped and center pivots were overturned. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Schuyler | - | Hail up to golf ball-size fell in the Schuyler area for 10 to 15 minutes. The hail was accompanied by winds estimated at 60 mph. The hail broke windows and damaged cars and siding. The area 4 miles northeast of Schuyler was hit the hardest according to emergency management. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Thunderstorm winds gusts estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by hail that was quarter and golf ball-size. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph caused significant tree damage around the Schuyler area along with some property damage. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at around 60 mph downed large branches northwest of Schuyler. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Schuyler | - | The hail was accompanied by winds estimated at up to 50 mph. Apparently winds were stronger and hail a bit larger north of town. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph caused tree and scattered house damage from around 7 miles north of Schuyler into Schuyler. Seven miles north of town the winds blew a kitchen window out of a house, and trees or large branches were downed in the Schuyler area causing scattered house damage. The winds were accompanied by hail up to golf ball-size. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | A large section of a tree was blown onto the roof of a house in town causing moderate damage. |
| February 2007 | Flood | Schuyler | - | An ice jam on the Platte River caused water to flow across Highway 15 south of Schuyler briefly closing it for a while. The flooding was also observed around a park south of town. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | A large tree was blown down across the highway just north of town by thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed some small limbs north of town. The winds were accompanied by hail up to 1 inch in diameter. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph flattened corn north of the Schuyler area. Some hail damage was also noted in the area, but size was unknown. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by nickel size hail. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Schuyler | - | Baseball size hail was reported north of Schuyler. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 to 70 mph downed trees and overturned irrigation center pivots near town. Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter also fell with the storm. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Schuyler | - | A weak tornado touched down just southwest of Schuyler and overturned a center pivot irrigation system before lifting. This was a separate event from the wind damage reported near town a little later. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Schuyler | - | Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter fell for at least 10 minutes in the Schuyler area. The hail was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 to 70 mph. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Schuyler | - | Hail up to 3 inches in diameter was reported in Schuyler. This was from the same supercell that produced a brief tornado touchdown southwest of town. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Schuyler | - | A brief touchdown of a tornado was sighted by several trained spotters near the Platte River southwest of Schuyler. The tornado touched down in open fields and apparently did little or no damage. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph uprooted cottonwood trees in the Schuyler area. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at least 60 mph blew the top of a grain bin off in town. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph destroyed a farm building scattering the debris over 100 yards. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Schuyler | - | Rainfall of 3.5 to 4 inches caused flash flooding of roads northeast of Schuyler. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Schuyler | - | Flash flooding in town with water over highway 30 and over the park and golf course on the south side of town. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Schuyler | - | Debris on highway. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Schuyler | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schuyler | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Schuyler | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Schuyler | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Schuyler | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Schuyler | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Schuyler | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Schuyler | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Schuyler | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Schuyler | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Schuyler | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Oak Ballroom | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Schuyler Carnegie Library | 0.6 miles | 2001 |
 | US Post Office-Schuyler | 0.6 miles | 1992 |
 | Schuyler City Hall | 0.6 miles | 1981 |
| Schuyler Downtown Historic District | 0.6 miles | 2016 | |
 | Colfax County Courthouse | 0.6 miles | 1981 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008313 in Record Group 79. |
| Colfax County | All 12 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.