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One of 4 National Register listings published here for Rock County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Ash Creek Ranch Barn
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 889th Road, Newport, 68759
- When was it listed? April 2025
- Category. building
- Precinct. Kirkwood precinct
- National Register reference number. 100011613 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ash Creek Ranch Barn between 2009 and 2017, burning about 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
60 of 71 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newport, the town this property stands in, in 71 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 47 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Newport | $250,000 | Widespread flooding reported in Newport. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Newport | $250,000 | Thunderstorms which slowed and began back building across parts of Northern Rock county resulted in flash flooding. Culverts and bridges were washed out as storms began to train with torrential rainfall over a 3.5 hour period. Rainfall up to 8 inches was indicated on the KLNX WSR-88D 3 hour precipitation graphic. The Department of Roads reported a close 7.7 inches of rainfall as of 1630 pm CST. The excessive rains resulted in increased runoff with over 2 feet of water flowing over roadways 7 miles north of Newport, on Highway 137, by 1608 PM CST and water over Highway 20, 8 miles west of Bassett, by 1720 pm CST as thunderstorms redeveloped to the west. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF2) | Newport | $200,000 | A tornado touched down north of Newport and overturned 2 center pivot irrigation systems, moved a 5000 bushel gran bin approximately 75 yards, snapped a large electrical transmission line pole, snapped a smaller wooden power pole, broke off numerous tree limbs, damaged the roof of an outbuilding, and picked up and spun around an empty grain truck traveling on Highway 20. The truck was heading west and was picked up and deposited in the south ditch. A storm chaser on Highway 20 also witnessed the tornado. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Newport | $120,000 | Thunderstorms with prolonged heavy rain caused widespread flooding across southeastern Rock County. Highway 20 near Newport and Highway 183 south of Bassett were under water. Numerous rural roads were severely damaged from flooding. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Newport | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Newport | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Newport | $15,000 | The hail was accompanied by strong winds and stripped leaves off the trees. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $15,000 | Outflow from thunderstorms broke off large tree branches and destroyed an old barn. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Newport | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Newport | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Newport | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Newport | $5,000 | Hail up to Tennis ball sized lasted for 20 minutes. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Newport | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $1,000 | Numerous tree branches down and gutters damaged on house. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Newport | $1,000 | Hail broke out one home window. |
| August 2011 | Lightning | Newport | $250 | Lightning started several trees on fire near the Keya Paha River in northern Rock county at 12:25 p.m. CDT. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Thunderstorm wind gust, measured at 62 MPH was reported at this location. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH estimated at this location along with penny sized hail. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Newport | - | Public reports three inch diameter hail along with quarter and golf ball sized hail at this location. Two inches of hail accumulation was reported as well. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Estimated wind gust of 60 MPH at this location. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Radio station relayed a report of trees down including damage to a vehicle in Newport. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Strong winds knocked out power to Newport. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 60 MPH, brought 8 to 10 inch diameter tree limbs down at this location. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Tree branches down from the wind gust. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Public reported thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 MPH. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH reported at this location. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Newport | - | Twenty four hour rainfall total. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Newport Fire Department reported winds at 80 to 100 mph. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Newport | - | General public reported quarter sized hail 5 miles south southwest of Newport. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Newport | - | General public reported quarter to half dollar sized hail in Newport. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | A storm chaser reported intense straight line winds following a brief tornado. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Newport | - | Rock County spotters reported a funnel cloud just north and west of Newport. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Newport | - | Rock County sheriff reported a funnel cloud along Highway 137 north of Newport. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Newport | - | Hail accumulated to one to two inches on the ground. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Newport | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Newport | - | 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 100011613 in Record Group 79. |
| Rock County | All 4 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.