Diamond Springs Stage Station Site

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

From the record

“The Diamond Springs Stage Station Site, in Keith County, Nebraska near Brule, Nebraska was the site of a stagecoach station in 1859. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.”
Wikipedia article Diamond Springs Stage Station Site, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Keith County · listed in 1970 · category: Site.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. 1 mi. W of Brule exit on I-80, Brule, 69127
When was it listed? October 1970
Category. site
Precinct. Brule precinct
National Register reference number. 70000371 - 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

38 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Diamond Springs Stage Station Site between 2006 and 2020, burning about 119 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	13
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Recreation and ceremony	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Natural	1
Fireworks	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
4 September 2011	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
4 September 2008	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
30 September 2016	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
23 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
6 August 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
24 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
18 August 2014	Natural	40 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Keith County

Storms near this property

60 of 113 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brule, the town this property stands in, in 113 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 80 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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
May 2024	Tornado (EF1)	Brule	$600,000	The tornado touched down near road M5 south and Road West 40 in southwestern Keith county where it damaged power poles, snapped several trees off and destroyed a 5000 bushel grain bin. The tornado traveled to the east, overturning two center pivot irrigation systems approximately a quarter mile east of the initial touchdown point. The tornado continued east, damaging outbuildings and overturning a third pivot. The tornado traveled further east, overturning a semi trailer, damaging a shelter belt and striping shingles and siding off a house at a farmstead. The tornado then tracked northeast, where it flipped a fourth center pivot, and damaged outbuildings at a farmstead. The tornado traveled another mile to the northeast before dissipating. Before it dissipated two more center pivot irrigation systems were destroyed.
May 2024	Tornado (EF1)	Brule	$450,000	A tornado touched down in the vicinity of Road west I south and road west 50 damaging several trees and overturning a center pivot irrigation system. The tornado traveled approximately 1 mile to the east southeast, destroying two more center pivot irrigation systems. About a half a mile east of this point, the tornado struck a farmstead, destroying a large covered building, destroyed trees and caused roof damage to a farm house. The tornado dissipated approximately a half a mile east of this point, where it overturned a center pivot irrigation system.
September 2013	Flood	Brule	$335,000	Flooding occurred along the South Platte River from September 18th through September 27th as water from the historic rains in Colorado moved through the river system. Cropland and pastureland along the river was flooded. The Nebraska Link 51A Link and Nebraska Link 51B connecting Interstate 80 with the towns of Brule and Roscoe were closed. At least three businesses sustained minor flooding in and near the cities of Brule and Ogallala. Septic problems were noted at several residences around Brule causing some basement damage. Two homes southeast of Roscoe near Nebraska Link 51B suffered severe damage.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Brule	$125,000	Heavy rain of 3 to 6 inches caused rapid runoff. Water flowed across secondary roads south of Ogallala and around Lake McConaughy. Some secondary roads were washed out.
June 2009	Hail	Brule	$15,000	no account filed
July 2012	Hail	Brule	$10,000	no account filed
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	$5,000	Power lines reported down at this location. Winds estimated at 60 MPH.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	$5,000	Public reports tree damage with 10 inch diameter limbs down west of Brule.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	$5,000	General public reported large trees blown down. Windows were broken out in quonset building and vehicle. A corral was also knocked down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
September 2007	Hail	Brule	$5,000	Hail nearly covered the ground.
April 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	$1,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 70 MPH, uprooted a 1 foot diameter tree at this location. Report was from social media.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	$1,000	70 mph wind caused power pole to snap off
July 2023	Hail	Brule	-	Public reported golf ball size hail near Brule.
July 2023	Hail	Brule	-	Public reported tennis ball size hail near Brule.
May 2022	Hail	Brule	-	Half dollar sized hail along with 68 MPH winds broke an egress window and damaged a mesonet station. Hail was piled up 6 inches on the ground.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	Thunderstorm wind gust of 59 MPH measured by a Union Pacific Railroad mesonet.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	A trained weather spotter estimated wind gusts of at least 60 mph west of Ogallala.
July 2022	Hail	Brule	-	Public reported quarter size hail northeast of Big Springs.
May 2020	Hail	Brule	-	Quarter sized hail and smaller hail stones reported at this location. Time estimated by radar.
May 2019	Hail	Brule	-	Tennis to golf ball sized hail reported at this location.
September 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	Nickel sized hail and 60 MPH wind gusts reported at this location.
June 2018	Flash Flood	Brule	-	Cooperative observer reports water over highway 30 approximately 3 miles west of Brule.
August 2018	Hail	Brule	-	A picture report was provided on social media.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	Public estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
June 2018	Tornado (EF0)	Brule	-	Tornado briefly touched down in an open field with no damage reported.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	No significant damage reported from this wind gust.
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	Estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	Mesonet Observation from 515 PM MDT.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 MPH produced near zero visibility due to blowing dust.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	Social media report of numerous empty center pivot irrigation systems flipped over 8 miles southwest of Brule. Estimated winds in the vicinity of 70 mph.
September 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	Strong winds were accompanied by nickle size hail.
August 2012	Lightning	Brule	-	A lightning strike ignited a wildfire at the Eagle Canyon Hideaway that burned up to 3,000 acres of grassland and timber.
June 2010	Funnel Cloud	Brule	-	The local Coperative Observer reported a well defined funnel cloud.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	Severe Thunderstorm Winds drove construction cones, signs, metal road signs, and other items into the Interstate 80 roadway, west of Big Springs, near Brule.
September 2007	Hail	Brule	-	Heavy rain and very gusty winds accompanied the hail.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	Large tree limbs were broken off trees.
June 1998	Hail	Brule	-	Large tree limbs blown down.
October 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	Thunderstorm winds levelled a convenience store/gas station under construction; 45 foot by 55 foot, at the I-80 interchange.
October 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	Thunderstorm winds lifted the roof off a home and then set it back down.
August 1993	Hail	Brule	-	Hail up to nickel-size combined with winds of over 60 mph damaged crops across the county. The crops damaged severely included 3,000 acres of corn, 600 acres of beans, 200 acres of popcorn and 200 acres of alfalfa.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	Hail up to nickel-size combined with winds of over 60 mph damaged crops across the county. The crops damaged severely included 3,000 acres of corn, 600 acres of beans, 200 acres of popcorn and 200 acres of alfalfa.
August 1993	Hail	Brule	-	A line of severe thunderstorms pushed through Keith county. Dime-size hail covered the ground and formed drifts north of Roscoe. A hail drift 6 inches deep remained there during the early afternoon. Hail up to golfball-size fell at Roscoe, south of Ogallala and at Brule. The hail damaged 1,000 acres of corn, 300 acres of sunflowers, 250 acres of beans, along with some hay. There was also some structural damage to buildings, windows were broken , and cars were dented.
June 2025	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Brule	-	no account filed
August 2025	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
May 2024	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
June 2022	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
June 2022	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
May 2019	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
May 2019	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
August 2019	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
September 2019	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
August 2018	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
August 2018	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
September 2016	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Brule	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Keith County

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

1 within 8 miles

Other 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
	California Hill	3.5 miles	1974

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 70000371 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Keith 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.