BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Nemaha County · listed in 1970 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Brownville Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
The listing
- Address. Bounded by Allen, Richard, Nemaha, Nebraska, 7th, and 2nd Sts. and the Missouri River, Brownville, 68321
- When was it listed? May 1970
- Category. district
- Precinct. Brownville precinct
- National Register reference number. 70000374 - 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
17 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Brownville Historic District between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1,234 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230704-00310-04072020-1645 |
| 8 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,200 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brownville Historic District: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikkelson Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
27 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownville, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 12 hail, 8 flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2010 | Flood | Brownville | $10,000 | Melting snow, along with several rain events, brought a prolonged period of lowland flooding along the Missouri River, especially downstream of its confluence with the Platte River near Plattsmouth. The river at Brownville first crossed flood stage, 32 feet, during the afternoon on 3/11 and remained above flood stage into early April. The river at Brownville crested at around 38 feet during the evening of the 23nd. Agricultural lowlands and a few county roads near the river flooded in Nemaha county. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownville | - | A 58 miles per hour wind gust was recorded on a personal weather station. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownville | - | A 58 miles per hour wind gust was recorded on a personal weather station. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Brownville | - | Minor flooding was observed along the Missouri River near Brownville. The flooding continued into early May when the crest was observed. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Brownville | - | A prolonged period of minor flooding was observed along the Missouri River near the city of Brownville. The river crested twice during the period, once on the 3rd at 36.24 feet, and again on the 13th at 36.89 feet. This created an extended period of lowland agricultural flooding along the river. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Brownville | - | Flooding of mainly agricultural lowland was observed along the river with a crest of 34.84 feet on the 27th. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Brownville | - | Minor flooding was observed along the Missouri River near Brownville. The river crested at 35.21 feet and led to significant flooding of agricultural low-lands along the river. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Brownville | - | Heavy rainfall over a two-day period in mid December brought the Missouri River to rise above flood stage. The crest reached 36.40 feet in the evening hours of December 15th. This was 3.4 feet above flood stage. Flooding was confined to low agricultural areas along the river. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Brownville | - | Golfball to baseball size hail fell. |
| April 2010 | Flood | Brownville | - | Minor flooding continued into early April along the Missouri River near Brownville. The river at Brownville crested around 38 feet in late March and finally fell below its 32 foot flood stage during the morning of April 3. The higher water and any damage was mainly caused by the higher water levels that occurred in late March. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownville | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 85 mph was measured at the Cooper Nuclear facility near Brownville. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Brownville | - | Heavy rain over sections of Nebraska and western Iowa on May 29th and May 30th eventually worked its way down to the lower Missouri River. This caused lowland flooding, especially around the Brownville area. The river at Brownville first exceeded its 32 foot flood stage around 730 am CDT on June 1st. The river crested around 33.2 feet at 300 pm that afternoon and fell below flood stage around 230 am on the 2nd. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownville | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph in Brownville by a trained storm spotter. |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Brownville | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported with no significant damage. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Brownville | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Brownville | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Brownville | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Brownville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Brownville | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Brownville | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Brownville | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownville | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Brownville | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Brownville | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Brownville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Brownville | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Brownville Bridge | 0.3 miles | 1993 |
 | CAPTAIN MERIWETHER LEWIS (dredge) | 0.3 miles | 1977 |
 | John W. Bennett House | 1.0 miles | 1983 |
 | Thomas J. Majors Farmstead | 7.4 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 70000374 in Record Group 79. |
| Nemaha County | All 13 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- 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.