BlockFrom the record
One of 1 National Register listings published here for Thomas County · listed in 1978 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Bessey Nursery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The listing
- Address. W of Halsey off NE 2, Halsey, 69142
- When was it listed? May 1978
- Category. district
- Precinct. Thomas precinct
- National Register reference number. 78001715 - 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
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Bessey Nursery between 1993 and 2019, burning about 3,711 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Natural | 1.9 acres | Nebraska National Forest | CAMP 3 |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska National Forest | GAME WARDEN |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska National Forest | WELL 31 |
| 19 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Nebraska National Forest | SCENIC |
| 5 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska National Forest | THREE MILE |
| 4 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska National Forest | COYOTE SOUTH |
| 3 August 1996 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Nebraska National Forest | LOST |
Storms near this property
37 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Halsey, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 23 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | $50,000 | Park officials reported winds estimated up to 100 mph. The strong winds uprooted several trees and downed tree limbs at the Nebraska National Forest west of Halsey. The winds destroyed an empty, older mobile home and the roof of a home sustained damage from a tree that fell. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Halsey | $50,000 | Thunderstorms with prolonged heavy rain falling on already saturated ground caused widespread flooding across Thomas County. Three to five inches of rain fell, severely damaging rural roads. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Halsey | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Halsey | $11,000 | A tornado touched down one mile west northwest of Purdum and caused damage to trees and power lines. Large limbs from elm trees were snapped off and displaced up to 300 feet to the south. Also, four power poles on the south side of the road were snapped off and 250 feet of barbed wire fencing was damaged. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Halsey | $10,000 | The hail lasted for several minutes and broke out several windshields in vehicles. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Halsey | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Halsey | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | $1,000 | Numerous small and large tree branches down at this location. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | $1,000 | Large tree limbs and a window were broken by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Halsey | - | An NWS employee reported hail to quarter size south of Thedford. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH uprooted one tree and produced severe damage to other trees east of Thedford. |
| August 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Halsey | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud 6 miles southwest of Halsey. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | The public reported large mature ash trees downed in Halsey and in the Nebraska National Forest. Highway 86B was closed into the Halsey Forest due to tree damage. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | The winds broke off 8 to 10 inch diameter tree branches. The wind combined with hail to also damage crops. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | The Bessy RAWS site recorded a 61 mph wind gust. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | The public estimated wind gusts in excess of 60 mph west of Halsey. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Halsey | - | Wind in excess of 60 mph accompanied the hail. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | The public reported wind gusts in excess of 60 mph along with quarter size hail. Several tree branches were broken off. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Halsey | - | 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 78001715 in Record Group 79. |
| Thomas County | All 1 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.