Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
“The Hooper Historic District, in Hooper, Nebraska, is a 4 acres (1.6 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”
Wikipedia article Hooper Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 23 National Register listings published here for Dodge County · listed in 1980 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Hooper Historic District between 2004 and 2018, burning about 92 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 35 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hooper, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 18 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1996 | Hail | Hooper | $10,000,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Hooper | $25,000 | Lightning struck a cottonwood tree which then fell through the Hooper Historical Building, coming down in the middle of the building. The roof was completely destroyed. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooper | - | Estimated 50 to 60 mph wind gusts from Hooper Police. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Hooper | - | Public report of hail measured up to 1.75 in diameter. Report received via mPING. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Hooper | - | Public report of hail estimated up to 1.75 in diameter. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooper | - | Straight line winds blew microwave dishes off of a radio tower just west o the town of Hooper. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Hooper | - | Water was reported on roadways at County Road G and County Road 18 near Hooper. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Hooper | - | The public reported damage to a wheat field on social media. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooper | - | Numerous trees and street signs were blown down in Hooper by damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooper | - | An estimated 75 mph gust was reported at Hooper. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Hooper | - | The windows of the home were broken out by the wind driven hail at this location. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Hooper | - | Hail up to golf ball-size fell in the Hooper area for about 10 minutes. Corn and soybean fields were stripped about 6 miles north of town. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Hooper | - | Heavy rainfall during the evening of May 29th caused Maple Creek to flood northeast of North Bend to its mouth with the Elkhorn River near Nickerson. Some lowland flooding was also observed along the Elkhorn River in the Nickerson area as well. The more significant flooding along Maple Creek started late in the morning on May 30th and continued for several days afterward as additional rain aggravated the situation. The creek at Nickerson reached multiple crests of around 11 feet from mid afternoon on May 30th through mid afternoon on June 1, flood stage is 10 feet. The creek dropped below flood stage around 8pm CDT on June 1. The flooding closed county roads in the area and also briefly closed Highway 91 west of Nickerson. Farmland near the creek was also flooded. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooper | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph tore the roof off of a fitness center and caused tree damage near Hooper. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooper | - | A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph was reported by a ham radio operator. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Hooper | - | Hail damaged crops on a farm. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooper | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooper | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Harder Hotel | 7.2 miles | 1989 |
 | Scribner Town Hall | 7.2 miles | 2010 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002445 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Dodge County | All 23 listed properties in this county. |
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