Built in 1884 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Nemaha County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1884, Italianate architecture.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Wilber T. Reed House between 2003 and 2016, burning about 142 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 | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 2008 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wilber T. Reed House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooper Bros. Auburn Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Auburn, the town this property stands in, in 92 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 49 hail, 32 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Auburn | $680,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 to 80 mph damaged a hog building and destroyed a 100 by 60 foot machine shed southeast of Auburn. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | $8,000 | Tree and roof damage. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Auburn | $5,000 | Rainfall of 2 to 4 inches that fell during the evening of 6/20 caused flooding along Little Nemaha River in Nemaha county. The river near Auburn crested at almost 27 feet during the evening of 6/21, flood stage is 22 feet. The river near Auburn was above flood stage from the morning of 6/21 until the morning of 6/22. The flooding along the Little Nemaha and tributaries led to the closure of Highways 34 and 75 in the Auburn area and also flooded county roads and agricultural lowlands near the river. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | $5,000 | Possible thunderstorm microburst downed a few trees and blew a roof off of a garage. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Auburn | $1,000 | Heavy rain caused water to flow out of a field washing mud and corn stalk debris across Highway 75 near Auburn. Rainfall of 3.31 was reported in Auburn with 4.8 inches reported south of town. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Auburn | - | Delayed social media report of hail estimated up to 1.25 inches in diameter. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Auburn | - | The office received a public report of quarter sized hail. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Auburn | - | Public reported via social media that Central Avenue was flooded up to the street curbs. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Auburn | - | Trained spotter reported 1.25-inch hail. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Auburn | - | Public reported 2.25-inch hail via mPING. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Auburn | - | Public reported 2-inch hail. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Auburn | - | Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail in Auburn and 1.57-inches of precipitation. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Auburn | - | Trained spotter reported 2-inch hail. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Auburn | - | Public reported 1-inch hail. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Auburn | - | Emergency manager reported 1.25 inch hail. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Auburn | - | COOP Observer reported 1.5 inch hail. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Auburn | - | Emergency manager reported 1 inch hail. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Trained spotter reported several trees down and one uprooted. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Auburn | - | Public reported 1.5-inch hail. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Law enforcement reported estimated 60 mph winds in Auburn. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Public report via mping of 3-inch tree limbs broken; power poles broken. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Emergency manager reported a numerous large diameter trees down. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Auburn | - | Emergency manager reported 1 inch hail. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Auburn | - | Public reported hail larger than a golf ball, but smaller than a tennis ball. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Auburn | - | Water was reported over Highway 136 east of Auburn. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Auburn | - | Penny size hail reported south of Auburn. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | A roof was lifted off a 4 season room on a home. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Social media posts indicated that large tree branches were downed in the city of Auburn. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | A home weather station measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 80 mph. This same storm caused damage around the Nemaha area. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Outflow winds from a thunderstorm that passed to the south of the area knocked down a couple of store signs near Auburn. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Auburn | - | Hail up to quarter-size was reported in the Auburn area. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph downed 5 or 6 large tree limbs or trees 8 to 10 inches in diameter. At least one vehicle was destroyed by a downed tree. Some dime-size hail accompanied the strong winds. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Auburn | - | The hail was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts that reached around 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph downed at least 1 tree in the Auburn area. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a 50 X 70 ft machine shed with the debris blown about a 1/4 mile. Corn and soybeans were flattened in the area with winds estimated at 70 to 80 mph. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 70 mph downed large limbs and some trees in the Auburn area. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Auburn | - | Accompanied by thunderstorm winds which gusted to at least 50 mph. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Auburn | - | Reported from an off-duty NWS employee. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | A thunderstorm downburst tore the roof off of a barn southeast of Auburn. The winds were estimated at over 60 mph. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph caused considerable tree damage in town including several large trees that were uprooted or toppled completely destroying them. The fallen trees caused some vehicle and house damage around town. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | A thunderstorm gust front, which preceded the rain from the storm, brought winds estimated at over 60 mph. These strong winds continued until well after the rain had started which, according to local newspaper reports, lasted for at least 15 minutes. The winds uprooted several big trees and snapped trees and limbs all over town. The downed trees and limbs caused house and vehicle damage, blocked streets and downed power lines. The downed power lines caused an hour and half power outage in Auburn and a 4 to 5 hour loss for rural areas surrounding town. A few transformers in the Auburn area were also damaged and a trailer was blown off of Highway 75 four miles south of town. This was the second wind storm within a week to hit the Auburn area, the other was on Aug. 4th, although this one was deemed much worse by local emergency management. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Auburn | - | Hail up to 1 inch in diameter was reported from Auburn to 5 miles east southeast of Auburn. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph or more severely rocked a trailer near town. |
| September 2008 | Hail | Auburn | - | Hail up to quarter-size fell for a little over 10 minutes in the Auburn area. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph by a storm chaser. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Auburn | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding across Highway 75 south of Auburn for a while this evening. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | The winds were estimated by a trained weather spotter and they caused roof damage to a house and downed several large tree limbs and power lines near Auburn. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Auburn | - | Reported by a cooperative observer. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | A possible thunderstorm microburst partially tore the roof off of a building, toppled a large tree and blew a parked van into another vehicle all in the same proximity. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Auburn | - | Hail up to 1 inch in diameter stripped leaves from trees on the south side of town. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph broke large tree limbs north of Auburn. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Auburn | - | Hail up to golfball size caused vehicle damage on the west side of Auburn and stripped leaves from trees on the south side of town. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 mph caused extensive tree and outbuilding damage to a farmstead southwest of Auburn. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed several trees in town. This was from the second thunderstorm complex that moved across the area early this morning. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph downed a few trees in Auburn. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Auburn | - | A second thunderstorm to hit Auburn within an hour downed trees and power lines "everywhere" in the southwest part of town according to a law enforcement official. The winds were estimated at well over 60 mph. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Auburn | - | Brief touchdown in open country. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Auburn | - | Over 6 inches of rain fell near Auburn Friday evening the 23rd, this caused the flooding of county roads near Auburn. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | US Post Office-Auburn | 0.3 miles | 1992 |
| Auburn Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2014 | |
| New Opera House | 0.3 miles | 1988 | |
| Legion Memorial Park | 0.4 miles | 2004 | |
 | First United Presbyterian Church of Auburn | 0.5 miles | 1982 |
 | Nemaha County Courthouse | 0.5 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002458 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Nemaha County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |
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