Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
“The People's Unitarian Church, at 1640 N St. in Ord, Nebraska, was built in 1901. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.”
Wikipedia article People's Unitarian Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Valley County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of People's Unitarian Church between 2012 and 2020, burning about 170 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 February 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 December 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of People's Unitarian Church: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulrich Pit and Plant No. 1 & 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ord, the town this property stands in, in 106 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 70 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 heavy rain. 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 1999 | Tornado (F3) | Ord | $1,500,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Ord | $1,000,000 | Hail ranged in size from quarters to golf balls. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $1,000,000 | Damage from wind gusts near and in excess of 80 MPH caused considerable damage to area grain bins and outbuildings, and also overturned pivots. At the Ord Airport, the roof was peeled off of one of the hangars, and one side of the building was ripped away. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Ord | $400,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Ord | $150,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Ord | $100,000 | Measurements and radar estimations showed rainfall totals as high as 5-7 inches within the area area, with the highest totals in northwestern and south central portions of the county, including a CoCoRaHS station with 5.87 six miles west of Elyria and an unofficial public total of 6.25 nine miles west-southwest of Elyria. Emergency management reported that several rural roads were under water, with at least one road southwest of Elyria completely washed out. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $100,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH. Crop damage was reported in the area. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $100,000 | Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH were accompanied by quarter sized hail. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Ord | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Ord | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Ord | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Ord | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Ord | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Ord | $60,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Ord | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Heavy Rain | Ord | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Ord | $45,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $40,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 85 MPH resulted in roof damage at a home, with a 8 to 10 foot section being removed. Some of the insulation was found in trees to the south of the home. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ord | $40,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $35,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in the destruction of a lean-to and caused a tree to fall onto a house. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Ord | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $25,000 | An empty grain bin was blown from the north side of a rural road to the south side. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Ord | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Ord | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Ord | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Ord | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ord | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Ord | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Lightning | Ord | $20,000 | Lightning struck a tree, breaking off a large limb approximately 20 inches in diameter. This limb landed on 2 vehicles, causing significant damage to the cab of a pickup and the passenger compartment of a car. |
| April 2007 | Lightning | Ord | $20,000 | Lightning struck the Evangelical Free Church during a thunderstorm this Monday evening. The lightning strike hit the bathroom vent and went to the basement. It made three holes in the roof and knocked off a big portion of the ceiling. It also knocked nails out of the ceiling and ruined several pieces of electrical equipment. (Source: Ord Quiz Newspaper 4/11/2007). |
| May 1998 | Hail | Ord | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Ord | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ord | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Ord | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Ord | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Ord | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $8,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in damage to a few power lines and poles. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in tree branches 3-4 inches in diameter being downed. The town of Ord lost power. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ord | $1,000 | Hail was accompanied by 40 to 50 MPH wind gusts. A window at a local convenience store was broken. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds snapped a pine tree and broke large limbs on several other trees. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Ord | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported in Ord. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | - | A wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by a Nebraska Mesonet station located two miles northwest of Ord. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Ord | - | A storm chaser captured video of a brief touchdown slightly east of Ord. Winds were estimated at 80 mph, and there was no reported damage. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Ord | - | A tornado briefly touched down approximately 5 miles southeast of Ord, with no damage reported. |
| October 2010 | Heavy Rain | Ord | - | Storm total rainfall totaled 3.95 inches. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Ord | - | A brief tornado was spotted by a trained spotter in open country northwest of Ord. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Ord | - | Another brief tornado was reported by a storm chaser from an isolated super cell storm in northern Valley county. No damage was noted, as the tornado occurred across open county and for a very short time. |
| August 2005 | Heavy Rain | Ord | - | 3 to 3.5 inches of rain fell in less than 2 hours about 8 miles west of Ord. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Ord | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Ord | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Ord | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Ord | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Valley County Courthouse | 0.1 miles | 1990 |
| Bruha, Josef, and Anna Beran, House | 7.0 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84002497 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Valley County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
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