Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
“Saint Martin's Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church building near Deweese, Nebraska. The church was built to serve a Czech immigrant congregation.”
Wikipedia article Saint Martin's Catholic Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Clay County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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 15 fires within 5 miles of Saint Martin's Catholic Church between 2007 and 2020, burning about 75 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Saint Martin's Catholic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broderick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names DeWeese, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 22 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Deweese | $1,000,000 | Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Deweese | $200,000 | Hail up to the size of hen eggs resulted in tree damage around the area. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | $200,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Deweese | $100,000 | Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported along this path. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | $75,000 | Wind gusts estimated near 70 mph, combined with an unknown size of hail, resulted in crop damage to at least 3 fields approximately 1 mile west of the Deweese spur off of Highway 14 and 1 mile north of the county line. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Deweese | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | $25,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be between 60 and 70 MPH along this path. Minor damage to a barn was reported approximately five miles east-southeast of Pauline. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Deweese | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Deweese | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Flood | Deweese | $15,000 | Storm total rainfall accumulations of 2 to 5 inches were reported across the area. Water covered a few county roads, and the intersection of Highways 14 and 6 also had a small area briefly covered. Lowland flooding was also reported. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | $5,000 | Some tree branches were downed in Deweese, with power outages also reported. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Deweese | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | $2,000 | Peak wind gusts in the area included 66 MPH, measured by a mesonet station located three miles west of Edgar, and 59 MPH, measured by a mesonet station located two miles north of Edgar. Some minor tree damage was reported in Edgar. Emergency management estimated wind gusts near 60 mPH in Deweese. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | - | There were a handful of wind gust estimates near 60 MPH along this path. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | - | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH combined with heavy rain resulted in near-zero visibility. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Deweese | - | Hail ranging in size from quarters to golf balls was reported along and near this path. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | - | A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles north-northeast of Deweese. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | - | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in power outages in Deweese. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Deweese | - | Nickel size hail fell along a swath from Deweese to Highway 14. |
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Deweese | - | This tornado was photographed by a local resident. While the condensation funnel is not on the ground, the photos suggest the wind field likely reached the ground for a short time. The time and location were determined from the report and radar data. No damage was reported with this tornado. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Deweese | - | A rain total of 4.10 inches fell. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Deweese | - | Rain began at about 440 pm CDT. A rain total of 3.00 inches occurred with heavy rain ongoing at the time of this report at 750 CDT. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Deweese | - | Rain total of 4.50 inches for the past 24 hours. Report comes from the Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network. The rain began during the late afternoon on June 14th, with the last round of rain ending during the early morning hours of June 15th. |
| May 2011 | Heavy Rain | Deweese | - | Storm total rainfall of 4.14 inches was reported by a NeRAIN observer. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 MPH. Tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were knocked down, as well as 3 power poles in Deweese. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | - | Tree limbs up to 9 inches in diameter knocked down. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Deweese | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fairfield Carnegie Library | 6.6 miles | 2001 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85002574 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Clay County | All 10 listed properties in this county. |
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