BlockFrom the record
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Polk County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Victor E. Wilson House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Wilson, Victor E., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 518 Main St., Stromsburg, 68666
- When was it listed? July 1988
- Category. building
- Precinct. West Stromsburg precinct
- Architectural style. Shingle style architecture
- National Register reference number. 88000915 - 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
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Victor E. Wilson House between 2008 and 2019, burning about 47 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 | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 November 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stromsburg, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 17 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | $100,000 | The roof was blown off of a building used for 190 head of cattle...unfortunately one died and a few others were injured. Other outbuildings at the farmstead suffered minor damage. Wind gusts were estimated to have been near 75 MPH. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Stromsburg | $100,000 | Quarter size hail was accompanied by 60 MPH winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | $100,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH and accompanied quarter size hail. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Stromsburg | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Stromsburg | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Stromsburg | $45,000 | This tornado moved north-northwest across a farmstead just south of Highway 66 and then crossed the highway southwest of Stromsburg. It dissipated a little farther north of the highway. The tornado upset a horse trailer, damaged shingles on a house, and ripped off the overhead doors from a metal building. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Stromsburg | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Stromsburg | $25,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Stromsburg | $20,000 | Widespread flooding throughout streets and low lying areas in town. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Stromsburg | $10,000 | Nickel to ping pong ball size hail reported. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | $10,000 | 60 mph winds from a severe thunderstorm toppled an old garage. The roof fell on a tractor inside the garage. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | - | A wind gust of 61 MPH was measured by a home weather station located two miles east of Stromsburg. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | - | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in minor tree damage in Stromsburg. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | - | A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located one mile west of Stromsburg. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Stromsburg | - | A 24-hour precipitation amount of 4.28 inches was recorded 5 miles east-southeast of Stromsburg. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Stromsburg | - | A 24-hour precipitation amount of 4.37 inches was recorded 1 mile east of Stromsburg. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Stromsburg | - | Storm total rainfall of 3.39 inches was reported, most falling between 6-9 p.m. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Stromsburg | - | No damage was caused by this brief tornado touchdown. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Stromsburg | - | A tornado was reported and photographed by a group of storm chasers near Stromsburg. No damage was noted. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | Golf ball-size hail broke windows in a house. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Stromsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stromsburg | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Charles H. Morrill Homestead | 0.7 miles | 1973 |
 | Gov. John Hopwood Mickey House | 4.6 miles | 1977 |
 | Polk County Courthouse | 5.2 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88000915 in Record Group 79. |
| Polk County | All 4 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.