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One of 12 National Register listings published here for Pawnee County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Steinauer Opera 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.
- Address. 215 Main, Steinauer, 68441
- When was it listed? July 1988
- Category. building
- Also known as. Opera House Buildings in Nebraska 1867-1917 MPS
- Precinct. Precinct 4, Steinauer
- National Register reference number. 88000934 - 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
16 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Steinauer Opera House between 2003 and 2018, burning about 523 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 31 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Steinauer Opera House: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Niobium (Columbium). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Creek | Niobium (Columbium) | Prospect |
Storms near this property
17 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steinauer, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flood | Steinauer | $1,000 | Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches caused flooding along Turkey Creek which flooded farmlands along the stream and a city pond in Pawnee City. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steinauer | - | Fire Department measured a 60 miles per hour wind gust. This report was relayed by the Emergency Manager. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steinauer | - | A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 69 mph. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Steinauer | - | A storm spotter reported and the NWS damage survey confirmed a brief tornado touchdown about 2.8 miles east of Steinhauer. This was a brief touchdown in pastureland with some branches down from hardwood trees. |
| October 2013 | Hail | Steinauer | - | There were also small limbs blown down at the spotter location, but winds were below severe limits. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Steinauer | - | The hail was accompanied by thunderstorms winds near 60 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steinauer | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated at around 60 mph. The winds were accompanied by hail around quarter-size. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Steinauer | - | Hail at least one inch in diameter was driven by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at least at 60 mph which caused considerable damage to crops along with some house and vehicle damage northeast of Table Rock. There were some reports that the hail could have been up to several inches in diameter. The damage path was visible on satellite pictures and was around 10 miles wide across Pawnee county. The damage started in Gage county and ended in Richardson county. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Steinauer | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding which briefly crossed Highway 50 just north of its intersection with Highway 4. Six hour rainfall was between 3 and 5 inches from near the Burchard area to around Pawnee City. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steinauer | - | Hail at least one inch in diameter was driven by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at least at 60 mph which caused considerable damage to crops along with some house and vehicle damage northeast of Table Rock. The damage path was visible on satellite pictures and was around 10 miles wide across Pawnee county. The damage started in Gage county and ended in Richardson county. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Steinauer | - | Thunderstorms dropped over 3 inches of rain on parts of Pawnee county early on the 16th, with 3.25 inches near Pawnee City one of the largest amounts received. The heavy rain caused water up to 4 feet high to flow across highway 50 in northern Pawnee county, causing its closure. Even though the flood waters receded, the highway remained closed later that afternoon as there was potential undermining of the road by the flooding. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Steinauer | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Steinauer | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Steinauer | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Steinauer | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Steinauer | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Steinauer | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Rinne Farm | 5.7 miles | 2015 |
 | Harold Lloyd Birthplace | 7.3 miles | 1993 |
 | Lindsley House | 7.5 miles | 1999 |
 | Table Rock Opera House | 7.5 miles | 1988 |
| Table Rock Public Square Historic District | 7.6 miles | 1994 | |
 | E. F. Hempstead House | 7.6 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88000934 in Record Group 79. |
| Pawnee County | All 12 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- 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.