Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
“The First Thurston County Courthouse, in Pender, Nebraska, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It consists of two contributing buildings.”
Wikipedia article First Thurston County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Thurston County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of First Thurston County Courthouse between 2002 and 2018, burning about 27 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 | 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 June 2002 | Smoking | 17 acres | Winnebago Agency | A1302052 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Winnebago Agency | BIA #013-18 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pender, the town this property stands in, in 68 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 39 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Pender | $500,000 | A tornado touched down north of Pender where it blew down a windmill, damaged a barn and garage, destroyed a small building and uprooted trees. The tornado then moved east where it hit another farm. There it destroyed six large buildings and damaged six others. Many trees were blown down. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | $50,000 | A double wide mobile home was damaged in Emerson. The roof was taken off of the mobile home by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | $50,000 | Two portable hog sheds were blown away, a metal roof was blown off of a shed and shingles were blown off of a house 2.50 miles west of Pender. A small building and trees were blown down at the golf course. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Pender | $5,000 | Heavy rain during the evening and overnight hours of June 7th and 8th caused flash flooding around the Jct of Highways 9 and 16 near Pender. The water caused debris to be washed onto the road and bridge and prompted its closure for a while. Damage was mainly reserved to debris cleanup. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Pender | $1,000 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding across the jct of Highways 9 and 16 near Pender. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Emergency management report of heavy rain and wind gusts of 50-60 mph. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Emergency manager reported large tree limbs down in Pender. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Emergency manager reported large tree limbs down in Pender. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Emergency Manager reported a large old tree blown down. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Pender | - | One inch hail reported near Pender. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Several reports of damage in and around the Pender area. The damage included trees, barns, and to the local city park. The emergency manager estimated winds from 60 to 70 mph. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Pender | - | Hail up to half dollar-size fell for around 15 minutes east of Pender from a slow moving thunderstorm which also dropped isolated very heavy rainfall. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Pender | - | Rainfall that doppler radar estimated approached 4 inches fell across a very small area east southeast of Pender. The heavy rain produced some field flooding which briefly flowed across a few roads. |
| April 2012 | Flash Flood | Pender | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding across Highway 9 south of Pender. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Pender | - | Hail up to golf ball-size was reported in Pender by emergency management. The hail blanketed the ground and caused minor damage to some vehicles. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Pender | - | Nickel to quarter-size hail was reported in the Pender area with a few hailstones up to golf ball-size. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 60 mph by emergency management from around 5 miles to 7 miles east of Pender. The winds were accompanied by penny-size hail. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Pender | - | The hail was accompanied by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | A tree was downed in the Pender area by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at around 60 mph in the Pender area. The winds preceded hail, which reached nickel-size, that fell from the storm by about 20 minutes. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph caused some minor damage to cattle sheds northwest of Pender. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph downed multiple trees in town and snapped a sign off. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Pender | - | Hail over 4 inches in diameter was reported in town. |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph by a trained weather spotter in Pender. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | A trained spotter reported thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 70 mph. The winds were accompanied by golfball size hail. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph downed some large tree limbs and power lines in town. A house northeast of town received major damage when a tree fell on it. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Pender | - | Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding of streets and small creeks in and near Pender with some roads briefly closed. Radar estimated that rainfall totals around Pender were in the 3 to 5 inch range over a several hour period during the late evening hours of June 9th. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph downed large tree branches causing vehicle and minor house damage from Pender to Thurston. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Pender | - | The large hail was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | The Emergency Manager for Thurston county reported a thunderstorm wind gust estimated at around 60 mph. A storm chaser in the area estimated the winds around 70 mph as he tried to outdrive the gust. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | A ham radio operator estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 65 mph in Pender. This was the second storm that produced winds estimated at over 60 mph that night around Pender. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts broke off some 10 inch diameter tree branches. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Pender | - | Highway 9 just south of Pender flooded. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked out electrical power and took the roof off of a home. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pender | - | A thunderstorm caused a damage path 8 to 10 miles wide from east of Emerson to near Walthill. Golf ball-size hail was up to 12 inches deep in some areas. Windows were broken, roof were damaged, large trees were snapped off, and livestock was injured. Serious damage occurred near Walthill. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Pender | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Pender | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Thurston County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89002210 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Thurston County | All 5 listed properties in this county. |
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