Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
“The Gosper County Courthouse, at 507 Smith Ave. in Elwood, Nebraska, was built in 1939. It was designed by architects McClure & Walker with Art Deco style.”
Wikipedia article Gosper County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 1 National Register listings published here for Gosper 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 11 fires within 5 miles of Gosper County Courthouse between 2004 and 2020, burning about 175 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 62 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elwood, the town this property stands in, in 136 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 84 hail, 43 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Elwood | 4 hurt, $500,000 | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Elwood | $200,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail and 70 mph winds caused a swath of crop damage. || |
| July 2014 | Hail | Elwood | $100,000 | Quarter size hail accompanied wind gusts of 60 MPH. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $100,000 | Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH accompanied quarter size hail. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $100,000 | Winds estimated to at least 65 MPH knocked branches out of trees, overturned an irrigation pivot and damaged an outbuilding. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Elwood | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Elwood | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Elwood | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Elwood | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Elwood | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $60,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Elwood | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Elwood | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Elwood | $40,000 | Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported in the area, including quarter size hail by the NWS Cooperative Observer located eight miles south of Elwood. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $35,000 | Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH with damage to several cattle sheds was reported. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Elwood | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $25,000 | A wind gust of 70 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles south-southeast of Johnson Lake. In this same area, a metal outbuilding was destroyed two miles north of Elwood. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $25,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 65 MPH. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Elwood | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Elwood | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Elwood | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Elwood | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Elwood | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Elwood | $15,000 | Quarter size hail occurred along with estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph on Highway 283 near mile marker 30. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $15,000 | Wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph occurred along with quarter size hail on Highway 283 near mile marker 30. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Elwood | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $10,000 | Tree limbs that were about four inches in diameter were blown down due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Elwood | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Elwood | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $5,000 | Strong winds estimated to around 65 MPH damaged a large tree. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Elwood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Elwood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Elwood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Elwood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Elwood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Elwood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Elwood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Elwood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Elwood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Elwood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Elwood | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $2,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in some minor tree damage in Elwood. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $2,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH. A tree approximately 10 inches in diameter was snapped. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | $1,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be as high as 75 MPH. These winds resulted in blowing dust and reductions in visibility down to one-quarter of a mile at times. Tree damage was reported at their home. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | - | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in a few downed tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | - | A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles south of Johnson Lake. |
| October 2023 | Hail | Elwood | - | Hail up to the size of quarters was accompanied by wind gusts estimated to be near 50 MPH. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | - | A wind gust of 65 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles south of Johnson Lake. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Elwood | - | Quarter size hail was reported to be covering Highway 283 approximately 6 miles north of Arapahoe. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | - | Wind gusts of 60 MPH and 70 MPH were measured on a hand-held anemometer. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| May 2017 | Heavy Rain | Elwood | - | A rainfall total of 3.28 inches over the past 24 hours was reported. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwood | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. Some small tree limbs were downed. |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90000961 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Gosper County | All 1 listed properties in this county. |
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