Sioux County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“The Sioux County Courthouse, located at the northeast corner of Main and 3rd Streets in Harrison, is the center of government of Sioux County, Nebraska. The courthouse was built in 1930 to replace the county's first courthouse, an 1888 building that had fallen into poor condition.”
Wikipedia article Sioux County Courthouse (Nebraska), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Sioux County · listed in 1990 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
Address. NE corner of Main and 3rd Sts., Harrison, 69346
When was it listed? July 1990
Category. district
Also known as. County Courthouses of Nebraska MPS
Precinct. Bowen precinct
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 90000963 - 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

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Sioux County Courthouse between 2008 and 2018, burning about 5 acres in total. 2 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	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
21 July 2008	Natural	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
17 July 2017	Natural	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
7 May 2009	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Nebraska National Forest	CLIFFS #1
11 April 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
30 March 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Sioux County

Storms near this property

60 of 119 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harrison, the town this property stands in, in 119 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 88 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 2 flash 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 1999	Hail	Harrison	$20,000	Golfball size hail reported on east side of Harrison, NE
June 1999	Hail	Harrison	$10,000	2.50 inch hail reported 22 miles northeast of Harrison, NE
June 1999	Hail	Harrison	$3,000	Golfball size hail reported 22 miles northeast of Harrison, NE
July 2009	Hail	Harrison	$2,000	Hail from 3/4 to 1.5 inches in diameter reported. Some windows broken.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Harrison	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down fences 42 miles south of Harrison, NE
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Harrison	$1,000	A 6 inch diameter tree limb was broken off. Also received 1.30 inches of rain. Estimated time of report.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Harrison	-	Trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gust.
July 2023	Hail	Harrison	-	Report for golf ball sized hail 11 miles north northwest of Fort Robinson.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Harrison	-	Large tree branch greater than 6 inches broke and fell on house due to thunderstorm wind. Time estimated via radar.
September 2023	Hail	Harrison	-	The public reported golf ball sized hail in the town of Harrison.
September 2023	Hail	Harrison	-	Tennis ball sized hail was reported by a Storm Chaser in the town of Harrison.
July 2019	Funnel Cloud	Harrison	-	A funnel cloud was repeatedly dropping and lifting 18 miles north of Harrison.
July 2019	Hail	Harrison	-	Large hail broke the windows on the driver's vehicle.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Harrison	-	Severe winds from overnight thunderstorm knocked down several large tree limbs on property.
June 2017	Hail	Harrison	-	Golf ball size hail was observed two miles north of Harrison.
June 2017	Heavy Rain	Harrison	-	One and a third inches of rain fell in 45 minutes four miles northwest of Harrison.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Harrison	-	Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were observed.
July 2017	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter to half dollar size hail was observed northeast of Harrison.
September 2016	Hail	Harrison	-	Golf ball size hail was reported 17 miles northeast of Harrison.
September 2016	Hail	Harrison	-	Pea to golf ball size hail covered the ground nine miles northeast of Harrison.
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Harrison	-	Estimated 60 mph wind gusts were reported at Harrison, with scattered power outages. A rotating wall cloud was sighted south of Harrison.
September 2016	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter size hail was reported four miles northeast of Harrison.
June 2015	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter size hail was observed at Harrison.
June 2015	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter size hail was observed at Harrison.
June 2015	Flash Flood	Harrison	-	Two to four inches of rain in less than two hours produced flash flooding. Warbonnet, Van Tassel and Monroe Creeks were running over their banks with lowland flooding reported.
June 2015	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter size hail was observed eight miles north-northwest of Harrison.
July 2015	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter size hail was observed four miles northwest of Harrison.
July 2015	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter size hail was observed four miles west-northwest of Harrison.
July 2015	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter size hail was observed 20 miles north of Harrison.
April 2014	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter size hail was reported north of Harrison.
May 2014	Hail	Harrison	-	Penny to quarter size hail was reported west of the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.
May 2014	Hail	Harrison	-	Penny to quarter size hail was observed seven miles northeast of Watson Ranch.
June 2014	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter size hail was observed 14 miles south-southeast of Harrison.
July 2014	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported in Harrison.
September 2014	Heavy Rain	Harrison	-	Three and three-quarters inches of rain was reported.
July 2014	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported in Harrison.
June 2014	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was observed eight miles west of Fort Robinson.
August 2013	Hail	Harrison	-	Dime to quarter size hail was reported south of Harrison.
August 2013	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported south of Harrison.
May 2013	Tornado (EF0)	Harrison	-	A weak tornado was on the ground for five minutes before it lifted. The observer was looking west from State Highway 71. No damage was reported.
July 2013	Hail	Harrison	-	Penny to quarter size hail was reported south of Harrison. Several eaves troughs were damaged.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Harrison	-	NDOR sensor measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 64 mph.
May 2011	Tornado (EF0)	Harrison	-	Report received from 911 operator that public reported tornado, storm chaser in the area only reported funnel cloud.
May 2011	Tornado (EF0)	Harrison	-	Brief touchdown in open area with no damage reported.
June 2010	Hail	Harrison	-	Estimated time of report.
July 2010	Hail	Harrison	-	Most of the hailstones were quarter size, with some larger stones the size of half dollars. Also had 60-70 MPH winds with very heavy rainfall.
May 2010	Hail	Harrison	-	Time of report was 1100MST.
July 2010	Hail	Harrison	-	Some as big as half dollars.
July 2009	Hail	Harrison	-	Thunderstorm also produced 2.40 inches of rainfall at location.
July 2009	Flash Flood	Harrison	-	Runoff from heavy rain caused Indian Creek to overflow into adjacent meadows for a short time.
July 2008	Hail	Harrison	-	Also brief wind gusts estimated from 40 to near 60 mph.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Harrison	-	Estimated wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph with some 3/4 inch hail.
September 2005	Hail	Harrison	-	Quarter to golfball sized hail reported along with estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
May 2003	Hail	Harrison	-	3/4 to 1 inch diameter hail reported.
May 2003	Tornado (F0)	Harrison	-	Tornado reported over open country.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Harrison	-	5 inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Harrison	-	60 mph wind gust reported at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.
July 2000	Hail	Harrison	-	Hail covered the ground 3 inches deep.
June 1999	Tornado (F0)	Harrison	-	Tornado reported north of Henry, NE
June 1999	Tornado (F0)	Harrison	-	Tornado 10 miles north of Scottsbluff, NE

Every storm recorded in Sioux County

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 90000963 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sioux County	All 2 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.