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Photograph of Warrick House
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John Wesley and Grace Shafer Warrick House

Built in 1903 (Queen Anne style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“The John Wesley and Grace Shafer Warrick House, also known as the John W. House, is a house in the southern part of the city of Meadow Grove, in the northeastern part of the state of Nebraska, in the Midwestern United States.”

Wikipedia article Warrick House (Meadow Grove, Nebraska), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1990 · category: Building · built in 1903, Queen Anne style.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Warrick, John Wesley and Grace Shafer, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 4th St., Meadow Grove, 68752
  • When was it listed? November 1990
  • Category. building
  • Precinct. Meadow Grove-Jefferson precinct
  • When was it built? 1903
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style
  • National Register reference number. 90001767 - 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

9 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of John Wesley and Grace Shafer Warrick House between 2004 and 2019, burning about 62 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 April 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
16 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
27 February 2016Debris and open burning40 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 November 2004Equipment and vehicle use20 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this property

40 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meadow Grove, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 25 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Flash FloodMeadow Grove$100,000Public report of county roads submerged in water. A storm damage survey the next day confirmed several locations where the roads were still under water or partially washed out. By around 7 PM CDT, widespread street flooding was reported in Norfolk. As the storms slowly moved southeast, additional flooding was reported by a county official across central portions of the county where numerous county roads were flooded in addition to considerable lowland flooding.
June 2025HailMeadow Grove-Trained spotter report of hail estimated up to 1 inch in diameter.
June 2024Tornado (EF1)Meadow Grove-This was a very slow-moving tornado that developed 7 miles south of Meadow Grove, destroying a metal shed and a cattle trailer. Maximum estimated wind speeds in this tornado were 100 miles per hour. The maximum width of this tornado was measured at 300 yards, with an average width estimated at 200 yards.
June 2024HailMeadow Grove-The office received a public report of tennis ball sized hail.
June 2024Tornado (EF0)Meadow Grove-A landspout tornado developed in a field, eventually merging with the mesocyclone and taking on some briefly supercellular features. The tornado was over mainly open fields but did break one tree, a powerline, and damaged a small shed. Peak estimated winds in this tornado were 70 miles per hour, with a width of 50 yards.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindMeadow Grove-Public reported via mPing that trees were uprooted or snapped; roof blown off.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindMeadow Grove-Public report from mPing for 3-inch tree limbs broken or power poles broken.
October 2022HailMeadow Grove-Public reported multiple vehicles damaged by 1.25-inch hail.
May 2022HailMeadow Grove-Public reported 60 mph wind gusts and hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMeadow Grove-Storm chaser reported power poles down on the highway.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMeadow Grove-Public reported a large tree branch down via social media.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMeadow Grove-Public reported shingles blown off of a roof.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMeadow Grove-Public reported flattened corn and grain bin.
June 2021HailMeadow Grove-Public reported 1.25 inch hail.
June 2021HailMeadow Grove-Public reported 1 inch hail.
June 2021HailMeadow Grove-Public reported 1 inch hail.
June 2021HailMeadow Grove-Public reported 1.75 inch hail.
June 2021HailMeadow Grove-Storm chaser reported 1.25 inch hail.
June 2021HailMeadow Grove-Public reported 1.75 inch hail.
June 2021HailMeadow Grove-Public reported 1.25 inch hail.
May 2021HailMeadow Grove-Public reported 1 inch hail covering the ground.
May 2021HailMeadow Grove-Trained spotter reported 2 inch hail.
May 2021Tornado (EFU)Meadow Grove-Public sent in multiple pictures of a tornado that briefly touched down. No damage was reported.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMeadow Grove-Public reported a flattened grain bin and flattened corn.
August 2020HailMeadow Grove-Trained spotter reported 1 inch hail.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMeadow Grove-An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was reported north northwest of Meadow Grove.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMeadow Grove-A spotter reported several large trees down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMeadow Grove-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 80 mph caused significant tree damage in the Battle Creek area which in turned caused building and vehicle damage. Nearly half the streets in town were impassable of because of fallen trees, and at least 10 houses and cars sustained significant damage due to the fallen trees. Power was also knocked out in the area. The damage path stretched both west and east of town.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Meadow Grove-This was probably the same tornado that was reported west of Pierce. It apparently tracked from west of Pierce into extreme northwest Madison county before lifting. No damage was reported.
June 2014HailMeadow Grove-no account filed
June 2009HailMeadow Grove-no account filed
April 2005HailMeadow Grove-no account filed
May 2005HailMeadow Grove-no account filed
June 2005HailMeadow Grove-no account filed
August 2005HailMeadow Grove-no account filed
September 2005HailMeadow Grove-no account filed
September 2004HailMeadow Grove-no account filed
May 2003HailMeadow Grove-no account filed
June 2002HailMeadow Grove-no account filed
June 2000HailMeadow Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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 recordThe nomination case file for reference 90001767 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Madison CountyAll 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.
  • 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.