Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Hamilton County · listed in 1992 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of St. Johannes Danske Lutherske Kirke between 2000 and 2017, burning about 57 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 February 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 February 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 November 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 November 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marquette, the town this property stands in, in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 25 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 heavy rain. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $1,000,000 | Wind gusts estimated near 70 MPH resulted in damage to area grain bins, outbuildings and irrigation pivots. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Marquette | $500,000 | Trees were stripped of leaves due to the combination of strong wind and quarter size hail. This was the second storm to come through this area. This report was from an NERAIN observer. |
| October 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Marquette | $400,000 | Tornado crossed from Hamilton County into Polk County. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $250,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in some pivot damage in the area. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Marquette | $150,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Marquette | $100,000 | Wind-driven hail up to the size of golf balls caused significant siding damage to an area home. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $80,000 | An estimated 70 mph wind gust loosened the base of an empty grain bin, destroyed a wood frame outbuilding and caused some tree damage. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Marquette | $50,000 | Hail up to golf ball size was reported in and near Marquette. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Marquette | $50,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported in Marquette. This was the second hail storm of the evening. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Marquette | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $40,000 | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Marquette | $25,000 | Hail ranging in size from half dollars to 2 inches in diameter was reported along this path. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $25,000 | Tree limbs were downed in the area. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Marquette | $25,000 | Training, slow moving thunderstorms with torrential rainfall resulted in flash flooding across northern Hamilton, far southwestern Polk and far north-northwestern York Counties. Hamilton County was the hardest hit, with radar estimates of 5 to 8 inches of rain. Numerous county roads were covered with water and were closed. One home near Marquette in Hamilton County had about 2 feet of water inside and around the house. Animals at the farmstead had to be moved, and witnesses claimed the horses were nearly belly-deep in water at one point. This water moved downstream into Polk and York Counties, causing flooding along the Big Blue River. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Marquette | $25,000 | Hail up to 2 inches in diameter continued for 10 minutes. |
| October 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Marquette | $25,000 | Tornado crossed from Hamilton County into Merrick County. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Marquette | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Marquette | $15,000 | Small weak tornado crossed over Marquette but caused little damage in town. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Marquette | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $10,000 | Thunderstorms remained nearly stationarrowy over northeast Hamilton County for three hours. Winds occasionally gusted to nearly 60 mph. The winds damaged three hog shelters south of Hordville and two more at Marquette. A tree and two power poles were snapped. The wind, in combination with small hail and extremely heavy rain, caused damage to the corn and soybean crops. Rainfall totaled seven inches, resulting in lowland flooding. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Marquette | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Marquette | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Marquette | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in some minor tree damage in the area. A street light was damaged in Marquette and a power pole was damaged near the Aurora Airport. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in tree damage in Marquette. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. The combination of wind and heavy rain resulted in near-zero visibility. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH in Marquette. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | - | A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles south of Marquette. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Marquette | - | A 24-hour precipitation amount of 5.05 inches was recorded 4 miles south of Marquette. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Marquette | - | A 24-hour precipitation amount of 4.52 inches was recorded 1 mile southeast of Marquette. |
| May 2016 | Heavy Rain | Marquette | - | Storm total rainfall report was 6.50 inches. |
| May 2016 | Heavy Rain | Marquette | - | Storm total rainfall report was 6.77 inches. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Marquette | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported from an NeRAIN observer. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Marquette | - | A brief tornado reported by storm chasers. |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Marquette | - | A small tornado briefly touched down west of Marquette. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| January 2011 | Flood | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | - | 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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92001570 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hamilton County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
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