Maginnis Irrigation Aqueduct

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

“The Maginnis Irrigation Aqueduct, in rural Kimball County, Nebraska about five miles from Kimball, was built in 1912 by Patrick Maginnis. It was part of the Bay State Irrigation Canal.”
Wikipedia article Maginnis Irrigation Aqueduct, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Kimball County · listed in 1994 · category: Structure.

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 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. S of NE 30, 5 mi. W of Kimball, Kimball, 69145
When was it listed? October 1994
Category. structure
Precinct. Antelope precinct
National Register reference number. 94001231 - 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

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Maginnis Irrigation Aqueduct in 2018, burning about 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
4 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
18 October 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Kimball County

Storms near this property

60 of 164 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimball, the town this property stands in, in 164 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 98 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 20 tornado, 14 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2000	Hail	Kimball	1 hurt, $5,000,000	Large hail damaged much of Kimball, NE, with 40 to 50 percent of the city reporting excessive damage.
June 1997	Hail	Kimball	$1,000,000	6000 acres of crops damaged: several roads damaged.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	$45,000	Microburst wind gusts damaged trailers in mobile home park.
June 1997	Hail	Kimball	$30,000	no account filed
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	$25,000	Wind gusts estimated from 70-80 mph blew down approximately 40 feet of a 120 foot smokestack at a waste management facility.
July 1998	Flash Flood	Kimball	$15,000	Thunderstorms produced rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches around the Kimball area. Flood waters covered roads from 2 miles north of Kimball to 1 mile south of Dix. The flood waters also damaged or destroyed bean, wheat and corn crops around the area.
July 1998	Flash Flood	Kimball	$15,000	Thunderstorms produced up to 2 inches of rain in the Kimball area, resulting in the shutting down of the underpass of Highway 71 and the Union Pacific tracks. A few local businesses received damage as well.
June 1997	Hail	Kimball	$15,000	no account filed
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	$10,000	Estimated 55-60 MPH gusts caused three power poles to be blown over. 1.50 inches of heavy rain also fell over a short time span.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	$10,000	Sudden wind gust blew over a tractor-trailer on Interstate 80 near Kimball, Ne.
May 1997	Hail	Kimball	$10,000	Ping Pong ball sized hail fell in southwest Kimball County.
May 1997	Hail	Kimball	$10,000	A second storm dumped Ping Pong ball sized hail and very heavy rain within 2 miles of the location that received 1.5 inch hail an hour earlier.
June 1997	Hail	Kimball	$10,000	no account filed
July 1998	Hail	Kimball	$7,000	A thunderstorm produced golfball size hail, 5 miles north of Kimball.
July 1998	Hail	Kimball	$4,000	A storm produced golfball size hail 25 miles northwest of Kimball.
May 2010	Hail	Kimball	$2,000	Restaurant windows broken. Report relayed from VORTEX Team.
August 1997	Hail	Kimball	$2,000	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Kimball	$2,000	no account filed
March 2025	Hail	Kimball	-	Trained Spotter north of Kimball Nebraska reported a maximum hail stone size of 1.50 inches in diameter.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Thunderstorm wind gust of 63mph reported 3 WNW Brownson.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	AWOS site in Kimball reported a 70mph wind gust.
June 2025	Hail	Kimball	-	Public reports quarter size hail.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Kimball Airport AWOS station (KIBM) measured wind gust.
July 2023	Hail	Kimball	-	Public report of 1 inch hail north of Kimball.
June 2023	Hail	Kimball	-	A storm chaser reported ping-pong ball sized hail 1 mile S of Kimball.
June 2023	Hail	Kimball	-	Golf ball sized hail was reported in the city of Kimball.
June 2023	Hail	Kimball	-	Ping-pong ball sized hail was reported 1 mile S of Kimball by a trained spotter.
June 2023	Hail	Kimball	-	An Emergency Manager reported tennis ball sized hail 3 miles SE of Kimball.
August 2022	Flash Flood	Kimball	-	Significant runoff and street flooding observed near Kimball. Kimball Airport AWOS station (KIBM) measured 1.26 inches of rainfall in less than 90 minutes.
June 2019	Tornado (EFU)	Kimball	-	Observer reported brief landspout tornado just east of Highway 71 south of the Banner and Kimball County line. Landspout remained over open fields leaving no discernible damage to apply any rating other than unknown.
May 2018	Hail	Kimball	-	Quarter size hail was observed northeast of Kimball.
September 2018	Hail	Kimball	-	Dime to quarter size hail covered the ground.
July 2018	Hail	Kimball	-	Baseball size hail was observed at the landfill.
July 2018	Flash Flood	Kimball	-	More than two inches of rain in an hour produced flash flooding in Kimball. Several streets and underpasses were inundated by more than a foot of water.
July 2018	Hail	Kimball	-	Quarter size hail was observed south of Kimball.
May 2017	Hail	Kimball	-	Quarter size hail was observed 10 miles west of Kimball.
June 2017	Hail	Kimball	-	Quarter size hail was observed five miles west of Kimball.
September 2017	Hail	Kimball	-	Half dollar size hail was observed at Kimball.
June 2016	Heavy Rain	Kimball	-	Two to three inches of rain fell in less than two hours in and around Kimball.
September 2016	Hail	Kimball	-	Golf ball size hail was reported at Kimball.
September 2016	Hail	Kimball	-	Golf ball size hail was reported five miles northeast of Kimball.
September 2016	Hail	Kimball	-	Quarter size hail was reported 20 miles northeast of Kimball.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Downburst wind gusts were estimated as high as 90 mph. There was extensive damage to trees and power poles, with power outages reported. Two buildings were damaged north of Kimball at Highway 71.
July 2016	Hail	Kimball	-	Hen egg size hail was reported on Highway 71 three miles south of Kimball.
July 2016	Hail	Kimball	-	Half dollar to ping pong ball size hail was reported eight miles northwest of Kimball.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Microburst winds estimated between 65 and 70 mph snapped six inch limbs and blew a 25 x 25 foot metal shed on top of a Kimball motel.
August 2015	Flash Flood	Kimball	-	Five to eight inches of rain overnight over east central Kimball County produced flash flooding. County Road 45 near US Highway 30 was washed out. County Road 55 near US Highway 30 and railroad was washed out. Extensive lowland flooding was reported along the Lodgepole Creek drainage basin as well as areas surrounding Interstate 80 from three miles east of Kimball to two miles west of Dix.
May 2014	Flash Flood	Kimball	-	Flash flooding was observed along Lodgepole Creek between Kimball and Dix. Water was running over the County Road 47 and 49 bridges.
May 2014	Hail	Kimball	-	Penny to quarter size hail was observed south of Kimball.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Winds were estimated from 60 to 65 mph east of Kimball.
March 2014	Flood	Kimball	-	Emergency management officials reported excessive runoff flowed into Lake Oliver. Highway 30 and County Road 37 were closed due to high water one to three miles west of Kimball.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Kimball	-	Excessive runoff from two to three inches of rain caused flash flooding, with Highway 71 closed due to standing water from Kimball to five miles north of Kimball. Other closures included US Highway 30 one mile east of Kimball and Highway 42 four miles north of Kimball.
July 2014	Hail	Kimball	-	Quarter size hail was reported southeast of Kimball.
September 2014	Heavy Rain	Kimball	-	Two and one-tenth inches of rain was reported.
July 2014	Tornado (EF0)	Kimball	-	A weak tornado briefly touched down in an open area south of Kimball.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	Wind gusts were estimated from 60 to 70 mph southwest of Kimball. The strong winds downed power lines.
July 2013	Hail	Kimball	-	Golf ball size hail was reported north of Kimball.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Kimball	-	A wind gust of 62 mph was reported west of Kimball.
May 2013	Tornado (EF0)	Kimball	-	A weak tornado touched down in open country northwest of Kimball. The tornado moved northeast and was in contact with ground for 10 minutes before it lifted just west of State Highway 71 north of Kimball. No damage was reported.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Kimball	-	More than three inches of rain in less than three hours caused flash flooding along Highway 71 between the Banner-Kimball County line and County Road 48. Up to six inches of water flowed across this three-mile stretch of highway.

Every storm recorded in Kimball 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.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Fraternal Hall	6.0 miles	1983
Kimball County Courthouse	6.1 miles	1990
Gridley-Howe-Faden-Atkins Farmstead	6.1 miles	1997
Wheat Growers Hotel	6.2 miles	2002

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94001231 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Kimball County	All 5 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.