BlockFrom the record
One of 27 National Register listings published here for Otoe County · listed in 1995 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Unadilla Main Street Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 9 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Main St., N side, between G and H Sts., Unadilla, 68454
- When was it listed? February 1995
- Category. district
- Precinct. South Russell precinct
- National Register reference number. 95000095 - 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
55 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Unadilla Main Street Historic District between 2001 and 2020, burning about 211 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2011 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
36 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Unadilla, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 16 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Unadilla | $620,000 | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Unadilla | $5,000 | The third and last cyclic tornado that formed from the apparent same thunderstorm touched down 1 mile south of Unadilla, tracked near town then lifted 1 mile north of Unadilla. The tornado took the roof off of a machine shed 1 mile north of town and damaged a roof of a garage by driving 2 boards through the roof. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Trained spotter reported 3-inch tree limbs downed. |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Public reported a measured peak wind gust of 66 mph. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Public reported a measured peak wind gust of 68 mph. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Unadilla | - | An EF1 tornado briefly touched down in Unadilla, Nebraska. The tornado was embedded within a strong squall line moving through the area. Tree damage was noted, and damage to three homes was also observed. Siding and gutters were torn off, windows were broken, and the roof of another home was a partially torn off. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Spotters estimated strong wind gusts up to 60 mph. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | The spotter also estimated 60 mph winds in addition to the quarter size hail. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at close to 70 mph downed numerous trees and power lines in the Unadilla area. A few outbuildings in the area were also destroyed. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Unadilla | - | Nickel to quarter-size hail was reported by a spotter 3 miles north of Unadilla. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph broke several large trees in the Unadilla area. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Unadilla | - | Hail up to nickel-size was accompanied by 60 mph winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by hail up to nickel-size. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Unadilla | - | According to emergency management five inches of rain fell near Palmyra with around 4 inches at Unadilla. The heavy rain caused flash flooding along Hooper Creek west of Unadilla and along a small creek east of town. The flood waters crossed a few county roads, eventually flowing into the Little Nemaha watershed. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Unadilla | - | Hail up to 1 inch in diameter piled up for 5 to 10 minutes driven by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 55 mph. The hail flattened crops in the area and caused some tree and roof damage. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Unadilla | - | Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell in and just west of Unadilla. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 65 mph by trained spotters south of Unadilla. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated over 60 mph destroyed 20 transmission power poles near Unadilla and knocked over or snapped numerous trees in town causing some building damage. |
| February 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph blew several trees over in town. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Winds estimated at around 60 mph did some damage and knocked the power out to the Unadilla area. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Unadilla | - | Significant street flooding. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| November 2015 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
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
1 within 8 milesOther 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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmyra Pioneer Cemetery | 5.1 miles | 2021 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95000095 in Record Group 79. |
| Otoe County | All 27 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.