BlockFrom the record
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Sarpy County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Springfield Community Hall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 104 Main St., Springfield, 68059
- When was it listed? July 1998
- Category. building
- Precinct. Springfield precinct
- National Register reference number. 98000893 - 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
21 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Springfield Community Hall between 2011 and 2020, burning about 176 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Springfield Community Hall: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant #5,Cullom | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springfield, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Springfield | $10,000 | A brief touchdown of a tornado near Springfield which severely damaged a horse barn, downed power lines and pushed a car into a trailer causing some damage to each. The first report of damage from a broken line of mini-supercell thunderstorms that produced several small and relatively short-lived tornadoes across extreme eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa this day. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Springfield | - | A report was received from the public via mPING of golf ball sized hail. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Public reported a measured peak wind gust of 64 mph. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Public reported a large tree downed a swing set overturned. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Springfield | - | Numerous reports from social media, spotters and media reported hail of quarter to half dollar size in Springfield that lasted for over 10 minutes. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | The media reported that several trees were blown down, as well as power lines with power out in the town of Springfield. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph downed power lines near 132nd and Platteview Road. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | A storm chaser estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of around 60 mph. The winds were accompanied by hail up to 1 inch in diameter. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Springfield | - | The hail was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Tree limbs at least 4 inches in diameter were downed by thunderstorm winds that were estimated at around 60 mph. The fallen limbs partially blocked Highway 50 in southern Sarpy county. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Springfield | - | Hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter fell from near Springfield to near Gretna and then to near 159th and Giles Road. The hail was from the first of at least 3 storms that crossed the county this evening producing large hail. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of at least 50 to 60 mph. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 mph downed a few trees and a power pole in the Springfield area. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed numerous branches which caused power to be lost for much of Springfield for a while. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph near Springfield by Law Enforcement. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Trained spotter reported thunderstorm winds of around 60 mph. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at around 60 mph downed a few trees and power lines. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | Strong thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto the road. |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Springfield | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springfield | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Zweibel Farmstead | 6.4 miles | 2000 |
| Big Papillion Creek Bridge | 6.6 miles | 1992 | |
 | John Sautter Farmhouse | 7.1 miles | 1980 |
 | Third Sarpy County Courthouse | 7.1 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98000893 in Record Group 79. |
| Sarpy County | All 15 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- 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.