BlockBanner County, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover 1 settlement here.
What the record shows
- 14 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 1 populated places in this county; 1 is covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Wildfire, 2007 to 2020
117 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 117 of them, burning about 14,260 acres. 55 started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2007 | Natural | 5,000 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,850 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | HUBBARDS GAP |
| 5 September 2010 | Natural | 1,500 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,000 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2012 | Natural | 500 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Natural | 400 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 300 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1956 to 2025
60 of 215 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 215 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $3,653,810 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 131 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 37 |
| Tornado | 31 |
| Flash Flood | 7 |
| Heavy Rain | 4 |
| Flood | 3 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1985 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Harrisburg | $300,000 | Tornado moved SSE across parts of eastern Banner county, remaining over open country. Some power lines, power transmission towers and poles blown down as well as trees uprooted. Damage to irrigation pivots also reported. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $250,000 | Widespread flash flooding then flooding caused crop, road and bridge damage. |
| June 1987 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Harrisburg | $100,000 | A storm chaser reported 2-inch diameter hail 4 miles E of Harrisburg. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Harrisburg | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Harrisburg | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Harrisburg | $25,000 | A short-lived tornado touched down east of Highway 71 southeast of Harrisburg, NE. A calving barn was moved about 10 yards from its original location. One horse was killed with several other horses injured. Several power poles were broken. A grain bin was pushed off its foundation, landing east into grove of trees. Pole barn rolled with only a few walls left standing (DI 1, DOD 7). |
| June 1983 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1965 | Tornado | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Harrisburg | $20,000 | Video NW of Harrisburg. Photos sent to office with windows broken and large branches down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | $15,000 | Several out buildings destroyed on farm by strong thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Harrisburg | $10,000 | Hail up to 6 inches in circumference. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Harrisburg | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Harrisburg | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Harrisburg | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Flood | East | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flood | Countywide | $3,000 | Thunderstorms produced up to 2 inches of rainfalll across Banner County which resulted in flooding of some county roads. Mudslides were also reported in the Rocky Hollow Area. |
| August 1988 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| August 1978 | Tornado | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| August 1978 | Tornado | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flood | Countywide | $2,000 | Thunderstorms produced 2 to 4 inches of rain over Banner County, which resulted in small stream flooding and water flowing over county roads. The flood waters also damaged or destroyed sunflower, millet, corn, dry bean and wheat crops. |
| August 1996 | Hail | Harrisburg | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 1988 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250 | no account filed |
| May 1988 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $30 | no account filed |
| July 1958 | Tornado | not stated | $30 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | Mesonet station reported wind gust of 61mph from nearby thunderstorm. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | Storm Spotter reports half dollar sized hail in Banner County. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | Several reports of golf ball sized hail near and in Harrissburg. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | MPing from Storm Chaser of 64mph wind gust measured with handheld Kestrel. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | Estimated wind gusts 60 to 70 mph, along with large hail. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | Public reports quarter size hail. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | Storm chaser reported 1.2 inch hail northwest of Harrisburg. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | Estimated 60 mph winds with the initial storm outflow, then becoming more consistently 40-45 mph. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | A trained weather spotter reported quarter sized hail in the town of Harrisburg. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | A trained weather spotter reported ping pong ball sized hail near the southbound weigh station off Highway 71 in Banner County, approximately 5 miles ESE of Harrisburg. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | Trained spotter reported wind gusts and pea sized hail. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | Spotter reports quarter sized hail 10 miles northwest of Harrisburg. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | Storm chaser reports quarter sized hail 10 miles south of Gering via the Spotter Network. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | A trained weather spotter located 18 miles east of Harrisburg estimated wind gusts to 70 MPH. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | Report of penny size hail covering the ground. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | A 60 MPH wind gust was reported 12 miles WSW of Harrisburg. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | AWOS station K1CW measured maximum wind gust 9 miles east of Harrisburg. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | A trained spotter located 19 miles east of Harrisburg estimated wind gusts to 60 MPH. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | Report from social media of quarter sized hail south of Harrisburg. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | Harrisburg, NE AWOS station (K1CW) reported wind gust. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | Bravo (Pine Bluffs) AWOS station (K1BW) measured wind gust. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | Power poles were knocked down causing wide spread power outages. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Harrisburg | - | Roads near Pumpkin Creek east of Highway 71 were reported flooded. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | Two empty and un-anchored 10X14 outbuildings, located north of Double L Cafe on Highway 71, 4 miles southeast of Harrisburg, NE, were flipped upside down by wind. Estimated wind speeds at 55 mph. The outbuildings were all wood construction and had no awning. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | Sheriff reported 6 inches of hail between Kimball County Roads 8 and 54. Had to call snow plows out to clear roads. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | Mesonet station NE001 - Banner Road on NE 71. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | AWOS station K1BW - Bravo Madis reported wind gust 14 miles west of Harrisburg, NE. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg | - | Heavy rain and pea size hail in addition to the reported thunderstorm winds reduced visibilities to near zero. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | Hail stripped corn stalks in area fields. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Harrisburg | - | Resident driveway was washed out completely from flood waters creating over one foot craters in roadway. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | Ping pong ball size hail was observed east of Harrisburg. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | Quarter size hail was observed 10 miles south of Harrisburg. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Harrisburg | - | Quarter size hail covered the ground north of Harrisburg. |
| June 2017 | Heavy Rain | Harrisburg | - | An inch of rain fell in 15 minutes five miles northwest of Harrisburg. |
Every populated place in the county
1Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
Provenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- 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.