BlockBlaine County, Nebraska
38 topographic sheets cover 5 settlements here.
What the record shows
- 54 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 5 populated places in this county; 5 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Wildfire, 2003 to 2018
18 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 18 of them, burning about 2,382 acres. 7 started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,056 acres | Valentine National Wildlife Refuge | GRADUATION |
| 15 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 637 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | DUNNING |
| 3 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2018 | Natural | 25 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2012 | Natural | 9.7 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2012 | Natural | 9.7 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1955 to 2025
60 of 292 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 292 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $5,690,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 224 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 52 |
| Tornado | 10 |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 |
| Flood | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1986 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| July 1979 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewster | $150,000 | Extensive wind damage in and around Brewster with trees down, power lines down, and outbuildings damaged. Sheriff estimated wind gusts up to 100 mph. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Purdum | $130,000 | Thunderstorms with prolonged heavy rain falling on already saturated ground caused widespread flooding. Three to five inches of rain caused damage to numerous secondary roads as they were under water or washed away. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewster | $40,000 | Emergency management reports a cattle truck blown over on highway 91 along with a transformer pole broke off. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewster | $40,000 | The Brewster Sheriff reported roofs blown off out buildings and 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs and tops broken out of trees. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Halsey | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Brewster | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Brewster | $25,000 | Baseball sized hail punched holes in a roof and siding, dented a camper, and broke numerous windows out on a house at this location. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Dunning | $20,000 | The tornado moved into Blaine County from Custer County approximately 7 miles southeast of Dunning and continued to move northward across the county and then crossed into Brown County approximately 11 miles northwest of Brewster. Along the path, the tornado snapped trees, broke power poles, destroyed fences, lifted and turned a vehicle driving along Highway 2, and destroyed windmills. The average path width of the tornado was 220 yards. The total path length of the tornado was approximately 55 miles. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Purdum | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Brewster | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Halsey | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Brewster | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Purdum | $10,000 | Along with severe limb damage to trees and uprooted trees, lawn furniture was blown over 100 feet. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewster | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several power poles and uprooted trees. Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported as well. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | $10,000 | Numerous large tree limbs blown down |
| September 2008 | Hail | Dunning | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Brewster | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Brewster | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Dunning | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Brewster | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Dunning | $8,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Dunning | $8,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Purdum | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Purdum | $6,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Brewster | $5,000 | Hail broke windshield of patrol car. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Dunning | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Dunning | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Dunning | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Dunning | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Brewster | $4,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Brewster | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 1955 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewster | $2,000 | Tree limbs blown down and a shed overturned on the east side of Brewster. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Purdum | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds tore numerous shingles off of a house at a farmstead. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Dunning | $2,000 | Hail covered the ground. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | $2,000 | Roof taken off shed. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Dunning | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Brewster | $2,000 | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Purdum | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Dunning | $1,000 | Pea to walnut sized hail covered the ground at this location. Tree damage was also reported at this location. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Purdum | $1,000 | Large tree limbs down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | $1,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Dunning | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Brewster | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dunning | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Dunning | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Dunning | - | Half dollar sized hail along with wind gusts of 35 to 45 MPH were reported at this location. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | - | Mesonet measured 60 MPH wind gusts at this location. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Dunning | - | Marble to quarter sized hail covered the ground. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Brewster | - | Public reported hail to half dollar size northwest of Brewster. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Brewster | - | Public reported quarter size hail north of Brewster. |
| July 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Brewster | - | Nebraska department of roads camera. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewster | - | Thunderstorm outflow wind gust measured by a NDOR mesonet just south of Brewster. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Dunning | - | Power lost at this location along with nickel sized hail. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewster | - | Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH reported at this location. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brewster | - | No details. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Brewster | - | Quarter to half dollar sized hail reported at this location. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Purdum | - | A trained weather spotter reported a large tree branch downed near Purdum. |
Every populated place in the county
5Named 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.
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Blaine Center
Brewster precinct · 68821 · Brewster NW quadrangle
11 sheets, 1952 to 1994
No longer a settlement
The vanished settlements of Blaine County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
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.