Agnew, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1982. It stands in West Oak precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68428. The Survey maps it on the Valparaiso quadrangle. 30 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 386 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1899 USGS Wahoo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Valparaiso quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Agnew between 2007 and 2019, burning about 1,309 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Agnew in 17 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Flood | Agnew | $50,000 | Heavy rainfall lead to 4 to 6 inches of flooding over Davey Road. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Agnew | - | Public report of hail estimated up to 2 in diameter. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Agnew | - | Trained spotter report of hail measured up to 2 in diameter. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agnew | - | A trained spotter estimated winds of 60 to 64 mph on the northwest side of Branched Oak. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agnew | - | A 60 miles per hour wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Agnew | - | Trained spotter reported 1.25-inch hail. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Agnew | - | CoCoRaHS observer reported 1.25 inch hail. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Agnew | - | Public reported swift flowing water through fields. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agnew | - | Public reported a 55 kt wind. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Agnew | - | Measured 2.46 inches of rain near Branched Oak Lake. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agnew | - | Numerous large limbs and trees were blown down. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Agnew | - | This tornado was spawned by the same supercell that produced the f4 tornado near Seward. The tornado touched down briefly in an open field west of Agnew near the intersection of NW 140th and Ashland Road and was reported by law enforcement. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Agnew | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agnew | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Agnew | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Agnew | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Agnew | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Malcolm | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Davey | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Woodlawn | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Huskerville | 10.9 miles | 16 | |
| Arbor | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mark IV Estates | 12.9 miles | 16 | |
| West Lincoln | 13.1 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Agnew | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17985431 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 826918. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





