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Alliance, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eleven precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69301. The Survey maps it on the Alliance East quadrangle. 8,151 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,967 feet above sea level.

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Alliance within Box Butte County

On record in Alliance

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Alliance fell from 8,491 to 8,151 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20108,491
20208,151-340 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

75 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Alliance between 2007 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Fireworks20
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2014Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Box Butte County

Storms near this place

60 of 189 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alliance in 189 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 136 hail, 35 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1996HailAlliance$200,000no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAlliance$50,000Farm received strong to severe winds for an hour causing structural damage.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindAlliance$50,000Roofs torn off 1 mobile home and 1 apartment complex; at least 2 cars damaged by fallen limbs; power lines downed; 1 camper flipped; trees uprooted; 3' diameter maple tree thrown onto roof of house; 6' wooden fence downed.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAlliance$40,000Power poles down in western part of town. General Manager of PREMA said the storm took out roughly 40 electrical poles around the area. The downed poles caused roughly 1,000 PREMA electrical services to be stopped across the county.
August 2004HailAlliance$40,000no account filed
July 2000HailAlliance$30,000no account filed
August 2001HailAlliance$25,0001.75 inch hail fell over the southwest side of Alliance, NE.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAlliance$20,000A thunderstorm produced a microburst in Alliance which uprooted trees at a residence home and the owners vehicle was damaged by falling trees. Damage to power poles also occurred in Alliance.
March 1998LightningAlliance$12,000A bolt of lightning hit a tree around which a porch of a house was built. All of the windows in the porch were shattered. The bolt also damaged the adjoining kitchen, bathroom and an antique collection. The homeowners stated that the biggest loss was all of thier antiques.
August 2004HailAlliance$10,0002 inch diamter hail broke windows from 3 to 7 miles northeast of Alliance, Ne.
June 1997HailAlliance$10,000no account filed
May 1998LightningAlliance$5,000Lightning caused two power outages and transformer failures in Alliance.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAlliance$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds up to 62 mph knocked down 2 power poles 8 miles south-southwest of Alliance. The poles were broke off at ground level and caused a brief power outage for customers in the immediate area.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAlliance$4,000Tin blown off roof of garage.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindAlliance$4,000Estimated wind gusts around 60 mph. Unconfirmed tornado uprooted trees andremoved a well-house roof. Storage shed also destroyed.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAlliance$3,000A 100 year old cottonwood tree fell in Central Park.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAlliance$1,100Shingles blown off of house and 6 to 8 inch tree limbs down.
June 2025HailAlliance-Mainly dime to nickel size hail with a few quarters reported northeast of Alliance Nebraska.
June 2024HailAlliance-A trained weather spotter reported nickel sized hail 5 miles W of Alliance.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAlliance-An 81 MPH wind gust was measured at the Alliance Airport ASOS.
July 2022Flash FloodAlliance-Flash flooding was observed in the city of Alliance. Law enforcement reported that a vehicle was washed off the road. The occupants were able to safely exit the vehicle.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindAlliance-Trained spotter reported estimated winds.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindAlliance-Tin shed (8-by-10 foot) blown across yard by strong winds. Pea sized hail reported with accumulations around 6 inches.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindAlliance-Davis station measured wind gust.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindAlliance-Multiple 3 to 4 inch diameter trees uprooted in town.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindAlliance-Thunderstorm winds measured by a KNEB automated weather station.
August 2018HailAlliance-Quarter size hail was observed at Alliance.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindAlliance-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was observed west of Alliance.
June 2018HailAlliance-Measured hail reported at the intersection of West 10th Street and Buffalo Avenue in Alliance.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAlliance-Widespread power outages were reported due to knocked over powerlines in addition to uprooted trees.
June 2017HailAlliance-Tennis ball to baseball size hail was reported at Alliance.
June 2017HailAlliance-Quarter size hail was reported on Kansas Street in southwest Alliance.
August 2017HailAlliance-Golf ball size hail was observed northeast of Alliance.
August 2017HailAlliance-Golf ball size hail was observed northwest of Alliance.
August 2017HailAlliance-Half dollar size hail covered Highway 385 south of Alliance.
July 2017HailAlliance-Golf ball size hail was observed at Alliance.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindAlliance-Estimated 80 mph wind gusts were observed at Alliance.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindAlliance-Estimated wind gusts of 70 mph were reported 10 miles north of Alliance.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindAlliance-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were reported northwest of Alliance.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindAlliance-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were reported at Alliance.
June 2016HailAlliance-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported 15 miles north of Alliance.
June 2016HailAlliance-Quarter size hail was reported near the Alliance Airport.
July 2016HailAlliance-Quarter size hail was reported two miles west of Alliance.
October 2016HailAlliance-Quarter size hail was reported two miles north of Alliance.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAlliance-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 to 65 mph 15 miles northwest of the Alliance Airport. Utility lines were down and power was out for several hours.
June 2015HailAlliance-Golf ball size hail was observed seven miles northeast of Alliance.
June 2015HailAlliance-Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported at Alliance.
June 2015HailAlliance-Golf ball size hail was reported three miles northeast of Alliance. Garage and basement windows were broken.
June 2015HailAlliance-Golf ball size hail was observed five miles north-northeast of Alliance.
June 2015HailAlliance-Softball size hail was observed six miles northeast of Alliance.
June 2015HailAlliance-Pea to golf ball size hail was reported four miles north of Alliance.
May 2015HailAlliance-Dime to quarter size hail was observed in Alliance.
July 2015HailAlliance-Quarter size hail was observed ten miles southeast of Alliance.
May 2014Funnel CloudAlliance-A funnel cloud was sighted east of Kilpatrick Lake.
May 2014Funnel CloudAlliance-Spotter observed a rotating wall cloud with a funnel rising and lowering.
May 2014HailAlliance-Quarter size hail was reported west of Alliance.
May 2014HailAlliance-Ping pong ball size hail was observed north of Alliance.
May 2014HailAlliance-Quarter size hail was reported northeast of Alliance.
June 2014HailAlliance-Quarter size hail was observed west of Alliance.
June 2014HailAlliance-Quarter size hail was observed in Alliance.

Every storm recorded in Box Butte County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Letan7.0 miles11
Berea9.6 miles9
Hemingford18.5 miles9
Nonpareil24.8 miles10

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 AllianceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q964529The 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 834978. 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.