Alvo, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greenwood precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68304. The Survey maps it on the Eagle quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,339 feet above sea level.
On record in Alvo
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 1 record
- James and Margaret Greer Farmsteadlisted 2011
Population over time
2 figuresAlvo fell from 132 to 115 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 132 | |
| 2020 | 115 | -17 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1903 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Eagle quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Alvo between 2003 and 2020, burning about 151 acres in total. 1 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 May 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alvo in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 tornado, 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Alvo | $1,000,000 | This is the fifth and last of 5 cyclic tornadoes that a low-topped supercell thunderstorm produced at it tracked southeast through east of the Lincoln area. This tornado touched down in Alvo and tracked a little over 10 miles north northeast before lifting just west of South Bend. The tornado knocked down power poles and transmission lines, snapped trees and damaged houses and destroyed farm out buildings along its path. One of the downed power lines fell on a car trapping its occupant for several hours. Several cars were crushed by fallen trees in the Alvo area. From the 3 confirmed tornadoes that hit the county, plus any associated wind damage, emergency management estimated that 30 homes had minor damage with 4 sustaining major damage and 60 to 80 farm outbuildings were damaged with the total damage approaching $1 million. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Alvo | $10,000 | Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches fell across the upper reaches of the Weeping Water Creek basin including 4.47 inches in Weeping Water. The heavy rain caused flash flooding along Weeping Water Creek and some of its tributaries from around Alvo to downstream of Weeping Water. In Weeping Water, water crossed a few roads and flooded into the city park. Numerous county roads between Alvo and Weeping Water were flooded. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvo | - | Personal weather station measured wind gust of 71 mph. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Alvo | - | At approximately 6:14 PM CST on Thursday April 17, video evidence supports the development of a tornado near 250th St and Alvo Road. Little to no damage was reported, even to trees, as it passed through multiple wooded areas. The tornado appeared to have a maximum width of less than 50 yards with a length of 0.84 miles. The maximum wind speed during this segment of its track was estimated at 60 mph, 0 fatalities and 0 injuries. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Alvo | - | At approximately 6:20 PM CST on Thursday, April 17, video evidence supports the development of a tornado near 286th St and McKelvie Road that lasted for approximately 2 minutes. No damage was reported as it passed through open fields, supporting an EF-U rating. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvo | - | A spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts reached 60 mph. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvo | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph overturned a machine shed. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Alvo | - | A multiple vortex tornado did some tree damage west of Alvo. It was a mile or two away from another tornado that touched down briefly to the northeast. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Alvo | - | A brief tornado touched down and overturned at trailer near Alvo. This brief touchdown was a mile or two away from another weak tornado that was on the ground for a mile or so. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Alvo | - | Very brief touchdown. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Alvo | - | Cass County Emergency Services had 40 to 50 spotters throughout the county with several reports of brief tornado touchdowns, but no damage. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Alvo | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Alvo | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Alvo | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Alvo | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Alvo | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Alvo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Elmwood | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Murdock | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Greenwood | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wabash | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| South Bend | 11.7 miles | 17 | |
| Manley | 12.2 miles | 13 | |
| Weeping Water | 13.1 miles | 13 |
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 Alvo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1290725 | 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 826972. 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.






