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Amelia, Nebraska

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Wyoming Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68711. The Survey maps it on the Amelia quadrangle. It stands 2,182 feet above sea level.

Amelia within Holt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Amelia between 2012 and 2016, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
15 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holt County

Storms near this place

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amelia in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 37 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010FloodAmelia$200,000Thunderstorms with prolonged heavy rain falling on already saturated ground caused widespread flooding. Water was flowing over Highway 20 at Inman, Highway 281 south of O'Neill, and the intersection of Highways 95 and 11 west of Chambers. The approach to the bridge over the south fork of the Elkhorn River near Ewing was washed away. Numerous secondary roads were under water or washed out. A cooperative observer 7 miles southwest of Amelia reported 4.28 inches of rain.
May 2004Tornado (F1)Amelia$45,000The tornado took down power poles and uprooted numerous trees south of state highway 95 and then hit a farmstead as it crossed the highway about 3 miles south of Amelia ripping off the roof of a metal outbuilding and depositing it on the road. As it moved east-northeast, it overturned a center pivot irrigation system and uprooted more trees.
July 2001HailAmelia$35,000no account filed
July 2001HailAmelia$30,000no account filed
June 1998HailAmelia$25,000Tennis ball size hail damaged vehicles, buildings and crops.
July 2007HailAmelia$10,000no account filed
July 2001HailAmelia$10,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindAmelia$8,000One foot diameter trees were broken off.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAmelia$5,000Public reports severe tree damage along with a snapped power poll at this location. Winds estimated at 80 MPH.
May 2002HailAmelia$5,000no account filed
July 2000HailAmelia$5,000no account filed
June 2002HailAmelia$4,000no account filed
May 2007HailAmelia$3,000Vehicles in the area received major hail damage.
March 2005HailAmelia$3,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindAmelia$2,0004 inch tree limbs down.
July 2004HailAmelia$2,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindAmelia$1,000Five inch diameter limbs were broken off of trees.
May 2004HailAmelia$1,000no account filed
July 2003HailAmelia$1,000no account filed
October 2001HailAmelia$1,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindAmelia$1,000no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAmelia-Report of 60 mph winds.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindAmelia-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 to 70 MPH at this location.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindAmelia-The public reported wind gusts to 60 mph.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Amelia-The tornado touched down briefly in an open pasture.
July 2003Tornado (F0)Amelia-The tornado briefly touched down in open rangeland.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindAmelia-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed two trees.
June 2020HailAmelia-no account filed
July 2012HailAmelia-no account filed
June 2011HailAmelia-no account filed
July 2010HailAmelia-no account filed
July 2009HailAmelia-no account filed
July 2007HailAmelia-no account filed
July 2007HailAmelia-no account filed
June 2007HailAmelia-no account filed
March 2005HailAmelia-no account filed
July 2005HailAmelia-no account filed
July 2005HailAmelia-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindAmelia-no account filed
August 2002HailAmelia-no account filed
August 2002HailAmelia-no account filed
July 2001HailAmelia-no account filed
July 2001HailAmelia-no account filed
July 2001HailAmelia-no account filed
October 2000HailAmelia-no account filed
July 2000HailAmelia-no account filed
July 2000HailAmelia-no account filed
August 1997HailAmelia-no account filed
June 1997HailAmelia-no account filed
August 1996HailAmelia-no account filed
July 1994HailAmelia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Holt 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
Inez6.1 miles9
Swan Lake7.4 miles9
Chambers8.9 miles10
Emmet17.5 miles10
Atkinson20.7 miles9
O'Neill20.8 miles11
Inman22.7 miles10
Stafford25.5 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 AmeliaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4742211The 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 826975. 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.