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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Amelia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 2012Regional 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 use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
51 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flood | Amelia | $200,000 | Thunderstorms 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 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Amelia | $45,000 | The 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 2001 | Hail | Amelia | $35,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Amelia | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Amelia | $25,000 | Tennis ball size hail damaged vehicles, buildings and crops. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Amelia | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Amelia | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amelia | $8,000 | One foot diameter trees were broken off. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amelia | $5,000 | Public reports severe tree damage along with a snapped power poll at this location. Winds estimated at 80 MPH. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Amelia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Amelia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Amelia | $4,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Amelia | $3,000 | Vehicles in the area received major hail damage. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Amelia | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amelia | $2,000 | 4 inch tree limbs down. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Amelia | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amelia | $1,000 | Five inch diameter limbs were broken off of trees. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Amelia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Amelia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Amelia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amelia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amelia | - | Report of 60 mph winds. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amelia | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 to 70 MPH at this location. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amelia | - | The public reported wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Amelia | - | The tornado touched down briefly in an open pasture. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Amelia | - | The tornado briefly touched down in open rangeland. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amelia | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed two trees. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Amelia | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Amelia | - | 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.
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 Amelia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4742211 | 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 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.





