Angus, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elk precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68961. It stands on Oxbow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edgar quadrangle.
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.
- 1898 USGS Hebron quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Edgar quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Angus between 2002 and 2020, burning about 278 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 198 acres | Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District | MOGER |
| 20 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 February 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Angus in 29 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 7 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | $1,000,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 75 MPH resulted in 11 empty train cars being pushed off of the track. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | $500,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in a few overturned irrigation pivots in the area. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Angus | $250,000 | Hail up to the size of tennis balls was reported along Highway 4 west of Davenport. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Angus | $25,000 | The river gage near Deweese along the Little Blue River reported a minor flood, lasting from 6 p.m. CDT on August 29th to 9:45 am CDT on August 30th. The river peaked at 11.06 feet at 6:45 am CDT on August 30th. Flood stage is 10 feet. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Angus | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Angus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Hail | Angus | $5,000 | Hail ranged from nickel to golf ball size. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | - | A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles west-northwest of Davenport. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | - | A wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles southeast of Edgar. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | - | A wind gust of 79 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles west-northwest of Davenport. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | - | Wind gusts of 72 MPH and 58 MPH were measured by a mesonet station located four miles west-northwest of Davenport. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | - | A wind gust of 62 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles west-northwest of Davenport and a gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles west of Davenport. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | - | Wind gusts of 68 MPH were measured by mesonet stations located two miles southeast of Edgar and four miles southeast of Edgar. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | - | A wind gust of 74 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles south of Edgar. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | - | A wind gust of 63 MPH was recorded by a mesonet station located five miles west of Davenport. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | - | A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles southeast of Edgar. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | - | A wind gust of 64 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles west of Davenport. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Angus | - | Storm total rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches were common across the county, including 4.52 inches five miles south southeast of Deweese, and 3.90 inches recorded three miles south of Edgar. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Angus | - | A storm total rainfall amount of 3.41 inches was measured. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Angus | - | A storm total rainfall amount of 3.14 inches was reported by an NeRAIN observer. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Angus | - | A rainfall total of 5.12 inches occurred. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Angus | - | A rainfall total of 4.96 inches occurred. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Angus | - | A wind gust of 68 mph was measured near the intersection of Highways 14 and 4. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Angus | - | Rain total of 3.08 inches over the past 24 hours. Report from the Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network. The rain began during the early evening on June 14th, with the last round of rain ending during the early morning hours of June 15th. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Angus | - | Rain total of 4.37 inches for the past 24 hours. Report comes from the Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network. The rain began during the late afternoon on June 14th, with the last round of rain ending during the early morning hours of June 15th. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Angus | - | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Hail | Angus | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Angus | - | 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 Angus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4764052 | 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 827000. 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.





