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Ansley, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ansley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68814. It lies near Comer Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Ansley quadrangle. 459 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,306 feet above sea level.

Ansley within Custer County

On record in Ansley

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

Population over time

2 figures

Ansley grew from 441 to 459 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
2010441
2020459+18 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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.

In the county-history sources

1,574 words on this township

History of Custer County, Nebraska; a Narrative of the Past, with Special Emphasis Upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, Its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religous, and Civic Developement from the Early Days to the Present Time, published 1919 names this settlement in its chapter on Ansley Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The Christian church of Ansley was organized in Alarch 1889, following a meeting held in a hall over C. J. Stevens" store, by the state evangelist, R. C. Barrow. The charter members were Dan Hagin, Mrs. Dovia Hagin, Frank Hagin, John Sargent, Laura A. Sargent, Simon Rigby, Alice Rigby, Mary Hagin, George Rich, Marie Rich, Fanny Gaines, ^Irs. Anthony, and Jeanette Stevenson (now Mrs. Frank Housel). The officiary consisted of two elders, John Sargent and George Rich, and two deacons, Dan Hagin and Simon Rigby. In 1892 the present house of worship was erected, at a cost of $3,000. and it was dedicated in Augvist of that year, by Dr. W. P. Aylsworth. dean of the sacred-literature department of Cotner L'niversity. The succes- sion of pastors is here recorded: W. H. Hedges, Fred Hagin, J. Sherman Hill. J. \\'. Walker. George Bailey, Jesse R. Teagarden, C. \'. Allison, T. C. :McIntyre. D. G. \\'agner. F. D. Hobson, P. G. Dennis, and the present pastor, Charles A. Shook. The church now has an active membership of 153 and an outlying membership of about thirty-five in th? church organized at the Banner schoolhouse in December, 1917, by the pastor, Charles A. Shook. It has a Bible school enrollment of about 150, with an average attendance of seventy-one. C. W. Hawk is the present superintendent. The Chi'istian Endeavor Society has thirteen members and Miss Eva S'tuckey is president. There is a strong woman's missionary society, known as the Christian Woman's Board of Missions .-Xuxiliarv, with

Passage source: History of Custer County, Nebraska; a Narrative of the Past, with Special Emphasis Upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, Its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religous, and Civic Developement from the Early Days to the Present Time, published 1919.

This church has sent out one preacher, Fred Hagin, son of Dan and Mrs. Dovia Hagin, and he has been for some years a missionary in the foreign field, at Tokio, Japan. This has been one of the strong churches of the Disciples of Christ in this county. It has maintained its vitality and has a prominent place in the village of Ansley and the community round about.

Passage source: History of Custer County, Nebraska; a Narrative of the Past, with Special Emphasis Upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, Its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religous, and Civic Developement from the Early Days to the Present Time, published 1919.

In October, 1906, O. A. Adams, pastor of the church at Ansley, with Louis Epler as singing evangelist, held a meeting in the opera hall at Mason City resulting in an organization with the following officers : Elders, Sherman Knox, Oren Dolen ; deacons, George Chipps, Vannie Reed, William Davis, Ross Rhodes; church clerk, Oren Dolen.

Passage source: History of Custer County, Nebraska; a Narrative of the Past, with Special Emphasis Upon the Pioneer Period of the County's History, Its Social, Commercial, Educational, Religous, and Civic Developement from the Early Days to the Present Time, published 1919.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Ansley Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Fires near this place

15 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Ansley between 2008 and 2017, burning about 74 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 burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
10 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 June 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 June 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 April 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 March 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 March 2013Debris and open burning15 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 March 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Storms near this place

60 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ansley in 61 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 43 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
April 2003Tornado (F0)Ansley$20,000A tornado tossed irrigation pipe as it crossed a field and then broke off numerous trees and destroyed a metal machine shed as it moved over a farmstead. Metal from the machine shed was twisted around trees and also thrown across the road into an open field. Then as it moved through another open field, it overturned a center pivot irrigation system.
April 2003Tornado (F0)Ansley$20,000As the tornado encountered a farmstead, it pushed a detached garage from its foundation, overturned a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle, and threw a metal cattle feeder 100 feet to the other side of the road. It also tore numerous shingles off a roof and broke two windows in the farmhouse. Power poles were also broken.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindAnsley$15,000Emergency manager reported several empty grain bins blown down. Also, irrigation pipes were strewn about.
May 2002HailAnsley$10,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAnsley$5,000The Emergency Manager reported downed power lines and power outages in and around Ansley.
April 2003HailAnsley$4,000no account filed
June 2003HailAnsley$4,000no account filed
July 2015HailAnsley$2,000A window was broken out by golf ball sized hail.
April 2003HailAnsley$2,000no account filed
April 2024Thunderstorm WindAnsley$1,000Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at near 70 MPH led to roof damage with some shingles lifted and blown away. Report was from social media.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAnsley-A 60 MPH wind gust measured by a home weather station.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAnsley-Mesonet measured a 66 MPH wind gust at this location.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindAnsley-A trained weather spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts in Ansley.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindAnsley-A trained weather spotter reported 70 mph wind gusts and pea size hail in Ansley.
July 2022HailAnsley-A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail in Ansley.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindAnsley-Power poles down.
July 2020HailAnsley-Golf ball size hail caused crop damage near Ansley.
July 2020HailAnsley-Hail estimated up to golf ball size resulted in significant crop damage between Ansley and Mason City.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAnsley-No damage reported.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindAnsley-Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 70 MPH at this location.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindAnsley-Estimated wind gust of 60 mph.
July 2015HailAnsley-Severe hail damage to crops reported at this location.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAnsley-In addition to strong winds, hail of unknown size stripped garden plants at this location.
July 2013HailAnsley-Ground was covered with hen egg sized hail.
June 2011HailAnsley-Public reported quarter to golf ball sized hail.
June 2011HailAnsley-The ground was almost covered white with hail pea to half dollar sized.
June 2011HailAnsley-Custer county emergency manager reported numerous home windows broken in Ansley from large jagged hail, along with trees stripped of foliage.
August 2010Heavy RainAnsley-Heavy rainfall in Mason City was measured to 3.60 inches.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Ansley-The tornado touched down in an open field.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Ansley-The tornado touched down in an open pasture.
June 2025HailAnsley-no account filed
May 2022HailAnsley-no account filed
June 2022HailAnsley-no account filed
May 2022HailAnsley-no account filed
April 2021HailAnsley-no account filed
September 2019HailAnsley-no account filed
July 2018HailAnsley-no account filed
April 2017HailAnsley-no account filed
July 2015HailAnsley-no account filed
June 2014HailAnsley-no account filed
June 2014HailAnsley-no account filed
June 2014HailAnsley-no account filed
July 2013HailAnsley-no account filed
July 2013HailAnsley-no account filed
July 2013HailAnsley-no account filed
July 2013HailAnsley-no account filed
June 2010HailAnsley-no account filed
June 2010HailAnsley-no account filed
June 2010HailAnsley-no account filed
July 2010HailAnsley-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAnsley-no account filed
June 2008HailAnsley-no account filed
June 2008HailAnsley-no account filed
May 2005HailAnsley-no account filed
June 2005HailAnsley-no account filed
March 2004HailAnsley-no account filed
March 2004HailAnsley-no account filed
May 2002HailAnsley-no account filed
May 2002HailAnsley-no account filed
May 1999HailAnsley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Custer 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
Mason City6.2 miles12
Westerville7.5 miles11
Berwyn7.6 miles11
Buckeye12.0 miles11
Weissert12.8 miles11
Cumro13.9 miles11
Burr Oak14.6 miles11
Elton (historical)15.6 miles11

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 AnsleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q957708The 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 827004. 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.