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Antioch, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1989. It stands in South Sheridan precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69301. The Survey maps it on the Antioch quadrangle. It stands 3,881 feet above sea level.

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Antioch within Sheridan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

27 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Antioch between 2008 and 2020, burning about 1,059 acres in total. 3 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
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural3

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
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance1,000 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sheridan County

Storms near this place

60 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Antioch in 78 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 51 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. 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
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAntioch$40,000Grain bin elevator knocked over and branches to 3 feet long downed.
June 2015HailAntioch$25,000Hail to ping pong ball size with 40 to 50 mph wind gusts broke windows on north side of house.
June 2017Tornado (EF1)Antioch$21,000Witnesses describe a tornado touching down and destroying mainly cottonwood trees in wind breaks. The path was not continuous. The tornado lifted and then continued to the northeast, hitting a homestead, damaging old outbuildings and snapping or pushing over 30 wooden power poles.
June 2017Tornado (EF1)Antioch$21,000Witnesses describe a tornado touching down and destroying mainly cottonwood trees in wind breaks. The path was not continuous. The tornado lifted and then continued to the northeast, hitting a homestead, damaging old outbuildings and snapping or pushing over 30 wooden power poles. Same tornado / track as the other LSRs.
June 2017Tornado (EF1)Antioch$21,000Witnesses describe a tornado touching down and destroying mainly cottonwood trees in wind breaks. The path was not continuous. The tornado lifted and then continued to the northeast, hitting a homestead, damaging old outbuildings and snapping or pushing over 30 wooden power poles. Final damage point from Antioch tornado.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAntioch$12,000Several tree limbs over 4 inches brought down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindAntioch$10,000The winds broke off a ten inch diameter tree limb which fell on a house damaging the roof. A skylight in the house was also broken from wind blown hail.
July 2009HailAntioch$8,000The hail lasted for 10 minutes or more and was accompanied by strong winds.
July 2001HailAntioch$5,000no account filed
June 2009HailAntioch$3,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindAntioch$2,000Tin ripped off an outbuilding and carried one quarter mile. Time estimated from Radar.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAntioch$2,000Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph with shingles blown off a building.
August 2004HailAntioch$2,000Strong winds accompanied the large hail to break off large tree limbs.
August 2004HailAntioch$2,000no account filed
July 2004HailAntioch$1,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindAntioch$200Tree limbs down
July 2023HailAntioch-Public reported 30 minutes of hail, ranging from pea to half dollar size, north of Antioch.
July 2023HailAntioch-A storm chaser reported 3 inch wide hail west of Antioch.
July 2023HailAntioch-A storm chaser reported 4 inch wide hail along Highway 2 west of Antioch.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindAntioch-Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH estimated at this location.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindAntioch-Large tree branches down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindAntioch-No details.
July 2019HailAntioch-Public reported golf ball size hail.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAntioch-No damage reported.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindAntioch-Shingles off the house from the wind.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAntioch-Public reported extensive damage to a pole barn south of Antioch.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAntioch-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 80 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAntioch-Strong winds to 61 knots reported.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAntioch-Winds estimated to 52 knots.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAntioch-Wind gusts to 60 mph removed shingles off a shop roof.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindAntioch-A 3 foot diameter tree limb was torn from a large tree.
August 2004Tornado (F0)Antioch-The tornado touched down in an open pasture.
July 2025HailAntioch-no account filed
June 2020HailAntioch-no account filed
August 2019HailAntioch-no account filed
July 2018HailAntioch-no account filed
June 2017HailAntioch-no account filed
June 2015HailAntioch-no account filed
July 2014HailAntioch-no account filed
July 2014HailAntioch-no account filed
August 2013HailAntioch-no account filed
May 2013HailAntioch-no account filed
July 2011HailAntioch-no account filed
July 2011HailAntioch-no account filed
July 2010HailAntioch-no account filed
June 2009HailAntioch-no account filed
August 2009HailAntioch-no account filed
September 2008HailAntioch-no account filed
June 2008HailAntioch-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAntioch-no account filed
June 2007HailAntioch-no account filed
July 2005HailAntioch-no account filed
July 2005HailAntioch-no account filed
June 2005HailAntioch-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindAntioch-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindAntioch-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindAntioch-no account filed
August 2002HailAntioch-no account filed
June 2001HailAntioch-no account filed
July 2001HailAntioch-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sheridan 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
Hoffland4.0 miles11
Lakeside8.4 miles11
Ellsworth16.0 miles11
Lulu (historical)16.6 miles10
Jennings (historical)19.9 miles11
Marple (historical)24.2 miles10
Hilton (historical)25.1 miles10
Bingham26.4 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 AntiochAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4774991The 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 834979. 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.