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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Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1948 USGS Antioch quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Antioch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Antioch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 2008Regional 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 maintenance | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1,000 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 78 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | $40,000 | Grain bin elevator knocked over and branches to 3 feet long downed. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Antioch | $25,000 | Hail to ping pong ball size with 40 to 50 mph wind gusts broke windows on north side of house. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Antioch | $21,000 | Witnesses 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 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Antioch | $21,000 | Witnesses 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 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Antioch | $21,000 | Witnesses 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | $12,000 | Several tree limbs over 4 inches brought down by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | $10,000 | The 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 2009 | Hail | Antioch | $8,000 | The hail lasted for 10 minutes or more and was accompanied by strong winds. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Antioch | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Antioch | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | $2,000 | Tin ripped off an outbuilding and carried one quarter mile. Time estimated from Radar. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | $2,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph with shingles blown off a building. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Antioch | $2,000 | Strong winds accompanied the large hail to break off large tree limbs. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Antioch | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Antioch | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | $200 | Tree limbs down |
| July 2023 | Hail | Antioch | - | Public reported 30 minutes of hail, ranging from pea to half dollar size, north of Antioch. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Antioch | - | A storm chaser reported 3 inch wide hail west of Antioch. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Antioch | - | A storm chaser reported 4 inch wide hail along Highway 2 west of Antioch. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH estimated at this location. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | Large tree branches down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | No details. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Antioch | - | Public reported golf ball size hail. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | No damage reported. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | Shingles off the house from the wind. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | Public reported extensive damage to a pole barn south of Antioch. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 80 mph. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | Strong winds to 61 knots reported. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | Winds estimated to 52 knots. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | Wind gusts to 60 mph removed shingles off a shop roof. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | A 3 foot diameter tree limb was torn from a large tree. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Antioch | - | The tornado touched down in an open pasture. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Antioch | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Antioch | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffland | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeside | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Ellsworth | 16.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lulu (historical) | 16.6 miles | 10 | |
| Jennings (historical) | 19.9 miles | 11 | |
| Marple (historical) | 24.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hilton (historical) | 25.1 miles | 10 | |
| Bingham | 26.4 miles | 11 |
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 Antioch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4774991 | 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 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.






