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Arapahoe, Nebraska

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Arapahoe precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68922. It stands on Crum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arapahoe quadrangle. 1,002 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,178 feet above sea level.

Arapahoe within Furnas County

Population over time

2 figures

Arapahoe fell from 1,026 to 1,002 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
20101,026
20201,002-24 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Arapahoe between 2007 and 2019, burning about 509 acres in total. 2 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 burning11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
28 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use40 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution7.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Furnas County

Storms near this place

60 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arapahoe in 64 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 35 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018HailArapahoe$750,000Quarter to golf ball size hail fell for approximately 20 minutes. Heavy damage occurred from large hail. Several vehicles were damaged that included busted out windows. There was also damage to homes with substantial holes to siding. The crops south of town sustained a large amount of damage as well.
July 2023HailArapahoe$250,000Hail up to two inches in diameter was reported in the area, with hail covering part of Highway 283 south of Arapahoe.
June 2014HailArapahoe$250,000no account filed
June 2000HailArapahoe$200,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindArapahoe$150,000no account filed
June 1997HailArapahoe$75,000Numerous funnel clouds were reported in Furnas County along with extensive crop damage from the hail.
June 2014HailArapahoe$75,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindArapahoe$50,000Power poles and power lines were damaged in Arapahoe. A power line was laying across the junction of Highways 34 and 283. Tree limbs with diameters of 6 to 8 inches were downed. Wind gust of 73 mph was measured at the north side of Arapahoe at this time.
June 2011HailArapahoe$50,000no account filed
June 1997HailArapahoe$40,000no account filed
September 2015HailArapahoe$35,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindArapahoe$30,000Winds were accompanied with quarter sized hail.
May 2005HailArapahoe$30,000no account filed
June 2018HailArapahoe$25,000Hail began with one inch diameter and grew to golf ball size.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindArapahoe$25,000Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph were reported in Arapahoe. Pea size hail and lightning were also occurring.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindArapahoe$25,000Trees uprooted in town.
June 2011HailArapahoe$25,000no account filed
June 2011HailArapahoe$25,000no account filed
May 2008HailArapahoe$25,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindArapahoe$25,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindArapahoe$25,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindArapahoe$25,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindArapahoe$25,000no account filed
March 2017Thunderstorm WindArapahoe$20,000Minor shingle and roof damage was reported in Arapahoe, as well as a few large tree branches being downed. Area power poles were damaged and a hay barn was damaged. Wind gust estimated from other area reports.
June 2014LightningArapahoe$15,000Lightning from a non-severe storm struck St. Germanus Catholic Church and resulted in a fire that burned a portion of the bell tower. This incident occurred a little more than an hour after Sunday morning worship services ended.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindArapahoe$15,000no account filed
May 1999Tornado (F0)Arapahoe$15,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindArapahoe$10,000Wind gusts were estimated at 65 MPH.
July 2009HailArapahoe$10,000no account filed
May 2009HailArapahoe$5,000Dime to quarter size hail was reported along with heavy rain.
June 2008HailArapahoe$5,000no account filed
May 1998HailArapahoe$5,000no account filed
July 1996HailArapahoe$5,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindArapahoe$4,000Wind gusts estimated at 70 mph resulted in tree damage at the Arapahoe Golf Course. At least two trees were uprooted.
April 2022HailArapahoe-Largest hail stones at the local golf course ranged in size from ping pong balls to two inches in diameter.
April 2022Heavy RainArapahoe-NeRAIN observer reported a 24-hour rain total of 3.05, which based on radar data fell almost entirely during this 5-hour period.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindArapahoe-Wind gusts estimated to be near 85 MPH resulted in damage in the Arapahoe area. There was significant tree damage in the area, with several large trees uprooted. South of town, several power poles were broken, and concrete markers were knocked over at the golf course.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindArapahoe-Three to four inch diameter tree branches were down, along with several street signs in downtown Arapahoe. Some street flooding occurred at the intersection of Highway 6 and 34.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindArapahoe-An anemometer recorded a wind gust of 66 mph.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindArapahoe-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindArapahoe-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH.
June 2014FloodArapahoe-Water was running across Highway 283, near the Gosper County line.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindArapahoe-A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated to be 60 mph.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindArapahoe-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH, resulting in blowing dust and near zero visibility.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindArapahoe-Nebraska Department of Roads mesonet site.
March 1995HailArapahoe-A thunderstorm that moved across northern Furnas County briefly dropped some hail that was the size of golfballs.
May 2024HailArapahoe-no account filed
July 2024HailArapahoe-no account filed
July 2023HailArapahoe-no account filed
September 2022HailArapahoe-no account filed
March 2021HailArapahoe-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindArapahoe-no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindArapahoe-no account filed
July 2016HailArapahoe-no account filed
July 2014HailArapahoe-no account filed
April 2013HailArapahoe-no account filed
July 2007HailArapahoe-no account filed
October 2007HailArapahoe-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindArapahoe-no account filed
July 2006HailArapahoe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Furnas 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
Holbrook5.8 miles8
Edison6.8 miles14
Deerfield Corner11.9 miles14
Beaver City12.1 miles13
Hendley12.6 miles14
Cambridge14.1 miles9
Hollinger14.3 miles13
Oxford14.7 miles13

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 ArapahoeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q958488The 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 827034. 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.