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Arcadia, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Arcadia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68815. It stands on Hawthorne Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arcadia West quadrangle. 283 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,162 feet above sea level.

Arcadia within Valley County

On record in Arcadia

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

Arcadia fell from 311 to 283 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
2010311
2020283-28 (-9%)

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.

Fires near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Arcadia in 2008, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 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 burning4
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
2 September 2008Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 March 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 March 2008Debris and open burning30 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 March 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Valley County

Storms near this place

60 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcadia in 76 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 52 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 4 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
May 2022Thunderstorm WindArcadia$1,500,000Wind gusts of 80 to 90 MPH were reported along and near this path. Peak measured wind gusts include: 89 MPH, by a mesonet station located eight miles west-southwest of Ord; 82 MPH, by a mesonet station located four miles west-southwest of Ord; 75 MPH, by a Nebraska Mesonet station located two miles northwest of Ord; 73 MPH, by a mesonet station located six miles southwest of Ord. Widespread damage was reported in and around Arcadia by a NWS Cooperative Observer, who estimated wind speeds to be 80 to 90 MPH with near-zero visibility due to blowing dirt. Numerous trees were uprooted or torn apart, and many buildings and grains bins were damaged or destroyed. Numerous pivots were overturned. Hail up to the size of ping pong balls was driven by this wind, enhancing the destructive nature of the storm. In and around Ord, law enforcement also reported widespread tree damage, along with fencing and shed damage. The NWS Cooperative Observer in Ord reported pea to dime size hail lasted for approximately 10-15 minutes. The Fort Hartsuff State Park area in far northern Valley County also reported tree damage.
July 2014HailArcadia$1,000,000Hail ranged in size from quarters to ping pong balls. Crop damage was reported in the area.
June 2003Tornado (F1)Arcadia$250,000A tornado moved across western Valley county and was reported by an off duty meteorologist from the SPC.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindArcadia$150,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH knocked over 3 irrigation pivots.
May 2022HailArcadia$100,000The NWS Cooperative Observer located two miles west of Arcadia reported hail up to the size of ping pong balls, driven by wind gusts of 80 to 90 MPH.
August 2019Flash FloodArcadia$100,000Radar estimation showed that rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches fell across the area. Emergency management reported some rural roads were covered with water. Approximately 6 miles south of Ord, a bridge crossing Mira Creek was washed out.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindArcadia$100,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. Crop and tree damage was reported in the area.
June 1997HailArcadia$75,000no account filed
June 1997HailArcadia$75,000no account filed
May 2025HailArcadia$50,000Hail up to the size of half dollars was reported.
May 2013HailArcadia$50,000no account filed
May 2013HailArcadia$50,000no account filed
June 2003HailArcadia$50,000no account filed
July 2000Tornado (F0)Arcadia$40,000no account filed
September 2015HailArcadia$35,000no account filed
September 2015HailArcadia$35,000no account filed
June 1997HailArcadia$30,000no account filed
June 2016HailArcadia$25,000Wind gusts up to 50 mph occurred along with dime to golf ball size hail.
July 2016Flash FloodArcadia$25,000Heavy rainfall over a few hours resulted in water running over the intersection of Highways 70 and 58 east of Arcadia for a short time. There were portions of a number of county roads and driveways covered with water. Ground truth rainfall totals ranged from 3 to 5 inches.
June 2014HailArcadia$25,000no account filed
July 2013HailArcadia$25,000no account filed
June 2009HailArcadia$20,000Nickel to golf ball size hail was reported, along with wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindArcadia$10,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in large tree limbs being downed in Arcadia, some as large as 10-12 in diameter.
August 2014HailArcadia$10,000Crop damage was reported in the area.
July 2013HailArcadia$10,000no account filed
June 2002HailArcadia$10,000no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindArcadia$5,000no account filed
July 1995HailArcadia$5,000no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindArcadia-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 65 MPH.
March 2023HailArcadia-Hail ranging in size from quarters to two inches in diameter was reported near and along this path from near Arcadia to Ord.
April 2017HailArcadia-Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported.
August 2017HailArcadia-A few quarter size hail stones occurred, but most were smaller. This was associated with a morning storm, apart from the primary severe event later in the day.
August 2017Heavy RainArcadia-A 24-hour precipitation amount of 3.08 inches was recorded 2 miles west of Arcadia.
April 2016Heavy RainArcadia-Twenty-four rainfall was 3.09 inches.
July 2016Heavy RainArcadia-Report of 4.75 inches of rain in the past 24 hours, with approximately 4 inches of that falling in the past 3 hours.
July 2016Heavy RainArcadia-Total rainfall over the past 24 hours was 4.25 inches, much of which fell in past 3-4 hours.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindArcadia-Tree limbs of 4 inch diameter or smaller were reported down in Arcadia.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindArcadia-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 MPH, knocking down tree limbs between 5 and 6 inches in diameter.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindArcadia-Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH accompanied by small hail resulted in crop damage across the area.
July 2004Tornado (F0)Arcadia-The Valley County Emergency Manager observed a brief tornado in southern Valley county. The tornado did no damage.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Arcadia-A brief tornado was reported just west of Arcadia. No damage was reported.
July 2002Tornado (F0)Arcadia-Brief touchdown in open country reported by volunteer fireman.
March 2022HailArcadia-no account filed
May 2022HailArcadia-no account filed
August 2021HailArcadia-no account filed
August 2019HailArcadia-no account filed
July 2018HailArcadia-no account filed
July 2018HailArcadia-no account filed
March 2017HailArcadia-no account filed
June 2015HailArcadia-no account filed
September 2015HailArcadia-no account filed
July 2015HailArcadia-no account filed
June 2014HailArcadia-no account filed
June 2014HailArcadia-no account filed
August 2014HailArcadia-no account filed
May 2013HailArcadia-no account filed
April 2012HailArcadia-no account filed
May 2012HailArcadia-no account filed
June 2011HailArcadia-no account filed
May 2010HailArcadia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Valley 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
Vinton (historical)11.1 miles11
Geranium (historical)12.9 miles11
Ord16.3 miles11
Saunders16.9 miles11
Elyria18.9 miles10
Spelts19.0 miles11
North Loup19.4 miles12
Olean19.4 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 ArcadiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2137522The 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 827040. 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.