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Arthur, Nebraska

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Arthur precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69121. The Survey maps it on the Arthur quadrangle. 128 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,655 feet above sea level.

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Arthur within Arthur County

On record in Arthur

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Arthur grew from 117 to 128 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
2010117
2020128+11 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Arthur between 2003 and 2018, burning about 623 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
20 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2017Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2008Natural2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution100 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 July 2005Natural7.0 acresCrescent Lake National Wildlife RefugeCAMEL
6 June 2018Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 June 2016Natural4.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 June 2008Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Arthur County

Storms near this place

60 of 200 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arthur in 200 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 148 hail, 41 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 flash 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
July 2015Thunderstorm WindArthur$75,000Most of a metal roof was blown off of a residents home. In addition, extensive water damage was also reported to this residence.
July 1998Flash FloodArthur$50,000Rainfall of approximately 2.50 inches in 20 minutes caused flash flooding in the coummunity of Arthur. There was extensive damage to streets and roads, basements flooded, and water in homes and businesses.
June 2015HailArthur$40,000Windows were broken, screens were knocked out, and a car was damaged.
August 2002LightningArthur$30,000Lightning struck the TV antenna on a house and then traveled through the wiring in the house. The house received extensive fire, heat and smoke damage.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Arthur$25,000During touchdown the tornado damaged or uprooted numerous trees, destroyed a wind mill and a 40 foot metal tower. The metal roof of nearby barn was peeled off and a trailer home was moved about 1 foot, with damage to the roof and siding.
June 2015HailArthur$20,000A window was broken, screens were knocked out, and a car sustained damage from tennis ball size hail.
June 2009HailArthur$10,000Wind gusts of approximately 60 MPH accompanied the hail.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Arthur$10,000Several storm chasers followed the supercell storm and recorded the tornado development. The tornado broke off or uprooted numerous trees, destroyed one small shed, peeled off the roof of another outbuilding, and damaged shingles on a home.
August 2001HailArthur$10,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindArthur$8,000Thunderstorm outflow winds broke off large tree limbs. A roof of a house was damaged as a tree limb fell on it.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindArthur$5,000Public report that a power line was knocked down and caused a prairie fire.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindArthur$5,000Thunderstorm winds broke off large tree branches which fell on and damaged playground equipment at the city park.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindArthur$5,000Two 20 inch diameter utility poles were snapped near the ground. A 12 inch diameter tree trunk was also broken by the wind.
April 2005HailArthur$5,000Golfball to baseball size hail covered the ground and broke out windows in a house.
June 2015HailArthur$5,000no account filed
June 2003HailArthur$5,000no account filed
July 2009HailArthur$4,000no account filed
July 2009HailArthur$3,000no account filed
July 2003HailArthur$3,000no account filed
July 2001HailArthur$3,000no account filed
July 2009HailArthur$2,000no account filed
July 2009HailArthur$2,000no account filed
July 2009HailArthur$2,000no account filed
July 2009HailArthur$2,000no account filed
June 2004HailArthur$2,000no account filed
June 2004HailArthur$2,000no account filed
June 2004HailArthur$2,000no account filed
May 2003HailArthur$2,000no account filed
July 2003HailArthur$2,000no account filed
June 2002HailArthur$2,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindArthur$2,000no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindArthur$1,000A large elm tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindArthur$1,000Four inch diameter tree limbs were broken off.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindArthur$1,000Numerous large tree branches were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
May 2004HailArthur$1,000no account filed
May 2004HailArthur$1,000no account filed
July 2003HailArthur$1,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindArthur$500Large tree down
July 2023Thunderstorm WindArthur-Strong winds downed a tree onto a house in Arthur, via social media.
September 2021HailArthur-Time was estimated by radar.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindArthur-Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph reported at this location.
May 2021HailArthur-Delayed report. Time estimated by radar.
May 2021HailArthur-Quarter sized hail reported at this location.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindArthur-Mesonet station reported a 64 MPH wind gust southeast of Arthur.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindArthur-Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph, reported at this location.
September 2021HailArthur-Time was estimated by radar.
June 2020HailArthur-Hail damaged a green house roof.
July 2020HailArthur-Public reported half dollar size hail south of Arthur.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindArthur-No details.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindArthur-A cement block building with wooden roof was destroyed, and a barn door was ripped off. There were also several tree branches snapped off.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindArthur-Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindArthur-No damage reported.
August 2018HailArthur-Hail accumulated at the property.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindArthur-Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH at this location.
March 2016HailArthur-Hail covered the ground at this location.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindArthur-Estimated wind speeds of 60 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindArthur-Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 60 MPH, lasted 15 minutes.
August 2012LightningArthur-A lightning strike ignited the McKeage wildfire. The fire burned an estimated 7,500 acres of grassland and timber.
August 2012HailArthur-Rainfall of 0.90 inches fell at location.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindArthur-Small branches down at location with half-inch size hail.

Every storm recorded in Arthur 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
Lyons Place4.6 miles12
Rounds Place5.0 miles12
McKeag9.2 miles16
Lena13.6 miles12
Calora13.8 miles12
Bucktail13.8 miles12
Velma13.9 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 ArthurAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2612059The 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 827062. 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.