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Ashby, Nebraska

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ashby precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69333. The Survey maps it on the Ashby quadrangle. It stands 3,848 feet above sea level.

Ashby within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

8 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Ashby between 2002 and 2020, burning about 886 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
23 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance480 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2019Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2012Natural30 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2002Natural250 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2004Natural100 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 March 2016Natural20 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 January 2014Smoking3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

49 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashby in 49 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 36 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2001HailAshby$15,000no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindAshby$10,000Rood damage to residence and large hay bails rolled from the wind.
July 2009HailAshby$7,000A trained storm spotter reported a windshield broken out of a pickup truck and 7 windows broken out of a home.
May 2003HailAshby$3,000Golf ball size hail accumulated on the roads up to 8 inches deep.
May 2003HailAshby$3,000no account filed
July 2015HailAshby$2,000Half dollar sized hail punched holes in a sky light on a home.
March 2007Tornado (EF1)Ashby$500A supercell that produced tornadoes earlier also produced a small tornado in rural Grant County. The tornado touched down near Dubbs Ranch south of Ashby and traveled north taking down power lines, breaking off and uprooting trees along a shelter belt, broke off fenceline, and moved cattle feeding equipment around.
June 2024HailAshby-Time estimated by radar.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindAshby-Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 MPH produced some tree damage and knocked out power at this location. Some unknown size hail also fell at this location.
May 2021HailAshby-Delayed Report. Time estimated from radar.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindAshby-A trained weather spotter reported several uprooted trees and windmill damage. Winds are estimated at 70 mph.
July 2020HailAshby-A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail near Ashby.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindAshby-No significant damage reported from this wind gust.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAshby-Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH at this location.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindAshby-Estimated wind gusts to 60 MPH along with dime sized hail.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAshby-Wind gusts were estimated at 50 to 60 mph with small branches down.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindAshby-Public reported winds to 60 mph.
June 2011HailAshby-Public reported golf ball sized hail.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAshby-A trained spotter reported very heavy rain with thunderstorm winds at least 60 mph and pea sized hail.
July 2024HailAshby-no account filed
August 2023HailAshby-no account filed
August 2023HailAshby-no account filed
June 2015HailAshby-no account filed
June 2014HailAshby-no account filed
June 2013HailAshby-no account filed
May 2013Funnel CloudAshby-no account filed
May 2013HailAshby-no account filed
June 2012HailAshby-no account filed
June 2012HailAshby-no account filed
June 2011HailAshby-no account filed
June 2010HailAshby-no account filed
July 2008HailAshby-no account filed
July 2008HailAshby-no account filed
July 2008HailAshby-no account filed
July 2008HailAshby-no account filed
June 2007HailAshby-no account filed
June 2007HailAshby-no account filed
July 2005HailAshby-no account filed
June 2005HailAshby-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindAshby-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindAshby-no account filed
May 1998HailAshby-no account filed
July 1997HailAshby-no account filed
July 1997HailAshby-no account filed
June 1996HailAshby-no account filed
August 1996HailAshby-no account filed
July 1995HailAshby-no account filed
July 1995HailAshby-no account filed
July 1994HailAshby-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Hyannis8.9 miles17
Duluth15.5 miles9
Whitman21.5 miles9

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 AshbyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4804692The 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 827093. 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.