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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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 Ashby quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1949 USGS Ashby quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Mullen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Ashby quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2002Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 480 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2002 | Natural | 250 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2004 | Natural | 100 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 March 2016 | Natural | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 January 2014 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
49 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Hail | Ashby | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | $10,000 | Rood damage to residence and large hay bails rolled from the wind. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Ashby | $7,000 | A trained storm spotter reported a windshield broken out of a pickup truck and 7 windows broken out of a home. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Ashby | $3,000 | Golf ball size hail accumulated on the roads up to 8 inches deep. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Ashby | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Ashby | $2,000 | Half dollar sized hail punched holes in a sky light on a home. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Ashby | $500 | A 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 2024 | Hail | Ashby | - | Time estimated by radar. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | 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 2021 | Hail | Ashby | - | Delayed Report. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | A trained weather spotter reported several uprooted trees and windmill damage. Winds are estimated at 70 mph. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Ashby | - | A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail near Ashby. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | No significant damage reported from this wind gust. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH at this location. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | Estimated wind gusts to 60 MPH along with dime sized hail. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 50 to 60 mph with small branches down. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | Public reported winds to 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ashby | - | Public reported golf ball sized hail. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | A trained spotter reported very heavy rain with thunderstorm winds at least 60 mph and pea sized hail. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Ashby | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Ashby | - | 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.
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 Ashby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4804692 | 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 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.





