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Benedict, Nebraska

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Morton precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68316. The Survey maps it on the Stromsburg quadrangle. 203 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,680 feet above sea level.

Benedict within York County

On record in Benedict

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

Benedict fell from 234 to 203 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
2010234
2020203-31 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Benedict between 2006 and 2014, burning about 60 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 April 2011Debris and open burning10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 April 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 March 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 November 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 November 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Storms near this place

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Benedict in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 24 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1994Tornado (F0)Benedict1 hurtA small tornado touched down near Benedict, overturned a mobile home, damaged a grain bin and caused one injury.
August 2018HailBenedict$250,000no account filed
May 1998Tornado (F0)Benedict$250,000no account filed
June 2005HailBenedict$100,000no account filed
June 2021HailBenedict$50,000Hail ranging from quarter to golf ball size was reported along and near this path.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBenedict$50,000An area pivot was overturned.
July 2014HailBenedict$35,000Hail, starting in and near Benedict and continued to approximately 5 miles southeast of town, ranged in size from peas to golf balls.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Benedict$35,000A tornado set down east of Benedict and power poles were snapped and a machine shed was severely damaged.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBenedict$25,000Wind gusts were estimated between 60 and 70 MPH. Numerous tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were blown down.
July 2008HailBenedict$25,000Hail to the size of golfballs reported causing considerable crop damage. Strong winds flipped a small hog building into the trees.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBenedict$25,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBenedict$2,000Two 6 inch tree limbs were broken by wind gusts estimated between 50 and 60 MPH.
April 2025HailBenedict-Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported along this path.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBenedict-A wind gust of 61 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles north-northeast of Benedict.
August 2017Heavy RainBenedict-A 24-hour precipitation amount of 3.94 inches was recorded 4 miles west of Benedict.
June 2015HailBenedict-A public report of one inch diameter hail was reported 5 miles southwest of Benedict, and also 5 miles north-northwest of York from a trained spotter.
June 2015Heavy RainBenedict-A 24-hour rainfall total of 3.24...most of which fell on the evening of the 10th. Also within York County, 3.12 was reported six miles northeast of Waco.
April 2013HailBenedict-Dime to nickel size hail fell for five minutes. Report from Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBenedict-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 MPH.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindBenedict-Large trees in town were blown down. Some crop damage was reported.
May 2016HailBenedict-no account filed
May 2016HailBenedict-no account filed
July 2015HailBenedict-no account filed
June 2014HailBenedict-no account filed
September 2014HailBenedict-no account filed
May 2012HailBenedict-no account filed
May 2012HailBenedict-no account filed
May 2012HailBenedict-no account filed
May 2011HailBenedict-no account filed
June 2011HailBenedict-no account filed
June 2008HailBenedict-no account filed
March 2006HailBenedict-no account filed
May 2005HailBenedict-no account filed
June 2003HailBenedict-no account filed
June 2003HailBenedict-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindBenedict-no account filed
April 1998HailBenedict-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBenedict-no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindBenedict-no account filed

Every storm recorded in York 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
Mapps4.2 miles16
Thayer6.3 miles14
Houston7.1 miles16
Arborville9.0 miles13
York9.5 miles15
Waco10.7 miles14
Gresham10.9 miles11
Bradshaw11.2 miles15

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 BenedictAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2167814The 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 827318. 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.