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.
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
W. S. Jeffery Farmsteadlisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresBenedict 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 234 | |
| 2020 | 203 | -31 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1896 USGS Stromsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Stromsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS David City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional 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 use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 31 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 November 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 November 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
39 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Benedict | 1 hurt | A small tornado touched down near Benedict, overturned a mobile home, damaged a grain bin and caused one injury. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Benedict | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Benedict | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Benedict | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Benedict | $50,000 | Hail ranging from quarter to golf ball size was reported along and near this path. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benedict | $50,000 | An area pivot was overturned. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Benedict | $35,000 | Hail, starting in and near Benedict and continued to approximately 5 miles southeast of town, ranged in size from peas to golf balls. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Benedict | $35,000 | A tornado set down east of Benedict and power poles were snapped and a machine shed was severely damaged. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benedict | $25,000 | Wind gusts were estimated between 60 and 70 MPH. Numerous tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Benedict | $25,000 | Hail to the size of golfballs reported causing considerable crop damage. Strong winds flipped a small hog building into the trees. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benedict | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benedict | $2,000 | Two 6 inch tree limbs were broken by wind gusts estimated between 50 and 60 MPH. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Benedict | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported along this path. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benedict | - | A wind gust of 61 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles north-northeast of Benedict. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Benedict | - | A 24-hour precipitation amount of 3.94 inches was recorded 4 miles west of Benedict. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Benedict | - | 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 2015 | Heavy Rain | Benedict | - | 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 2013 | Hail | Benedict | - | Dime to nickel size hail fell for five minutes. Report from Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benedict | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 MPH. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benedict | - | Large trees in town were blown down. Some crop damage was reported. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benedict | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benedict | - | 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 Benedict | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2167814 | 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 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.





