Bingham, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1989. It stands in South Sheridan precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69335. The Survey maps it on the Bingham quadrangle. It stands 3,894 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Bingham quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Bingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Bingham quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Bingham in 2002, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2002 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | North Platte National Wildlife Refuge | STATELINE |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bingham in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Hail | Bingham | $3,000 | Hail and strong winds broke windows, produced roof damage, and broke large tree limbs. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Bingham | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | Thunderstorm wind gust of 59 MPH measured at this location. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Bingham | - | Storm chaser reports 3 inch diameter hail west of Bingham. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | Public report of 65 MPH winds at this location. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | No details available. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Bingham | - | Hail mainly quarter size with some half dollar size hail mixed in. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bingham | - | Extensive tree limbs damaged and down. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Bingham | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Bingham | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Bingham | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Bingham | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Bingham | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Bingham | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bingham | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Bingham | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Bingham | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Jennings (historical) | 16.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeside | 18.0 miles | 11 | |
| Antioch | 26.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hoffland | 30.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lulu (historical) | 32.0 miles | 10 | |
| Grayson (historical) | 35.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hilton (historical) | 36.7 miles | 10 |
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 Bingham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4914187 | 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 827448. 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.






