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Bloomfield, Nebraska

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Morton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68718. The Survey maps it on the Bloomfield quadrangle. 986 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,699 feet above sea level.

Bloomfield within Knox County

On record in Bloomfield

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

Bloomfield fell from 1,028 to 986 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
20101,028
2020986-42 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bloomfield between 2000 and 2015, burning about 729 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
Debris and open burning2
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
15 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 April 2005Recreation and ceremony25 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
16 March 2015Debris and open burning700 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 February 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 January 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Knox County

Storms near this place

49 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomfield in 49 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 29 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
April 1994Tornado (F1)Bloomfield1 hurt, $500,000A small tornado touched down about four and a half miles south of Bloomfield. One person was injured as he took cover in a ditch as the tornado approached. Debris from a building fell on him and broke his leg. There was damage to outbuildings and irrigation systems on more than a dozen farms.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindBloomfield$500,000A severe thunderstorm with strong downburst winds passed over Bloomfield. A small hangar at the airport was destroyed, some buildings were damaged around town, and a few trees were blown down.
May 2024HailBloomfield-A swath of severe hail started in Bloomfield, Nebraska with half dollar sized hail being reported by the public on the north side of town. As the storm moved northeast, severe hail fell in mainly rural areas before entering the town of Crofton where golf ball sized hail was reported.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Estimated wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour were reported by the public resulting in numerous tree limbs blown down.
July 2024HailBloomfield-Ping-pong ball sized hail was reported to have lasted about 20 minutes. The office received public reports of damage to vehicles, roofing and vegetation in the area.
June 2024HailBloomfield-The office received a report of golf ball sized hail from a trained spotter.
June 2024HailBloomfield-The office received multiple public reports from the same location in Bloomfield over a 17 minute time span of hail ranging from 1 to 2 inches in diameter. Roof damage was also noted in the area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Trained spotter reported large trees blown down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 70 mph downed trees and did farm outbuilding damage from around Wausa to near Bloomfield. Downed trees also caused some home damage in the area.
August 2011HailBloomfield-Hail up to softball-size was reported several miles northeast of Bloomfield. The hail caused crop damage and also some vehicle, home and farm equipment damage in the area.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Thunderstorm winds reached around 60 mph in the Bloomfield area. Hail up to softball-size was reported just northeast of the region.
September 2010HailBloomfield-Hail up to around 3 inches in diameter was reported north of Bloomfield. The hail lasted for around 15 minutes and the larger hailstones were very jagged. However, because most of the larger hail fell before winds picked up, damage was minimal according to the Bloomfield Monitor.
July 2009HailBloomfield-Hail may have reached quarter-size according to a public report. The hail was accompanied by winds of at least 40 mph which caused some crop damage in the area.
June 2009HailBloomfield-Hail up to baseball-size was reported during the storm which also produced wind gusts |estimated at 70 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Thunderstorm winds estimated at close to 70 mph caused fairly widespread tree damage in the Bloomfield area. Large trees and branches fell on a few homes and vehicles causing damage and crops and irrigation systems in the region also sustained damage. This storm also produced hail up to baseball-size.
August 2009HailBloomfield-A few hailstones reached nickel-size.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Bloomfield-Trees and two or three large power line support structures were damaged in the area and a center pivot was flipped by a tornado that caused damage in about a 200 yard wide path.
May 2007Tornado (EF1)Bloomfield-The tornado damaged the roof of a hog confinement when it intially touched down. The tornado continued northward damaging trees, buildings and power lines. At least one center pivot was damaged along with some home damage. The worst damage appeared to be 3 miles west of Crofton near where it crossed Highway 12. This tornado ended just about a mile west where another tornado started producing damage. In fact, two tornadoes were on the ground at the same time from this supercell, along with a possible landspout or weak tornado to the northeast.
May 2007HailBloomfield-Mainly between golfball size and 3.25 inches in diameter, but a few up to softball size. The hail was very jagged and fell from the supercell that produced several nearby tornadoes. A Sheriff Department's cruiser was damaged from the hail and there were reports of cattle seriously injured in the area.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Bloomfield-The tornado initially touched down about 1.5 miles southeast of Bloomfield where it flipped a center pivot. Tree and outbuilding damage was noted for several miles north of that point, including a few dead livestock. The damage path became less clear north of town, but some minor debris was noted until about 4 miles north of town.
June 2006HailBloomfield-Hail up to 1 inch in diameter was reported in and around Bloomfield. According to a local newspaper report the hail caused some severe crop damage in the area.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees near Bloomfield.
June 2005Flash FloodBloomfield-Rainfall of several inches in an hour or two caused flash flooding near Bloomfield and around the Bazile Creek area. The flooding covered a few roads in the area.
June 2005HailBloomfield-Hail up to baseball size was reported southwest through west of Bloomfield.
July 2003HailBloomfield-Hail up to 1 inch in diameter covered the ground near Bloomfield.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph broke large tree limbs in Bloomfield and stripped some cornfields near town.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph damaged trees, including knocking several 8 inch in diameter ones over, which downed power lines in Bloomfield.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph downed large tree limbs and power lines in town.
October 2001HailBloomfield-Hail lasted for 15 minutes and was up to 1 inch in diameter.
July 1999Flash FloodBloomfield-Rainfall of around 5 inches backed up storm sewers in Bloomfield and caused flash flooding along Little Bazile Creek closing the main street through town for several hours. Santee's water supply/well field was also flooded.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-Strong thunderstorm winds damaged numerous buildings on the south side of town. Two highline poles were broken off and a few tree limbs were blown down. One tree was pulled out of the ground. Some power poles were snapped off north of town.
April 1994Tornado (F0)Bloomfield-A small tornado started on the southeast fringes of town. It picked up a fiberglass storage tank east of town and carried it north for over a mile. The tank was deposited onto a truck, bounced off of a car and then into a garage. The truck was totalled, the car damaged and the garaged was heavily damaged.
September 2015HailBloomfield-no account filed
June 2014HailBloomfield-no account filed
September 2014HailBloomfield-no account filed
September 2010HailBloomfield-no account filed
March 2006HailBloomfield-no account filed
June 2006HailBloomfield-no account filed
June 2005HailBloomfield-no account filed
June 2005HailBloomfield-no account filed
July 2003HailBloomfield-no account filed
June 2003HailBloomfield-no account filed
July 2001HailBloomfield-no account filed
May 1999HailBloomfield-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-no account filed
August 1997HailBloomfield-no account filed
September 1997HailBloomfield-no account filed
October 1996HailBloomfield-no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindBloomfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Knox 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
Wausa8.8 miles9
Midland9.5 miles9
Lindy10.6 miles10
Crofton12.0 miles9
Tewsville12.0 miles9
Center12.3 miles10
Bazile Mills15.0 miles10
Creighton16.6 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 BloomfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q965314The 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 827492. 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.