Bostwick, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Beaver precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68978. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bostwick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1898 USGS Superior quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Bostwick quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Bostwick between 2007 and 2018, burning about 117 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 June 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bostwick: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ideal Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ideal Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ideal Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bostwick in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Bostwick | $250,000 | This tornado touched down between Bostwick and Superior, and was rated an EF1 with an estimated peak wind speed of 100 MPH. Trees were damaged, pivots were overturned and power poles were snapped. A home northwest of Superior sustained porch damage. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Bostwick | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Bostwick | $4,000 | This tornado touched down approximately 8 miles northwest of Superior and took a curved path to the southwest before lifting approximately 5 miles northwest of Superior. This tornado remained in rural areas, damaging trees, fence line and 4 power poles along its path. The maximum wind speed was estimated to be 100 MPH. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bostwick | - | A wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles north-northwest of Bostwick. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bostwick | - | A wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles north-northwest of Bostwick. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bostwick | - | A wind gust of 68 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located seven miles north-northwest of Bostwick. |
| June 2019 | Heavy Rain | Bostwick | - | These are rain totals over the past 24-hours, but most rain fell between 10 pm CDT on the 14th and 4 AM CDT on the 15th. This includes unofficial emergency manager reports of 3.5 to 4.0 inches in and around Bostwick, with 4.00 inches measured 1 mile north of Bostwick. A 24-hour rainfall of 4.72 inches fell 7 miles west-southwest of Nelson, and 3.44 inches was measured 7 miles south-southeast of Lawrence, reported in CoCoRaHS. Also, the Nuckolls County emergency manager reported that Highway 136 was under water about 5 miles east-northeast of Guide Rock. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Bostwick | - | Rain total of 3.33 inches for the past 24 hours. Report comes from the Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network. The rain began during the late afternoon on June 14th, with the last round of rain ending during the early morning hours of June 15th. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bostwick | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Bostwick | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bostwick | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bostwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Bostwick | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Bostwick | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Bostwick | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdal (historical) | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Superior | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Smyrna | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Clare | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cadams | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Nelson | 12.2 miles | 11 | |
| Nora | 13.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hardy | 13.9 miles | 12 |
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 Bostwick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17986027 | 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 827574. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





