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Brandon, Nebraska

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 69140. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brandon quadrangle.

Brandon within Perkins County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Brandon between 2009 and 2018, burning about 52 acres in total. 1 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 burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
11 September 2009Smoking1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
27 June 2012Natural6.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 April 2018Debris and open burning45 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Perkins County

Storms near this place

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brandon in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 30 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBrandon$100,000Public reported 3 overturned pivots and four overturned grain bins at this location.
March 2007Tornado (EF1)Brandon$15,000A large supercell thunderstorm originally spawned two tornadoes with the eastern tornado eventually taking over. This western tornado moved northeast and broke off power poles before dissipating. The eastern tornado went on to produce extensive damage through Perkins County.
March 2007Tornado (EF1)Brandon$10,000A supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado in Chase County that continued into Perkins County. The tornado broke some power poles along the path.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindBrandon$10,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed an unoccupied mobile home and also damaged a center pivot.
August 1999HailBrandon$10,000no account filed
June 2009HailBrandon$5,000Strong winds accompanied the hail.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBrandon$5,000The strong winds were accompanied by large hail producing extensive damage to crops.
June 2009HailBrandon$5,000no account filed
June 2008HailBrandon$5,000no account filed
June 2004HailBrandon$3,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBrandon-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH reported at this location.
August 2019Flash FloodBrandon-Report of water running across county road 768 west of Highway 61.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBrandon-Several irrigation pivots overturned one half mile north of the intersection of roads 324 and 751 on the east side of the road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBrandon-Strong winds overturned several irrigation pivots.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindBrandon-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 MPH reported at this location.
July 2013HailBrandon-Hail covered the ground.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBrandon-Public reported 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBrandon-The strong thunderstorm winds were accompanied by small hail.
May 2008HailBrandon-A Nebraska rain network observer reported hail of nickel to golfball size that lasted ten minutes.
March 2007Tornado (EF0)Brandon-A supercell thunderstorm produced a brief tornado over open rangeland.
September 2025HailBrandon-no account filed
May 2019HailBrandon-no account filed
May 2016HailBrandon-no account filed
April 2015HailBrandon-no account filed
May 2015HailBrandon-no account filed
August 2014HailBrandon-no account filed
May 2014HailBrandon-no account filed
August 2012HailBrandon-no account filed
July 2010HailBrandon-no account filed
July 2009HailBrandon-no account filed
June 2009HailBrandon-no account filed
July 2009HailBrandon-no account filed
August 2009HailBrandon-no account filed
April 2008HailBrandon-no account filed
August 2008HailBrandon-no account filed
June 2008HailBrandon-no account filed
June 2008HailBrandon-no account filed
April 2007HailBrandon-no account filed
June 2007HailBrandon-no account filed
August 2002HailBrandon-no account filed
July 1996HailBrandon-no account filed
May 1996HailBrandon-no account filed
May 1996HailBrandon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perkins 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
Venango7.3 miles6
Grant10.3 miles7
Madrid19.8 miles7
Elsie27.9 miles7
Grainton33.2 miles7

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 BrandonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17986051The 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 827622. 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.