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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brandon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Imperial quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2009Regional 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 burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 2012 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
43 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandon | $100,000 | Public reported 3 overturned pivots and four overturned grain bins at this location. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Brandon | $15,000 | A 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 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Brandon | $10,000 | A supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado in Chase County that continued into Perkins County. The tornado broke some power poles along the path. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandon | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed an unoccupied mobile home and also damaged a center pivot. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Brandon | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Brandon | $5,000 | Strong winds accompanied the hail. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandon | $5,000 | The strong winds were accompanied by large hail producing extensive damage to crops. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Brandon | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Brandon | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Brandon | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandon | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH reported at this location. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Brandon | - | Report of water running across county road 768 west of Highway 61. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandon | - | Several irrigation pivots overturned one half mile north of the intersection of roads 324 and 751 on the east side of the road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandon | - | Strong winds overturned several irrigation pivots. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandon | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 MPH reported at this location. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Brandon | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandon | - | Public reported 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandon | - | The strong thunderstorm winds were accompanied by small hail. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Brandon | - | A Nebraska rain network observer reported hail of nickel to golfball size that lasted ten minutes. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Brandon | - | A supercell thunderstorm produced a brief tornado over open rangeland. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Brandon | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Brandon | - | 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 Brandon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17986051 | 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 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.




