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Brewster, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brewster precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68821. The Survey maps it on the Brewster quadrangle. 12 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,493 feet above sea level.

Brewster within Blaine County

Population over time

2 figures

Brewster fell from 17 to 12 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
201017
202012-5 (-29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Brewster between 2010 and 2015, burning about 520 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
30 July 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2012Natural9.7 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 July 2012Natural9.7 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
24 May 2010Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this place

60 of 124 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brewster in 124 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 98 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 funnel cloud. 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
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBrewster$150,000Extensive wind damage in and around Brewster with trees down, power lines down, and outbuildings damaged. Sheriff estimated wind gusts up to 100 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBrewster$40,000Emergency management reports a cattle truck blown over on highway 91 along with a transformer pole broke off. Time estimated from radar.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBrewster$40,000The Brewster Sheriff reported roofs blown off out buildings and 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs and tops broken out of trees.
July 2000HailBrewster$30,000no account filed
August 2017HailBrewster$25,000Baseball sized hail punched holes in a roof and siding, dented a camper, and broke numerous windows out on a house at this location.
August 2002HailBrewster$15,000no account filed
July 2001HailBrewster$15,000no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBrewster$10,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several power poles and uprooted trees. Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported as well.
July 2007HailBrewster$10,000no account filed
June 2003HailBrewster$10,000no account filed
July 2000HailBrewster$10,000no account filed
July 2000HailBrewster$5,000Hail broke windshield of patrol car.
August 2002HailBrewster$4,000no account filed
August 2002HailBrewster$3,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindBrewster$2,000Tree limbs blown down and a shed overturned on the east side of Brewster.
August 2002HailBrewster$2,000no account filed
August 2005HailBrewster$1,000no account filed
July 2023HailBrewster-Public reported hail to half dollar size northwest of Brewster.
July 2023HailBrewster-Public reported quarter size hail north of Brewster.
July 2023Funnel CloudBrewster-Nebraska department of roads camera.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBrewster-Thunderstorm outflow wind gust measured by a NDOR mesonet just south of Brewster.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBrewster-Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH reported at this location.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBrewster-No details.
May 2020HailBrewster-Quarter to half dollar sized hail reported at this location.
June 2020Tornado (EF0)Brewster-Brief touchdown observed. No damage was reported.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBrewster-NDOT weather sensor measured 61 mph wind gust.
March 2019FloodBrewster-The NDOR web site reported flooding on Highway 91 between county road L5B and east Milburn Road with water over the roadway.
June 2018HailBrewster-Pea to half dollar sized hail reported at this location.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindBrewster-Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 MPH at this location.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBrewster-Public estimated 60 mph wind gusts north of Brewster.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBrewster-Law enforcement estimated wind gusts of at least 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBrewster-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBrewster-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph located 4 miles southwest of Brewster.
April 2015HailBrewster-Hail completely covered the ground.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBrewster-Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 MPH along with penny sized hail and torrential rainfall with visibilities near zero.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBrewster-General public estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
April 2012HailBrewster-The large hail almost covered the ground.
May 2011Funnel CloudBrewster-A very low wall cloud reported with rotation and continued to produce multiple funnels.
May 2011HailBrewster-Hail covered the ground.
June 2011HailBrewster-Golf ball and tennis ball sized hail was reported by public 5 miles north of Brewster.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Brewster-Storm chaser reported brief tornado touch down in open range.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindBrewster-Public reported strong winds at 58 MPH or higher.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBrewster-The public estimated winds at 60 mph.
August 2007HailBrewster-Winds estimated at 50 mph accompanied the hail.
March 2005HailBrewster-Hail covered the ground.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Brewster-There was a brief tornado touchdown in an open field.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBrewster-Tree limbs up to 5 inches in diameter were down.
June 2022HailBrewster-no account filed
June 2020HailBrewster-no account filed
June 2020HailBrewster-no account filed
June 2020HailBrewster-no account filed
June 2020HailBrewster-no account filed
August 2019HailBrewster-no account filed
June 2019HailBrewster-no account filed
June 2019HailBrewster-no account filed
April 2018HailBrewster-no account filed
June 2018HailBrewster-no account filed
June 2017HailBrewster-no account filed
August 2017HailBrewster-no account filed
August 2017HailBrewster-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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
Blaine Center (historical)1.8 miles11
Dunning14.8 miles11
Linscott15.7 miles12
Purdum22.6 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 BrewsterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q629469The 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 827637. 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.