Bruning, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bruning precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68322. The Survey maps it on the Bruning quadrangle. 281 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,585 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBruning grew from 279 to 281 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 279 | |
| 2020 | 281 | +2 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Hebron quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bruning quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bruning between 2006 and 2012, burning about 106 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 April 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 102 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
48 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bruning in 48 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 25 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 heavy rain, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruning | $400,000 | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Bruning | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruning | $100,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in an overturned irrigation pivot four miles east of Bruning. |
| October 2016 | Hail | Bruning | $100,000 | Hail up to 2 inches in diameter was reported in Bruning. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Bruning | $100,000 | Golf ball size hail was accompanied by 60 MPH winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruning | $100,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH and accompanied golf ball size hail. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruning | $80,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH caused downed tree branches in Bruning of at least 4 inches in diameter. An empty 500 gallen water tank was blown onto Main Street. There was a 4 vehicle accident on Highway 81 just north of Bruning due to poor visibility in blowing dust and corn stalks. Two of the vehicles were total losses. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruning | $75,000 | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 MPH, causing tree damage in Bruning. Several tree limbs of 6 to 8 inches were knocked down, along with a tree which was snapped at the base and landed on a house. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Bruning | $50,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruning | $35,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 80 MPH lofted a carport up into nearby power lines. Tree limbs of at least 3-4 inches in diameter were downed. Blowing dust caused visibility to drop down to near one-half mile. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Bruning | $25,000 | Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported along this path. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Bruning | $25,000 | Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches fell over a short period of time, resulting in flash flooding over portions of Fillmore and Thayer Counties. In Bruning, a storm total amount of 4.35 inches was reported. Local law enforcement reported water running over portions of Highway 14 approximately 4 miles west of Milligan. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruning | $25,000 | Outflow from a thunderstorm produced wind gusts that caused power to be lost in Bruning. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bruning | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Bruning | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Bruning | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Bruning | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bruning | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Bruning | $10,000 | In addition to the rain that had fallen across the area on the 1st, radar estimation and measured amounts showed an additional 3 to 5 inches of rain falling across portions of the warned area the night of the 2nd. Much of this rain fell over a short period of time, resulting in water running over some area roads, including portions of Highway 4 between Carleton and Davenport. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruning | $5,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 65 MPH based on upstream measured observations and damage done to trees and some street signs in town. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruning | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH, with tree limbs down across town. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruning | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH, knocking down numerous tree branches up to 3 inches in diameter. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Bruning | - | A second round of thunderstorms moving through the area dropped quarter size hail in Bruning. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruning | - | Wind gusts of 60 mph were estimated at Bruning. |
| October 2016 | Heavy Rain | Bruning | - | A daily rainfall total of 3.05 inches was reported from separate rounds of morning and afternoon thunderstorms. |
| May 2016 | Heavy Rain | Bruning | - | A 24-hour rainfall total of 4.35 inches was reported, with a 2-day total of 5.93 inches. |
| May 2015 | Heavy Rain | Bruning | - | A 24 hour storm total rainfall amount of 5.10 inches was reported. |
| April 2012 | Heavy Rain | Bruning | - | Storm total precipitation of 3.34 inches was reported. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Bruning | - | Rain total of 3.40 inches for the past 24 hours. 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. |
| May 2011 | Heavy Rain | Bruning | - | Storm total rainfall of 3.68 inches was reported. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Bruning | - | Dime to nickel size hail. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Bruning | - | A tornado dropped east of Bruning and crossed into Fillmore county. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Bruning | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Bruning | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belvidere | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Carleton | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Alexandria | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hebron | 11.8 miles | 13 | |
| Davenport | 13.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gilead | 15.4 miles | 11 | |
| Deshler | 15.8 miles | 13 | |
| Stoddard (historical) | 17.2 miles | 13 |
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 Bruning | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2037028 | 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 827706. 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.





