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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.

Bruning within Thayer County

Population over time

2 figures

Bruning 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.

YearPeople Change
2010279
2020281+2 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

8 since 2006

Regional 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2012Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 May 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 April 2006Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 April 2010Equipment and vehicle use102 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 March 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thayer County

Storms near this place

48 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBruning$400,000no account filed
April 2005HailBruning$250,000no account filed
May 2023Thunderstorm WindBruning$100,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in an overturned irrigation pivot four miles east of Bruning.
October 2016HailBruning$100,000Hail up to 2 inches in diameter was reported in Bruning.
July 2014HailBruning$100,000Golf ball size hail was accompanied by 60 MPH winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBruning$100,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH and accompanied golf ball size hail.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindBruning$80,000Wind 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 2011Thunderstorm WindBruning$75,000Wind 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 2012HailBruning$50,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindBruning$35,000Wind 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 2019HailBruning$25,000Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported along this path.
May 2016Flash FloodBruning$25,000Rainfall 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 2014Thunderstorm WindBruning$25,000Outflow from a thunderstorm produced wind gusts that caused power to be lost in Bruning.
June 2006HailBruning$20,000no account filed
May 1998HailBruning$20,000no account filed
June 2017HailBruning$15,000no account filed
May 2012HailBruning$15,000no account filed
June 2006HailBruning$15,000no account filed
September 2018Flash FloodBruning$10,000In 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 2018Thunderstorm WindBruning$5,000Wind 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 2021Thunderstorm WindBruning-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH, with tree limbs down across town.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBruning-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH, knocking down numerous tree branches up to 3 inches in diameter.
September 2019HailBruning-A second round of thunderstorms moving through the area dropped quarter size hail in Bruning.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindBruning-Wind gusts of 60 mph were estimated at Bruning.
October 2016Heavy RainBruning-A daily rainfall total of 3.05 inches was reported from separate rounds of morning and afternoon thunderstorms.
May 2016Heavy RainBruning-A 24-hour rainfall total of 4.35 inches was reported, with a 2-day total of 5.93 inches.
May 2015Heavy RainBruning-A 24 hour storm total rainfall amount of 5.10 inches was reported.
April 2012Heavy RainBruning-Storm total precipitation of 3.34 inches was reported.
June 2012Heavy RainBruning-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 2011Heavy RainBruning-Storm total rainfall of 3.68 inches was reported.
April 2008HailBruning-Dime to nickel size hail.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Bruning-A tornado dropped east of Bruning and crossed into Fillmore county.
June 2024HailBruning-no account filed
July 2024HailBruning-no account filed
August 2021HailBruning-no account filed
August 2020HailBruning-no account filed
June 2017HailBruning-no account filed
May 2016HailBruning-no account filed
May 2016HailBruning-no account filed
April 2015HailBruning-no account filed
September 2015HailBruning-no account filed
May 2011HailBruning-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindBruning-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBruning-no account filed
April 2005Funnel CloudBruning-no account filed
May 2002HailBruning-no account filed
May 1999HailBruning-no account filed
April 1995HailBruning-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Thayer 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
Belvidere5.8 miles12
Carleton6.5 miles12
Alexandria11.3 miles11
Hebron11.8 miles13
Davenport13.1 miles12
Gilead15.4 miles11
Deshler15.8 miles13
Stoddard (historical)17.2 miles13

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 BruningAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2037028The 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.