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Callaway, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Delight Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68825. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Callaway quadrangle. 563 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,549 feet above sea level.

Callaway within Custer County

On record in Callaway

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Callaway grew from 539 to 563 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
2010539
2020563+24 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

2 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Callaway between 2003 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None 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

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
18 February 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 January 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Storms near this place

60 of 165 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Callaway in 165 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 118 hail, 40 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
March 1998Flash FloodCallaway1 hurt, $4,000Heavy thunderstorm rain washed out a culvert in the road. An injury accident occurred when a vehicle drove into the washed out area of the road.
March 2019FloodCallaway$500,000Water reported over the road on Highway 40 from the junction of highway's 40 and 47 south of Arnold, to Arnold. Ditches are full with several secondary roads washed out in the Callaway area.
June 2022HailCallaway$250,000Hail broke numerous windshields and windows in homes in Callaway. Siding on homes sustained damage as well.
May 2007Tornado (EF1)Callaway$150,000The tornado touched down 17 miles southwest of Callaway and tracked northward for approximately 21 miles near Highways 47 and 40 in western Custer County before lifting approximately 5 miles east of Arnold. The tornado destroyed several grain bins, uprooted trees, destroyed a garage and small outbuildings, overturned center pivot irrigation systems, snapped many power poles, broke windows, destroyed a barn, and mangled farm machinery, vehicles, and a horse trailer.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCallaway$100,000Strong straight line thunderstorm winds overturned center pivot irrigation systems and uprooted large trees southwest of Callaway.
July 2007HailCallaway$15,000no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindCallaway$10,000A 10 foot diameter grain bin was blown over at the grain elevator in Callaway. Time estimated from radar.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCallaway$10,000Thunderstorm wind gusts measured 80 MPH on a home weather station. Meanwhile, hail up to the size of walnuts punched several holes in siding at a farmstead.
May 2002HailCallaway$8,000no account filed
June 2002HailCallaway$8,000no account filed
June 2002HailCallaway$6,000no account filed
June 2004Flash FloodCallaway$5,0005 to 6 inches of rain from heavy thunderstorms caused water to flood corn fields and flow over roadways.
June 2009HailCallaway$5,000no account filed
May 2000HailCallaway$5,000no account filed
May 2004HailCallaway$4,000no account filed
June 2002HailCallaway$4,000no account filed
May 2007HailCallaway$3,000A couple of vehicles sustained damage.
August 2002HailCallaway$2,000Hail covered the ground.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindCallaway$1,000A basketball goal was blown over and some green snap damage occurred to a corn crop at this location.
July 2004HailCallaway$1,000Hail destroyed fields of corn and soy beans. It also broke a window in a home.
April 2007HailCallaway$1,000no account filed
May 2004HailCallaway$1,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCallaway$1,000no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCallaway$500An apparent micro-burst overturned a pivot irrigator.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCallaway-Measured wind gust at this location.
July 2024HailCallaway-Report via social media. Time estimated from radar.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCallaway-Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 60 MPH, were reported at this location.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCallaway-Cooperative weather observer reported damage to two large grain bins and an empty irrigation pivot flipped near Callaway.
July 2023HailCallaway-Public reported quarter size hail southwest of Callaway.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCallaway-A mesonet station southwest of Callaway measured a 59 mph wind gust.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindCallaway-Public estimated a 70 MPH wind gust at this location.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCallaway-A cooperative weather observer southwest of Callaway measured a 75 mph wind gust. A 72 mph wind gust preceded this report.
September 2022HailCallaway-Time estimated by radar.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCallaway-Public reported a pole barn destroyed. Wind speeds were estimated around 70 mph.
May 2020HailCallaway-Quarter sized hail reported at this location. Time estimated by radar.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCallaway-A cooperative observer measured a 58 mph wind gust with a personal weather station southwest of Callaway.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCallaway-A COOP observer measured wind gusts to 64 mph.
July 2019HailCallaway-Public reported quarter size hail.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindCallaway-Wind measured with an anemometer.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCallaway-No damage reported.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindCallaway-A COOP observer west of Callaway measured a wind gust of 62 MPH.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCallaway-Cooperative observer reported gust.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindCallaway-Wind gust measured with a Davis Anemometer.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCallaway-A personal weather station recorded a 72 mph wind gust. Several tree branches were downed.
June 2015HailCallaway-Nickel size hail covered the ground.
September 2014HailCallaway-Ping pong ball size hail fell as the thunderstorm passed.
August 2014HailCallaway-Half dollar sized hail was reported along with very heavy rain.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCallaway-Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCallaway-A report of small branches being down from strong winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCallaway-Thunderstorm wind gusts measured at 64 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCallaway-General public reported large tree limbs blown down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCallaway-Winds downed tree branches from 4 to 6 inches in diameter.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCallaway-Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
June 2014HailCallaway-Hail covered the ground.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCallaway-COOP observer had a thunderstorm wind gust measured at 58 mph.
August 2013HailCallaway-Large hail damaged and destroyed corn and bean crops for nearly 5 miles along and near Highway 47. The corn fields were stripped down leaving only the stalks.
May 2012HailCallaway-Hail covered the ground throughout the town of Callaway.
July 2011HailCallaway-Only a few hailstones fell with the largest being ping pong ball size.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCallaway-The winds were estimated with small hail the size of marbles.
October 2007HailCallaway-In addition to the hail, 1.34 inches of rain fell over the past hour.

Every storm recorded in Custer 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
Lodi6.4 miles11
Finchville10.1 miles9
Oconto13.4 miles11
Pleasant Hill15.4 miles9
Merna15.8 miles11
Etna16.2 miles9
Broken Bow16.8 miles12
Dale (historical)16.9 miles11

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 CallawayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2688403The 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 827856. 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.