Ceresco, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68017. The Survey maps it on the Ceresco quadrangle. 919 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,220 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCeresco grew from 889 to 919 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 | 889 | |
| 2020 | 919 | +30 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1899 USGS Wahoo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Ceresco quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Ceresco between 2005 and 2020, burning about 208 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 burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 84 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 February 2011 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
40 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ceresco in 40 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 16 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | 1 hurt | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph knocked a tree onto a truck injuring a Ceresco man who was transported to the County Health Services Hospital with relatively minor injuries. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Ceresco | $1,000 | Heavy rain, estimated at 2 to 3 inches in a few hours, caused flash flooding which briefly closed at least one county road near Ceresco. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Ceresco | - | The office received a public report with pictures of baseball sized hail near Ceresco, Nebraska. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Ceresco | - | Water was reported over Highway 77 south of Ceresco. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | - | A 59 miles per hour wind gust was recorded by a mesonet station. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | - | Trained spotter reported tree limb damage and blowing debris. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Ceresco | - | Public reported 1.25 inch hail accompanied by 50 mph winds. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Ceresco | - | Public reported at least golf ball size hail. Ground was covered with hail and trees were completed stripped of leaves. Younger trees were stripped of bark. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Ceresco | - | A tornado developed just north of the Jack Sinn Memorial Wildlife Management area, producing damage to farm buildings and then moving off toward the northeast, and eventually the north northeast as observed by a storm chaser. The tornado caused damage to several barns and outbuildings along the track, including complete destruction of barns near Road 11 and Road F. The tornado also overturned several pivot irrigation systems and snapped wooden power poles at multiple locations, including numerous poles along Highway 92 which prompted a multi-day closure of the highway. The tornado also impacted the University of Nebraska Farm where a video was taken of the small fast-moving tornado and several buildings sustained damage. The tornado ended 1 mile northwest of Yutan where a farm outbuilding was blown for a significant distance and trees were damage. Significant downburst winds on the east flank of the tornado circulation were evident on radar and damage to pivot irrigation systems and other structures throughout the duration of the tornado. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | - | Trained spotter estimated wind speeds at 65 mph. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | - | Report from mping of 3 inch tree limbs broken; power poles broken. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | - | Tree limbs blown down. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | - | Three inch diameter tree limbs were broken along with power poles snapped 3 miles east of Ceresco. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Ceresco | - | Heavy rain caused brief flash flooding of a few roads in the Ceresco area. |
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Ceresco | - | This tornado had a track of a little under 2 miles. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Ceresco | - | Heavy rain flooded the city park along Highway 77. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by nickel-size hail. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | - | A spotter estimated that thunderstorm outflow winds reached 60 to 70 mph. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Ceresco | - | Nickel-size hail was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | - | The emergency manager of Saunders county was nearly blown off the road by thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph. Two wheels of his vehicle were briefly lifted off the road. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Ceresco | - | A second tornado spun up while the first tornado to its south was dissipating. This tornado affected mainly the northern end of Ceresco downing trees and power lines and causing some building damage. This tornado could have also possibly traveled farther east, but the survey was limited due to downed power lines. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at between 60 and 70 mph by a weather spotter east of Ceresco. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph took down a few trees and upset playground equipment in town. The winds were preceeded by 1 inch hail. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ceresco | - | The hail was followed by winds estimated at 70 mph. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Ceresco | - | Nickel size hail was reported along with 50 mph winds. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines around Ceresco. The winds were caused by the same thunderstorm complex that caused the extensive tree damage around Wahoo. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceresco | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph caused some tree and power line damage in Ceresco. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Ceresco | - | Flash flooding over highway 77 near Ceresco. |
| May 1998 | Flash Flood | Ceresco | - | Heavy rains from thunderstorms caused flooding which damaged some homes on the east side of Ceresco. |
| May 1998 | Flash Flood | Ceresco | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rains that washed out a part of County Road 6 just south of County Line road. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Ceresco | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Ceresco | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Ceresco | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Ceresco | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Ceresco | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Ceresco | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Ceresco | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Ceresco | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Ceresco | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Ceresco | - | 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 Ceresco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2080853 | 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 828072. 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.





