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Chambers, Nebraska

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Chambers Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68725. The Survey maps it on the Chambers East quadrangle. 288 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,119 feet above sea level.

Chambers within Holt County

Population over time

2 figures

Chambers grew from 268 to 288 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
2010268
2020288+20 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Chambers between 2004 and 2015, burning about 27 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
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
5 April 2004Equipment and vehicle use15 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 March 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 March 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
16 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Holt County

Storms near this place

60 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chambers in 75 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 63 hail, 6 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
August 2014Thunderstorm WindChambers2 hurtAn inflatable fun jump was overturned by thunderstorm winds which resulted in two injuries.
July 1994Tornado (F1)Chambers$500,000Two farmsteads were destroyed and a farmhouse was leveled west of Chambers.
August 2000HailChambers$15,000no account filed
June 2009HailChambers$12,000no account filed
July 2002Tornado (F0)Chambers$10,000Tornado touched down briefly and downed power lines.
April 2001Tornado (F1)Chambers$10,000A tornado was reported that damaged some buildings and blew some out buildings over. It also blew down several trees.
June 2002HailChambers$8,000no account filed
July 2001HailChambers$6,000no account filed
June 1998HailChambers$5,000Large tree limbs blown down.
July 2007HailChambers$5,000no account filed
July 2001HailChambers$5,000no account filed
April 2003HailChambers$3,000Very strong wind was also reported at the location.
March 2005HailChambers$3,000no account filed
April 2025HailChambers-Report received via social media.
August 2024HailChambers-Time was estimated from radar.
May 2023Tornado (EF2)Chambers-This tornado touched down in far northern Wheeler County, quickly strengthening and caused extensive damage to shelter belts. Debarking was observed in trees along the county line. This tornado continued northwestward into Holt County, damaging additional trees, farm outbuildings, and pivot systems.
July 2019HailChambers-Trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail.
April 2015HailChambers-Penny sized hail covered the ground.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindChambers-Local Law Enforcement reported power outages.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindChambers-Local Fire and Rescue estimated with to 61 knots.
August 2009Flash FloodChambers-Flooding was reported to the south of Chambers with a barricade placed on the county road running south of town. The public reported up to 3.50 inches of rainfall south of town.
July 2008HailChambers-Wind driven hail cut up corn leaves.
August 2007HailChambers-The hail covered the ground.
April 2004Tornado (F0)Chambers-The tornado made a brief touchdown in open rangeland resulting in no damage.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Chambers-The tornado touched down 3 miles south of Chambers and preceeded slowly southeast. No damage was reported as the tornado tracked to near Highway 281, 6 miles southeast of Chambers, before lifting.
October 1998Funnel CloudChambers-Two brief funnel clouds were reported by the public.
September 2019HailChambers-no account filed
June 2018HailChambers-no account filed
June 2017HailChambers-no account filed
June 2017HailChambers-no account filed
September 2015HailChambers-no account filed
June 2014HailChambers-no account filed
June 2014HailChambers-no account filed
May 2012HailChambers-no account filed
May 2012HailChambers-no account filed
June 2011HailChambers-no account filed
May 2011HailChambers-no account filed
May 2011HailChambers-no account filed
March 2009HailChambers-no account filed
July 2008HailChambers-no account filed
July 2008HailChambers-no account filed
July 2008HailChambers-no account filed
July 2008HailChambers-no account filed
July 2008HailChambers-no account filed
September 2008HailChambers-no account filed
July 2008HailChambers-no account filed
May 2007HailChambers-no account filed
May 2007HailChambers-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindChambers-no account filed
August 2007HailChambers-no account filed
August 2007HailChambers-no account filed
July 2006HailChambers-no account filed
July 2006HailChambers-no account filed
September 2005HailChambers-no account filed
September 2005HailChambers-no account filed
July 2004HailChambers-no account filed
July 2004HailChambers-no account filed
July 2002HailChambers-no account filed
August 2002HailChambers-no account filed
July 2001HailChambers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Holt 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
Amelia8.9 miles10
Inez14.6 miles9
Swan Lake14.7 miles9
Inman16.9 miles10
Stafford18.1 miles10
O'Neill18.3 miles11
Emmet18.9 miles10
Ewing21.6 miles10

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 ChambersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1917886The 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 828086. 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.