Champion, Nebraska
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Champion-Lamar precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69023. It stands on Davidson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Champion quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,271 feet above sea level.
On record in Champion
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
Champion Milllisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresChampion grew from 103 to 115 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 | 103 | |
| 2020 | 115 | +12 (+12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Champion quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Benkelman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Champion between 2014 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2014 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 89 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Champion in 89 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 67 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Hail | Champion | $500,000 | A supercell storm that produced several tornadoes also produced up to tennis ball size hail from Champion to approximately 3 miles south of Champion. The hail broke out hundreds of windows in homes and vehicles, tore holes in metal siding on homes, severely damaged roofs on buildings and vehicle bodies, and destroyed wheat and corn crops. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Champion | $450,000 | Nearly stationary thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall of 4 to 10 inches causing water to flow over roadways. The flood waters over-topped the dam at Champion Lake. Water flowed across Highway 6 west of Imperial near Sand Creek and across numerous secondary roads. Highways were closed and travel was discouraged for much of the county. Many secondary roads were washed out. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Champion | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Champion | $95,000 | A supercell tornado touched down and overturned 3 pivot irrigation systems, broke off trees and 3 power poles as it moved northeast for less than a mile. The supercell also produced 3 other tornadoes in Chase County. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Champion | $70,000 | A trained storm spotter reported baseball size hail. The hail broke numerous north facing windows and damaged the siding on homes. The hail also severely damaged soybean, corn, and wheat crops southeast of Champion. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | $40,000 | Large tree limbs were broken, a center pivot irrigation system was overturned, and a house roof was damaged from the intense winds. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Champion | $30,000 | A supercell spawned a brief tornado touchdown that overturned a pivot irrigation system. This same supercell produced 3 other brief tornadoes in Chase County. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Champion | $25,000 | A supercell spawned a brief tornado touchdown which destroyed small outbuildings, tore the roof of a garage off and slammed it into the west side of the house, broke a skylight on the house, and damaged the roof of the house. Baseball size hail accompanying the tornado tore holes in the metal siding on the house. This same supercell produced 3 other brief tornadoes in Chase County. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Champion | $25,000 | Hail extensively damaged corn crops and property. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | $12,000 | Thunderstorm wind blew down several 12 inch diameter trees and several sheds. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Champion | $5,000 | Large hail destroyed up to 2000 acres of wheat. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Champion | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Champion | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Champion | $4,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Champion | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Champion | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Champion | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Champion | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | Public estimates a 60 mph wind gust. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Champion | - | A cooperative weather observer reported golf ball size hail near Champion. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Champion | - | Public reported quarter size hail near Champion. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Champion | - | Public reported quarter size hail near Champion. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | Public estimated 60 mph wind gusts near Champion with tree damage. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Champion | - | Emergency management reported half dollar size hail near Champion. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | A cooperative weather observer estimated 60 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Champion | - | Public reported ping pong ball size hail southwest of Champion. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | Report of 60 mph winds along with dime size hail. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | Trained Spotter reported strong winds of 60 mph. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | Large tree split in half. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | No information available. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | No damage reported. |
| August 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Champion | - | Landspout briefly touched down in an open field with no damage reported. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | Reported by law enforcement. No major damage reported. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | Two large trees uprooted from the wind. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | Corn crops were destroyed by a combination of 60 MPH winds and pea to half inch diameter hail. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Champion | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Champion | - | Chase county sheriff reported golf ball to baseball sized hail 2 miles east of Champion. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Champion | - | Baseball sized hail was reported by the general public 8 miles north northwest of Champion. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Champion | - | General public reported baseball sized hail 8 miles north northwest of Champion. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | Strong winds estimated at over 60 mph blew over a twelve foot high tree. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Champion | - | Very heavy rain during the early morning hours of June 5th produced flash flooding across western portions of Chase County. Water was reported over numerous county roads from west of Champion to the Colorado border. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Champion | - | Hail and strong winds combined to damage corn and pinto bean crops. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | Thunderstorm outflow winds broke off large tree branches. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Champion | - | Hail was covering the ground. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion | - | A power pole and lines were blown down. The sparks from the wires caused a small grass fire. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Champion | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Champion | - | 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 Champion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4166346 | 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 828088. 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.




