Clarkson, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Adams precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68629. The Survey maps it on the Clarkson quadrangle. 641 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,496 feet above sea level.
On record in Clarkson
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 2 records
Z.C.B.J. Opera Houselisted 1988
Zion Presbyterian Churchlisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresClarkson fell from 658 to 641 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 | 658 | |
| 2020 | 641 | -17 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Clarkson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Clarkson between 2003 and 2012, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 April 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 January 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarkson in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | Delayed public report of porch and roof damage. Time estimated based on radar. |
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Clarkson | - | Eyewitness reports and photo and video evidence show that the long-lived funnel cloud formed a ground circulation that began at approximately 118 local time and lasted for approximately 5 minutes. It slowly traveled northeast during this time, with the only damage being some minor damage to tree branches. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | Trained Spotter estimated winds at 60 mph. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Clarkson | - | Measured 3 inches southwest of Howells. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | Power lines were blown down near Clarkson. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Clarkson | - | One inch hail was reported 6 miles south of Clarkson. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | Local fire and rescue reported widespread wind damage in the city of Clarkson. This included significant tree damage, as well as power poles being blown down. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Clarkson | - | Hail up to golf ball-size fell from south of the Clarkson and Howells area to near Schuyler. The hail caused sporadic damage to shingles and siding in the region and was accompanied by strong winds. |
| August 2007 | Flood | Clarkson | - | Heavy rain over several days caused a few small creeks in northern Colfax county to flood farm fields and several county roads. Most of the flooding was near Highway 91, although the highway itself was not flooded. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph caused some siding and roof damage in the Howells and Clarkson area. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Clarkson | - | The hail was reported on the Colfax and Stanton county line. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Clarkson | - | Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter covered the ground near Clarkson. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Clarkson | - | A trained weather spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown south of Clarkson. The tornado did no apparent damage. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Clarkson | - | Hail up to golfball size fell for around 10 minutes in Clarkson. The hail caused extensive siding and window damage due to the fact it fell along with thunderstorm wind gusts of over 50 mph. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Clarkson | - | Hail damaged or destroyed 2500 acres of corn, soybeans, and alfalfa. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarkson | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Clarkson | - | 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 Clarkson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q958177 | 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 828161. 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.




