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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.

Clarkson within Colfax County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Clarkson 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.

YearPeople Change
2010658
2020641-17 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

6 since 2003

Regional 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
15 April 2012Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 March 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 October 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 January 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colfax County

Storms near this place

29 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindClarkson-Delayed public report of porch and roof damage. Time estimated based on radar.
April 2024Tornado (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 2020Thunderstorm WindClarkson-Trained Spotter estimated winds at 60 mph.
May 2019Heavy RainClarkson-Measured 3 inches southwest of Howells.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindClarkson-Power lines were blown down near Clarkson.
May 2018HailClarkson-One inch hail was reported 6 miles south of Clarkson.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindClarkson-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 2009HailClarkson-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 2007FloodClarkson-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 2006Thunderstorm WindClarkson-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph caused some siding and roof damage in the Howells and Clarkson area.
July 2006HailClarkson-The hail was reported on the Colfax and Stanton county line.
April 2005HailClarkson-Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter covered the ground near Clarkson.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Clarkson-A trained weather spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown south of Clarkson. The tornado did no apparent damage.
May 2002HailClarkson-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 1997HailClarkson-Hail damaged or destroyed 2500 acres of corn, soybeans, and alfalfa.
September 2016HailClarkson-no account filed
June 2014HailClarkson-no account filed
April 2011HailClarkson-no account filed
July 2008HailClarkson-no account filed
May 2003HailClarkson-no account filed
May 2003HailClarkson-no account filed
May 2001HailClarkson-no account filed
June 2001HailClarkson-no account filed
July 2001HailClarkson-no account filed
June 1998Tornado (F1)Clarkson-no account filed
July 1997Funnel CloudClarkson-no account filed
July 1997HailClarkson-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindClarkson-no account filed
July 1994HailClarkson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Colfax 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
Leigh6.3 miles8
Howells6.3 miles8
Heun8.0 miles8
Olean9.4 miles8
Sunset Acres19.1 miles11
Schuyler19.6 miles11
Richland20.6 miles11
Rogers21.1 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 ClarksonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q958177The 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.