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Coleridge, Nebraska

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 16. It lies in ZIP code area 68727. The Survey maps it on the Coleridge quadrangle. 537 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,558 feet above sea level.

Coleridge within Cedar County

Population over time

2 figures

Coleridge grew from 473 to 537 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
2010473
2020537+64 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Coleridge between 2010 and 2019, burning about 20 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 burning1
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
2 April 2010Debris and open burning20 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cedar County

Storms near this place

52 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coleridge in 52 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 31 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003Tornado (F4)Coleridge1 killed, $3,700,000An eventual f4 tornado began its destructive path around 6 miles southwest of Coleridge. The tornado moved northeast and crossed the northern sections of the city uprooting trees, downing power lines and destroying a couple of grain bins. A construction business in a garage was also destroyed. The tornado then continued northeast of town hitting a large hog farm. At this farm a 70-year-old man was killed while in a storage shed when a tractor that was flipped by the winds crushed him. Many livestock were also killed by debris or flung through the air by the deadly winds. In one case cattle were carried over a mile then left dead in a pile. The tornado then widened to around 3/4 of a mile, reaching its maximum intensity. Numerous vehicles were tossed at this location and a complete farmstead was flattened. Trees were also stripped and debarked. The tornado remained around 3/4 of a mile wide for a few more miles before turning slightly to the southeast and diminishing, but not before hitting 2 more farmsteads and moving one house off of its foundation. In total, 11 homes received substantial damage and between 100 and 200 utility poles were downed.
May 1998Tornado (F2)Coleridge1 hurtThree farms damaged. Eight to ten power poles downed 8 -10 miles east southeast of Hartington. Injury occurred about 9 miles east of Hartington southeast of the Highway 84/57 interchange.
June 2014Tornado (EF3)Coleridge$2,000,000This was the strongest of the tornadoes that the Cedar County supercell produced. This tornado developed to the northwest of Coleridge and moved slowly east southeast just to the north of the city of Coleridge. As the tornado neared 567th Ave the tornado turned to the south along the eastern edge of the city producing some significant structural damage along the eastern side of Coleridge. The tornado continued south until nearing 875th Road where the foward speed further slowed, and the tornado changed to an eastern movement while becoming rain-wrapped. The eastern direction occurred for a half mile before the tornado moved almost due north along 568th Ave while significantly weakening. The most significant damage, which was strong EF3, occurred to the north of Coleridge along the 876th Road. Here, two farm houses were destroyed down to the foundation and trees were snapped and debarked. The total path of the tornado, including all the turns, was 8.24 miles.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindColeridge$110,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed a center pivot and a tree fell and destroyed a shed 3 miles northeast of Coleridge. The strong winds also damaged portion of a hog building 5 miles northeast of Coleridge.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindColeridge$50,000Winds destroyed a carport in Coleridge. A large grain bin was also damaged south of town.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindColeridge$25,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindColeridge$10,000no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindColeridge$5,000Thunderstorm winds heavily damaged two building on the east side of town.
June 2023HailColeridge-Trained spotter reported 1-inch hail.
July 2018HailColeridge-Wind gusts were also estimated at 50 mph.
August 2017HailColeridge-Nickel size hail fell north of Coleridge.
August 2017HailColeridge-One inch hail fell north of Coleridge.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Coleridge-This was a short-lived tornado that produced minor damage along 569th Ave. The tornado was captured on video by several storm chasers in the area.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindColeridge-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph flipped several center irrigation pivots and snapped some highline power poles in the Coleridge area according to the Coleridge Blade newspaper. Time was estimated from radar.
May 2012HailColeridge-Hail up to baseball-size fell west of Coleridge. The hail damaged roofs and crops in the region. Time was estimated from radar.
May 2012HailColeridge-Hail up to softball-size was reported east of Coleridge from the second of 2 supercell thunderstorms that tracked near town. The hail damaged roofs and crops in the region. Time was estimated from radar.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindColeridge-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph caused some tree and house damage in the Coleridge area. The time was estimated based on radar and surrounding reports.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindColeridge-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at close to 60 mph destroyed a metal farm outbuilding south of Coleridge.
July 2008HailColeridge-Although a few hailstones reached 3/4 of an inch in diameter, most of it was smaller.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindColeridge-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by 1 inch hail.
June 2005HailColeridge-The hail was accompanied by very strong winds that knocked down small tree branches. The winds were probably in excess of 50 mph.
June 2005HailColeridge-Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell in Coleridge and just north of town. The hail lasted for 5 to 10 minutes.
June 2005Flash FloodColeridge-Rainfall of 1 to 3 inches that fell in 2 hours or so caused flash flooding across a few roads south of Coleridge.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindColeridge-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph caused wind damage in town including blowing the window out of a business and downing a few trees onto Highway 15.
May 2003HailColeridge-Hail up to1 inch in diameter fell in Coleridge for nearly 10 minutes.
June 2003HailColeridge-Hail up to 2 inches in diameter caused vehicle and siding damage in town.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindColeridge-Thunderstorm winds estimated at around 60 mph downed power lines in town.
June 2003Flash FloodColeridge-Heavy rain caused flash flooding across Highway 57 between Coleridge and Hartington and also flooded several county roads in the area.
April 2001HailColeridge-Hail was reported from 3 miles southwest of Coleridge to Coleridge. The hail was up to 1 inch in diameter.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Coleridge-A storm chaser caught a brief tornado touchdown on film. The tornado was very narrow and briefly touched down in open country causing no damage.
June 2000Flash FloodColeridge-Two to 3 inches of rain in 30 minutes produced some flooding east of Coleridge.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindColeridge-Strong winds blew the roof off of a farm building south of Coleridge.
July 2018Funnel CloudColeridge-no account filed
July 2018HailColeridge-no account filed
May 2015HailColeridge-no account filed
September 2014HailColeridge-no account filed
June 2008HailColeridge-no account filed
June 2008HailColeridge-no account filed
April 2006HailColeridge-no account filed
August 2006HailColeridge-no account filed
August 2005HailColeridge-no account filed
June 2003HailColeridge-no account filed
June 2001HailColeridge-no account filed
July 2001HailColeridge-no account filed
May 1999HailColeridge-no account filed
June 1998HailColeridge-no account filed
June 1998HailColeridge-no account filed
June 1998HailColeridge-no account filed
August 1997HailColeridge-no account filed
September 1997HailColeridge-no account filed
September 1997HailColeridge-no account filed
July 1996HailColeridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cedar 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
Belden6.4 miles9
Laurel8.0 miles9
Hartington8.7 miles9
Randolph12.0 miles9
Pleasant Valley13.9 miles9
Magnet14.6 miles9
Bow Valley14.6 miles9
Obert15.7 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 ColeridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2415367The 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 828259. 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.