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Craig, Nebraska

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Craig Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68019. The Survey maps it on the Craig quadrangle. 202 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,280 feet above sea level.

Craig within Burt County

Population over time

2 figures

Craig grew from 199 to 202 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
2010199
2020202+3 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Craig between 2012 and 2020, burning about 54 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
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
6 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 October 2020Equipment and vehicle use53 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burt County

Storms near this place

31 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Craig in 31 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 14 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flood, 2 tornado. 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
March 2011Tornado (EF1)Craig$1,100,000A NWS storm survey team assessed that a tornado touched down around 5 miles south-southwest of Craig and lifted about 4 miles south-southwest of town causing damage up to weak EF1 intensity. An outbuilding and large storage bins were damaged, blown over or completely destroyed. A storage shed garage door was also blown out. Damage to the bins alone was estimated at close to $1 million. Telephone poles were bent, two center pivots were flipped and a tree was topped along the path which was estimated at close to 2.5 miles long and around 75 yards wide.
June 2010FloodCraig$35,000Rainfall of 1 to 2 inches fell across much of the county through 7am on 6/12 bringing 72 hour totals into the 3 to 4 inch range. This caused flooding along Tekamah Creek and Bell Creek and their tributaries. County roads from Craig to Tekamah and southward were flooded, including Highway 32 a few miles west of Tekamah for a while. Besides county roads, farmlands along creeks were also flooded and some crops were deemed a total loss. At least one bridge sustained damage.
May 2018Flash FloodCraig$2,000Water was reported over County Roads near Craig. Between 2 1/2 and 4 inches of rain fell from thunderstorms across Burt County.
April 2026HailCraig-Public report of hail measured up to 1 inch in diameter near Craig, NE.
May 2023Tornado (EFU)Craig-Storm chasers reported a long rope tornado near this location, extending out the south side of the storm. This is supported by radar data at that time. No damage was reported and length and width are estimated based on firsthand reports.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCraig-Fire Department reported estimated wind gusts near 80 mph.
April 2022HailCraig-Fire department reported 1 inch hail.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCraig-Fire Department estimated peak wind gusts near 80 mph.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCraig-Fire and Rescue reported an estimated wind gust of 70 mph and 1 inch hail.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCraig-Personal weather station measured a wind of 54 kts.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCraig-Public personal weather station measured a wind gust of 54 kts.
March 2019FloodCraig-The Park in Craig is completely under water.
September 2019HailCraig-The public reported hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCraig-A 60 mph wind gust was estimated southwest of Craig.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCraig-Some tree limbs were reported downed in town.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCraig-There was significant damage in the city of Craig. Outbuildings were completely destroyed, large trees were uprooted, and the wind and hail created holes in the siding of homes.
June 2014HailCraig-Hail near baseball-size was accompanied by winds estimated at over 80 mph. The wind and hail caused extensive damage in the Craig area.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCraig-Home weather equipment measured a thunderstorm gust of 64 mph from a line of storms that bowed out through the Craig area before weakening.
August 2011HailCraig-Hail at least up to golf ball-size caused extensive crop damage several miles south of Craig as it was accompanied by winds at least 50 mph.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCraig-Thunderstorm wind gusts, which were measured at 75 mph by the Tekamah Asos about 7 miles east of Craig, flattened several grain bins and downed trees near Craig.
May 2018HailCraig-no account filed
June 2017HailCraig-no account filed
April 2017HailCraig-no account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindCraig-no account filed
May 2016HailCraig-no account filed
June 2014HailCraig-no account filed
March 2007HailCraig-no account filed
April 2001HailCraig-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCraig-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCraig-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCraig-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Burt 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
Argo (historical)6.0 miles8
Oakland6.5 miles8
Essen6.6 miles8
Bertha7.1 miles8
Tekamah7.6 miles9
Lyons12.1 miles8
Arizona12.4 miles9
Riverside (historical)13.1 miles8

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 CraigAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q579847The 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 828437. 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.