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.
Population over time
2 figuresCraig 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 199 | |
| 2020 | 202 | +3 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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
- 1970 USGS Craig quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Oakland SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Blair quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2012Regional 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 burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 53 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Craig | $1,100,000 | A 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 2010 | Flood | Craig | $35,000 | Rainfall 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 2018 | Flash Flood | Craig | $2,000 | Water was reported over County Roads near Craig. Between 2 1/2 and 4 inches of rain fell from thunderstorms across Burt County. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Craig | - | Public report of hail measured up to 1 inch in diameter near Craig, NE. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | Fire Department reported estimated wind gusts near 80 mph. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Craig | - | Fire department reported 1 inch hail. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | Fire Department estimated peak wind gusts near 80 mph. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | Fire and Rescue reported an estimated wind gust of 70 mph and 1 inch hail. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | Personal weather station measured a wind of 54 kts. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | Public personal weather station measured a wind gust of 54 kts. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Craig | - | The Park in Craig is completely under water. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Craig | - | The public reported hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | A 60 mph wind gust was estimated southwest of Craig. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | Some tree limbs were reported downed in town. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | 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 2014 | Hail | Craig | - | 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Craig | - | 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | 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 2018 | Hail | Craig | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Craig | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Craig | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Craig | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Craig | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Craig | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Craig | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Craig | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argo (historical) | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Oakland | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Essen | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bertha | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Tekamah | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lyons | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| Arizona | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Riverside (historical) | 13.1 miles | 8 |
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 Craig | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q579847 | 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 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.





