Curtis, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Curtis City. It lies in ZIP code area 69025. It lies near Well Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Curtis quadrangle. 806 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,572 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCurtis fell from 939 to 806 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 | 939 | |
| 2020 | 806 | -133 (-14%) |
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.
- 1954 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Curtis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Gothenburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Curtis between 2007 and 2018, burning about 22 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 May 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 80 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Curtis in 80 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 58 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | $300,000 | Wind and hail broke windows throughout Curtis. A center pivot irrigation system was blown over 2 miles northeast of Curtis. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Curtis | $50,000 | The hail damaged a number of windows and the siding on homes. Window and body damage also occurred to some vehicles. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a large grain bin. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | $41,000 | Thunderstorm winds overturned a center pivot and downed trees. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | $25,000 | Thunderstorm wind estimated at 80 MPH caused extensive tree damage. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Curtis | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Curtis | $10,000 | Car windows were broken out by the large hail. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Curtis | $6,000 | A supercell thunderstorm produced baseball size hail that damaged vehicles and broke windows. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Curtis | $5,000 | Two inch diameter hail broke a double paned window at a farmstead 3 miles north northeast of Curtis. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | $5,000 | There was significant tree damage from the storm. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Curtis | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Curtis | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Curtis | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a tool shed 100 feet from foundation. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Curtis | $1,500 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Curtis | $500 | The hail broke the windshield of a fire truck while storm spotting. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Curtis | - | Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Curtis | - | Report via social media. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | Public reported a thunderstorm wind gust, estimated at 60 MPH, on the east side of Curtis. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph near Curtis. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH along the leading edge of a line of thunderstorms. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | The Frontier Co. E.M. estimated wind speeds up to 60 mph southeast of Curtis. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | Public reported nickel size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 mph in Curtis. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Curtis | - | In addition to half dollar sized hail, gusty winds and 0.50 inches of rain fell at this location. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | A spotter reported four to eight inch diameter tree branches down. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured at 70 mph by a storm chaser. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Curtis | - | Heavy rain from a thunderstorm produced 2.93 inches of rain in one hour and just over 3 inches in two hours causing flash flooding of streets. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | Large tree branches were broken. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down large tree limbs through town. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Curtis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maywood | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Moorefield | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Stockville | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Quick | 14.9 miles | 7 | |
| Freedom | 16.2 miles | 8 | |
| Orafino | 17.7 miles | 7 | |
| Eustis | 25.9 miles | 10 |
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 Curtis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q952677 | 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 828526. 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.




