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Dalton, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Valley precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69131. The Survey maps it on the Dalton quadrangle. 284 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,262 feet above sea level.

Dalton within Cheyenne County

Population over time

2 figures

Dalton fell from 315 to 284 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
2010315
2020284-31 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

15 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Dalton between 2007 and 2018, burning about 78 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
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Fireworks1

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
5 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2016Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use30 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2016Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cheyenne County

Storms near this place

59 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dalton in 59 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 33 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 heavy rain. 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 1998HailDalton$6,000A storm produced walnut size hail 10 miles southwest of Dalton.
June 2024Heavy RainDalton-Local Emergency Management reported a rain gauge measuring 4.4 inches of rain 4 miles E of Dalton.
June 2024Flash FloodDalton-Emergency Management reported flash flooding along Highway 58 east of Dalton.
June 2024Flash FloodDalton-Local Emergency Management reported water flowing over county roads east of Dalton with significant water build up along the sides of roads.
June 2024Heavy RainDalton-Local Emergency Management reported a rain gauge measuring 5.0 inches of rain 3 miles E of Dalton.
June 2024Flash FloodDalton-A video was provided of substantial field flooding, with significant amounts of water flowing over roadways and possible washouts at and near the intersection of CR 58 and CR 133. Reported by Emergency Management.
July 2023Flash FloodDalton-Emergency manager reported streets flooded in and around Dalton.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDalton-Spotter estimated wind gust by amateur measuring device in addition to half inch hail measured.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDalton-Davis System measured wind gust.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindDalton-Thunderstorm winds measured by a KNEB automated weather station.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDalton-Estimated wind gusts if 55 to 60 mph were observed at Dalton.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDalton-Wind gusts measured between 60 and 65 mph were observed east of Dalton.
June 2017HailDalton-Half dollar size hail was observed west of Dalton.
June 2017HailDalton-Half dollar size hail was observed five miles north of Dalton.
July 2017Flash FloodDalton-Two and a quarter inches of rain in 90 minutes caused flash flooding northeast of Sidney. Basements, window wells and outbuildings were flooded three miles east of Gurley. A few county roads were washed out.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDalton-An estimated wind gust of 60 mph was reported at Dalton.
July 2016HailDalton-Half dollar size hail covered the ground seven miles west-southwest of Dalton.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDalton-Wind gusts estimated at 65 mph blew a semi-tractor trailer off Highway 385 north of Dalton. The driver was not injured.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindDalton-Estimated wind gusts of 75 mph and marble size hail broke windows on the north side of a house.
June 2015HailDalton-Quarter size hail was observed just north of Dalton.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDalton-Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were observed 13 miles east of Dalton.
September 2014Heavy RainDalton-A spotter measured 3.83 inches of rain.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDalton-Brief heavy rain and pea size hail also observed.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDalton-The NEDOR sensor near Dalton on Highway 385 measured a wind gust of 61 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDalton-The NEDOR sensor near Dalton on Highway 385 measured a wind gust of 68 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDalton-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts of 60 mph and reported wind damage in Dalton.
August 2011Heavy RainDalton-Two and a half inches of rain fell within a 90-minute period.
August 2011HailDalton-Hail size ranged from quarters to half dollars.
May 2010HailDalton-Damage to the courthouse caused the building to be closed due to the large number of windows shattered after the storm.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindDalton-Brief storm outflow wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
June 2008HailDalton-Hail from 1.0 to 2.5 inches in diameter fell along track.
July 2004HailDalton-Hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter reported.
July 1999HailDalton-3/4 inch hail reported just northeast of Dalton,NE
May 1999HailDalton-3/4 inch hail 2 miles northwest of Dalton, NE
June 1999HailDalton-3/4 inch hail reported 3 miles southeast of Dalton, NE
May 1998HailDalton-A storm produced quarter size hail 6 miles east of Dalton. The hail fell for 50 minutes and caused considerable crop damage.
July 1995HailDalton-Severe thunderstorms moved southeast through Cheyenne County during the afternoon. Hail from the thunderstorms destroyed or damaged 55,615 acres of cropland, causing millions of dollars in losses. The worst damage was in the northwest part of the county as well as just southeast of Sidney. One area of hail began nine miles west of Dalton and cut a two mile wide path for eight to ten miles. Also, A brief tornado was observed near the state line, 10 miles south of Sunol.
August 2023HailDalton-no account filed
June 2021HailDalton-no account filed
August 2019HailDalton-no account filed
June 2018HailDalton-no account filed
August 2011HailDalton-no account filed
June 2010HailDalton-no account filed
August 2009HailDalton-no account filed
August 2009HailDalton-no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindDalton-no account filed
June 2009HailDalton-no account filed
July 2008HailDalton-no account filed
July 2005HailDalton-no account filed
July 2005HailDalton-no account filed
May 2004HailDalton-no account filed
May 2003HailDalton-no account filed
June 2001HailDalton-no account filed
April 2000HailDalton-no account filed
June 1999HailDalton-no account filed
July 1999HailDalton-no account filed
May 1998HailDalton-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindDalton-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindDalton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cheyenne 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
Gurley5.9 miles11
Huntsman12.9 miles11
Ordville (historical)14.8 miles8
Brownson16.9 miles8
Sidney18.2 miles11
Colton18.6 miles11
Point of Rocks19.8 miles8
Sunol20.6 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 DaltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2010003The 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 828561. 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.