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Dannebrog, Nebraska

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dannebrog precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68831. The Survey maps it on the Dannebrog quadrangle. 273 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,854 feet above sea level.

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Dannebrog within Howard County

On record in Dannebrog

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Dannebrog fell from 303 to 273 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
2010303
2020273-30 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Dannebrog between 2004 and 2018, burning about 68 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 burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4

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
26 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
24 July 2017Debris and open burning25 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 May 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 April 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 April 2017Equipment and vehicle use10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

56 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dannebrog in 56 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 33 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 3 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
March 2019Flash FloodDannebrog$1,000,000no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$100,000no account filed
April 1999Tornado (F2)Dannebrog$100,000no account filed
May 2003Tornado (F0)Dannebrog$75,000Brief tornado touch down northwest of Dannebrog did some minor damage to outbuildings, irrigation pivots and trees.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$75,000no account filed
June 2014HailDannebrog$50,000Golfball to hen egg size hail was reported.
June 2014FloodDannebrog$50,000Water was over Highway 11 south of Dannebrog. Law enforcement barricaded Highway 11 one mile south of mile marker 31 due to flooding. Several county roads were under water in southwestern Howard County. At least four inches of rain fell in the community of Boelus.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$50,000no account filed
September 2015HailDannebrog$35,000Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported in the area.
May 2005HailDannebrog$25,000no account filed
May 2005HailDannebrog$25,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$25,000no account filed
May 2003HailDannebrog$25,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$25,000no account filed
September 1998HailDannebrog$25,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$25,000no account filed
May 2008Flash FloodDannebrog$15,000Thunderstorms rolled across the same area of southeast Howard County during the evening hours and dumped several inches of rain. This caused roads and some small creeks to quickly flood.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$15,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$15,000no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$15,000no account filed
May 2007FloodDannebrog$10,000no account filed
July 2006FloodDannebrog$10,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$10,000no account filed
July 2004HailDannebrog$10,000no account filed
May 2001HailDannebrog$10,000no account filed
June 2005Heavy RainDannebrog$5,000no account filed
July 1995HailDannebrog$2,000no account filed
April 2024Thunderstorm WindDannebrog$1,000Minor outbuilding damage was reported three miles west of Dannebrog.
June 2024FloodDannebrog-Based on radar estimation and various totals from NWS/NeRAIN/CoCoRaHS observers, widespread rainfall of 3-6 inches (localized 7+ inches) fell across most of the county mainly between 7 p.m. CDT on the 21st and 12:30 a.m. CDT on the 22nd. A river gage along the Turkey Creek north of Dannebrog registered a record crest of 21.63 feet (flood stage 17.0') on the morning of the 22nd. Emergency management reported numerous rural roads under water and an evacuation was needed at one farmstead northwest of Dannebrog. Other area creeks and streams flooded, including the Dry and Oak Creeks. The flooding of Oak Creek had a significant impact in Dannebrog, closing Highway 58, flooding the park and several streets, and causing a few homes to need sandbagged. In all, a reported seven homes received water damage and 14 city blocks flooded, causing $50,000 in city infrastructure damage. Flood waters in and near Dannebrog did not start to recede appreciably until late evening on the 22nd. Per county officials, 60 miles of county roads were damaged at an estimated cost of $393,000. In addition, 11 bridges were damaged with an estimated repair at $275,000.
July 2016Heavy RainDannebrog-Total rainfall over the past 24 hours was 3.13 inches, much of which fell in past 3-4 hours.
June 2014Heavy RainDannebrog-A 24 hour total of 3.11 inches of rain occurred 3 miles east southeast of Dannebrog. This report was from an NERAIN observer. The rain occurred from late afternoon into the overnight hours.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindDannebrog-Wind gusts were estimated at 75 MPH.
July 2008HailDannebrog-Pea to dime size hail accompained by 30 to 40 mph winds.
May 1997HailDannebrog-Severe thunderstorms rolled across parts of south central Nebraska during the late evening. Funnel clouds were observed near Loup City while hail covered the ground west of Dannebrog with the storms passage.
March 2021HailDannebrog-no account filed
April 2019HailDannebrog-no account filed
April 2019HailDannebrog-no account filed
July 2016HailDannebrog-no account filed
June 2014HailDannebrog-no account filed
June 2014HailDannebrog-no account filed
June 2014HailDannebrog-no account filed
June 2014HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2012HailDannebrog-no account filed
October 2011HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2005HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2005HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2005HailDannebrog-no account filed
June 2005HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2004HailDannebrog-no account filed
April 2003HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2003HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2003HailDannebrog-no account filed
August 2001HailDannebrog-no account filed
May 2000HailDannebrog-no account filed
August 1999HailDannebrog-no account filed
July 1995HailDannebrog-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Howard 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
Nysted3.8 miles12
Midway6.7 miles12
Farwell8.0 miles12
Saint Paul8.1 miles14
Boelus9.5 miles12
Saint Libory10.4 miles13
Elba11.6 miles11
Paplin (historical)15.1 miles12

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 DannebrogAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q934055The 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 828576. 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.