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David City, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in David City City. It lies in ZIP code area 68632. The Survey maps it on the David City West quadrangle. 2,995 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,614 feet above sea level.

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David City within Butler County

On record in David City

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

David City grew from 2,906 to 2,995 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
20102,906
20202,995+89 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of David City between 2011 and 2020, burning about 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
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
9 April 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 April 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 November 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names David City in 55 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 28 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
September 2007HailDavid City$4,000,000Hail up to 2 inches in diameter damaged at least several hundred vehicles in town and also caused roof damage to a few hundred homes. The main damage path was from the southwest into the northeast part of town with the damage estimated at $4 million.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDavid City$100,000At David City, strong winds collapsed a large airport hanger and toppled at least five center pivots irrigation systems. Trees fell on two homes in the Surprise area causing damage. Severe tree damage occurred at Garrison and Rising City. Many power lines were downed.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindDavid City$10,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 70 mph did considerable tree damage in David City including downing several trees. Building material near the fairgrounds was also tossed around damaging several cars in the area.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindDavid City$5,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Personal weather station measured gust of 82 mph.
April 2025HailDavid City-Public report of hail estimated up to 2.4 in diameter. Delayed report with the time estimated from radar.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 63 mph.
June 2022HailDavid City-Public reported 2.75 inch hail via social media.
June 2022HailDavid City-Public reported 1.5 inch hail.
June 2022HailDavid City-Public reported an estimated 1.75 inch hail via social media.
June 2022HailDavid City-Law enforcement reported 1.75-inch hail.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 84 mph.
August 2021Flash FloodDavid City-Law enforcement reported flooded roads.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Trained spotter reported several 4 to 8 inch tree limbs down.
August 2020HailDavid City-Public reported 1 inch hail.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Utility company reported large limbs down on power lines.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Utility company reported trees and large limbs down on power lines causing power outages.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Trees and large limbs down due to damaging winds . Roof damage to one building and most of the town of David City was without power.
August 2014HailDavid City-Local law enforcement reported hail ranging from nickle to quarter size in the city of David City.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDavid City-The emergency management reported winds to 70 mph.
April 2013HailDavid City-The hail was mostly nickel-size, but a few stones reached around quarter-size.
June 2012HailDavid City-Hail up to 3/4 inch in diameter was reported from a little northwest of David City into town.
May 2012HailDavid City-Hail up to golf ball-size but mostly 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter fell in the David City area. The hail was accompanied by winds that were estimated at 60 mph.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph flipped a trampoline several times and caused some minor tree damage in the David City area. The winds were accompanied by a few hailstones up to golf ball-size.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph downed a tree on 10th Street that just missed a mailman's Jeep.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDavid City-A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at around 60 mph near David City by the fire chief.
April 2011HailDavid City-Hail up to dime-size was reported northwest of David City.
May 2011HailDavid City-Most hail stones in town were 1/2 inch or so in diameter, although some hailstones were around quarter-size or perhaps even a bit larger.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph downed some large tree branches and power poles in town.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph. The winds downed some trees and knocked power to sections of town.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDavid City-A spotter estimated wind gusts from a thunderstorm reached around 60 mph.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph in the David City area. The strong winds were from a super-cell thunderstorm that had produced several tornadoes to the west.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph damaged buildings near a racetrack in the western part of Butler county. The winds also downed power lines in the area.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph were reported 3 miles east of David City.
August 2003LightningDavid City-A lightning strike started a fire that destroyed a 100 year-old barn north of David City.
June 1999Flash FloodDavid City-Rainfall of 3 to 4 inches of rain caused flash flooding of many county roads north of David City with water also across highway 15 north of town.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Thunderstorm wind gust over 60 mph snapped two relatively large trees almost in half.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindDavid City-Thunderstorm winds blew down tree limbs.
April 2015HailDavid City-no account filed
June 2014HailDavid City-no account filed
June 2014HailDavid City-no account filed
July 2011HailDavid City-no account filed
March 2009HailDavid City-no account filed
September 2006HailDavid City-no account filed
September 2006HailDavid City-no account filed
July 2006HailDavid City-no account filed
June 2004HailDavid City-no account filed
June 2004HailDavid City-no account filed
June 2002HailDavid City-no account filed
August 2002HailDavid City-no account filed
May 1999HailDavid City-no account filed
May 1998HailDavid City-no account filed
October 1998HailDavid City-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindDavid City-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindDavid City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butler 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
Garrison5.6 miles11
Millerton6.4 miles11
Octavia7.6 miles11
Brainard8.2 miles11
Bellwood8.5 miles11
Bruno9.3 miles11
Rising City9.5 miles11
Edholm10.9 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 David CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q967338The 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 828587. 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.