De Witt, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in De Witt precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68341. The Survey maps it on the Wilber quadrangle. 530 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,289 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDe Witt grew from 513 to 530 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 | 513 | |
| 2020 | 530 | +17 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Wilber quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Beatrice quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of De Witt between 2003 and 2004, burning about 4 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 | 2 |
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 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 December 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
33 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names De Witt in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 21 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 2015 | Flood | De Witt | $500,000 | This was the second significant flood of June along Turkey Creek, and the third of the year. The river crested over 4 feet above flood stage, and although briefly feel below flood stage on the 13th, additional heavy rain on the 14th allowed the creek to stay above flood stage until the 18th. Significant flooding of row crops in the flood plain was observed from Wilbur downstream to De Witt where some structures near town were again flooded. |
| October 2008 | Flood | De Witt | $10,000 | Rainfall of 2 to 3 inches fell over much of the Turkey Creek basin on October 21 and October 22. The rain caused Turkey Creek to flood from near DeWitt to near and upstream of Wilber. Turkey Creek near Wilber reached its first crest of around 12.7 feet during the late morning hours of October 23. Due to heavy rains that fell on the 21st and 22nd across the upper reaches of the basin, the creek remained near that elevated level through mid afternoon on the 26th. Flood stage is 11 feet. Although a few county roads were flooded, the flooding mainly affected agricultural farmland. |
| May 2011 | Flood | De Witt | $1,000 | Rainfall of around 2 to 3 inches fell across a large part of the Turkey Creek basin in the evening and overnight hours of 5/19 and 5/20. This water eventually caused Turkey Creek to flood in the Wilber area. The creek crested a little over 12 feet in the morning of 5/21, flood stage near Wilber is 11 feet. The flooding affected mainly agricultural lowlands along the river but a few county roads were also flooded. |
| May 2022 | Hail | De Witt | - | Public reported 2.5 inch hail. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Witt | - | A utility company reported tree limbs down in De Witt. |
| June 2020 | Hail | De Witt | - | Trained spotter reported 1 inch hail. |
| August 2015 | Hail | De Witt | - | Spotter reports in town indicated hail ranged from quarter to golf ball size. |
| June 2009 | Hail | De Witt | - | Hail 1 inch in diameter fell for several minutes in the De Witt area. The hail was accompanied by 1.25 inches of rain in 40 minutes. |
| June 2009 | Hail | De Witt | - | Quarter-size hail was observed a little south of De Witt. An unsubstantiated report of 2.5 inch hail was also received in the area. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Witt | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 to 70 mph caused some tree damage in De Witt. |
| July 2008 | Flood | De Witt | - | Rainfall of at least 2 to 4 inches fell over part of the Turkey Creek basin near Wilber during the morning hours of July 5th. The heavy rain caused Turkey Creek near Wilber to flood for a little over a day beginning on July 6th. The creek near Wilber reached a crest of around 15 feet, flood stage is 11 feet, around 1015am CDT on July 7th. The creek near Wilber was above flood stage from around 615pm on the 6th until 1030pm on the 7th. The flooding affected mainly river bottom-lands, but some crops and a few county roads were flooded for a while. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Witt | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts caused roof damage to outbuildings near town. |
| March 2006 | Hail | De Witt | - | Covered the ground. |
| June 2005 | Hail | De Witt | - | Hail up to golfball size caused damage to a number of vehicles in town. There was also minor to moderate tree and crop damage around town according to emergency management. |
| November 2005 | Hail | De Witt | - | Pea size hail covered the ground, with a few hailstones 3/4 inch in diameter. The hail lasted around 10 minutes. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Witt | - | See narrative below. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Witt | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph caused shed damage and minor house damage in town. |
| October 2002 | Hail | De Witt | - | Hail up to 1 inch in diameter was reported from Wilber through the De Witt areas. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Witt | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated around 60 mph by emergency management downed several large limbs, one large tree and several power lines in town. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Witt | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged a garage and snapped a 10-12 inch tree off. Two power poles were also downed. |
| April 2017 | Hail | De Witt | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | De Witt | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | De Witt | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | De Witt | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | De Witt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | De Witt | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | De Witt | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | De Witt | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | De Witt | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | De Witt | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | De Witt | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | De Witt | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | De Witt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilber | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Swanton | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Shestak | 12.2 miles | 15 | |
| Western | 14.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 15.8 miles | 14 | |
| Crete | 16.3 miles | 15 | |
| Berks | 18.3 miles | 15 | |
| Dorchester | 20.2 miles | 14 |
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 De Witt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2454171 | 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 828616. 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.




