Denton, Nebraska
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Denton precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68339. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Denton quadrangle. 189 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,247 feet above sea level.
On record in Denton
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 figuresDenton fell from 190 to 189 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 | 190 | |
| 2020 | 189 | -1 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1897 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Denton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Denton between 2007 and 2020, burning about 484 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 May 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 95 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 May 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 May 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denton in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 10 hail, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | $1,500,000 | Widespread severe wind gusts and straight line wind damage was observed across the entirety of Lancaster County with a line of severe thunderstorms that moved through the afternoon of July 31st. The highest measured wind gust was 92 miles per hour, recorded 1 mile southwest of Denton, Nebraska by a mesonet station. An 83 miles per hour wind gust was also measured by the Lincoln ASOS, and an 88 miles per hour wind gust was recorded by another mesonet station 4 miles northwest of Martell. Significant tree damage was reported across the county, with numerous trees blown down across the Lincoln metro. There were also several reports of structural damage, including a hotel which received roof damage near the Lincoln airport. Damages from these storms are estimated to be approximately 1.5 million dollars. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Denton | $5,000 | A second round of heavy rain producing thunderstorms produced additional flash flooding across parts of Lincoln, especially the north part of town near Interstate 80, near 56th and Arbor Road and 63rd and Fletcher. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Denton | - | The office received reports from the public and amateur radio of quarter-sized hail in the Denton, Nebraska area. Hail fell for approximately ten minutes. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 65 mph. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Emergency manager reported damage to utility poles near SW 72nd and Bennett. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Mesonet measured a wind gust of 54 knots. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Home weather equipment measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 71 mph. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts, which were measured at 59 mph by the Asos at the Lincoln airport, occurred from southwest of Lincoln across the northwest side of town. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Denton | - | Quarter-size hail was reported near Denton. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at nearly 70 mph knocked down several large trees and caused other tree damage in and near Denton. Fallen trees caused damage to shingles and siding of several homes, and also downed power lines knocking out power to much of the town, which wasn't restored until early afternoon later that day. A few roads were also closed due to downed trees. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Denton | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at around 60 mph blew down an old grain elevator no longer in use in Denton. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Denton | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Denton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Cushman | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Rokeby | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Yankee Hill | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Centerville | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Martell | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Jamaica | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Huskerville | 8.8 miles | 16 |
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 Denton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3023395 | 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 828683. 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.





