Deweese, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fairfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68934. The Survey maps it on the Deweese quadrangle. 42 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,690 feet above sea level.
On record in Deweese
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
Saint Martin's Catholic Churchlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresDeweese fell from 67 to 42 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 | 67 | |
| 2020 | 42 | -25 (-37%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1898 USGS Superior quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Deweese quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Deweese between 2009 and 2017, burning about 75 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 May 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 December 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 November 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Deweese: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broderick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
40 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deweese in 40 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 22 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Deweese | $1,000,000 | Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Deweese | $200,000 | Hail up to the size of hen eggs resulted in tree damage around the area. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | $200,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Deweese | $100,000 | Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported along this path. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | $75,000 | Wind gusts estimated near 70 mph, combined with an unknown size of hail, resulted in crop damage to at least 3 fields approximately 1 mile west of the Deweese spur off of Highway 14 and 1 mile north of the county line. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Deweese | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | $25,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be between 60 and 70 MPH along this path. Minor damage to a barn was reported approximately five miles east-southeast of Pauline. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Deweese | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Deweese | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Flood | Deweese | $15,000 | Storm total rainfall accumulations of 2 to 5 inches were reported across the area. Water covered a few county roads, and the intersection of Highways 14 and 6 also had a small area briefly covered. Lowland flooding was also reported. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | $5,000 | Some tree branches were downed in Deweese, with power outages also reported. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Deweese | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | $2,000 | Peak wind gusts in the area included 66 MPH, measured by a mesonet station located three miles west of Edgar, and 59 MPH, measured by a mesonet station located two miles north of Edgar. Some minor tree damage was reported in Edgar. Emergency management estimated wind gusts near 60 mPH in Deweese. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | - | There were a handful of wind gust estimates near 60 MPH along this path. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | - | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH combined with heavy rain resulted in near-zero visibility. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Deweese | - | Hail ranging in size from quarters to golf balls was reported along and near this path. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | - | A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles north-northeast of Deweese. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | - | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in power outages in Deweese. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Deweese | - | Nickel size hail fell along a swath from Deweese to Highway 14. |
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Deweese | - | This tornado was photographed by a local resident. While the condensation funnel is not on the ground, the photos suggest the wind field likely reached the ground for a short time. The time and location were determined from the report and radar data. No damage was reported with this tornado. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Deweese | - | A rain total of 4.10 inches fell. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Deweese | - | Rain began at about 440 pm CDT. A rain total of 3.00 inches occurred with heavy rain ongoing at the time of this report at 750 CDT. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Deweese | - | Rain total of 4.50 inches for the past 24 hours. Report comes from the Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network. The rain began during the late afternoon on June 14th, with the last round of rain ending during the early morning hours of June 15th. |
| May 2011 | Heavy Rain | Deweese | - | Storm total rainfall of 4.14 inches was reported by a NeRAIN observer. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 70 MPH. Tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were knocked down, as well as 3 power poles in Deweese. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deweese | - | Tree limbs up to 9 inches in diameter knocked down. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Deweese | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Deweese | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Ranch (historical) | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Anan | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Edgar | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Glenvil | 12.0 miles | 13 | |
| Clay Center | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ong | 16.3 miles | 12 | |
| Verona | 16.5 miles | 15 |
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 Deweese | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2692034 | 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 828702. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





