Dodge, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Webster Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68633. The Survey maps it on the Dodge quadrangle. 611 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,401 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDodge fell from 612 to 611 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 | 612 | |
| 2020 | 611 | -1 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Dodge quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Blair quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Dodge between 2003 and 2011, burning about 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2003 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 December 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dodge in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 13 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Hail | Dodge | $1,000 | Hail broke some windows in a home near the Dodge-Cuming county line |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dodge | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a door off a machine shed on a farm on the Dodge-Cuming county line. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dodge | - | This is a continuation of the straight-line wind damage swath from Platte and Colfax Counties. When the storm moved into the northwest side of the county, winds were still estimated to have been anywhere from 80 to 93 mph. The Emergency Manager reported a segment of snapped power poles 1 to 2 miles south of Snyder along Highway 79. The most intense damage was at a farm building 1 mile southwest of Snyder where the roof was blown off the structure. The estimated wind speeds here were at 93 mph and the time of occurrence was at approximately 5:36 in the morning. Winds up to 60 mph were estimated to have continued to Highway 275 where surveyed damage and storm reports stopped. |
| October 2020 | Hail | Dodge | - | Trained spotter reported 1.25 inch hail. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Dodge | - | This is for flooding along the Pebble Creek. The river gage at Scribner, operated by the Nebraska DNR, peaked at 24.09 feet at 9 pm on March 13th. Minor flood stage is 18 feet, moderate flood stage is 21 feet while major flood stage is 23 feet. Preliminarily this peak is the 3rd highest on record. Flood gates placed on Highway 275 kept water out of Scribner likely saving it from major flooding. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dodge | - | Dodge Police estimated 60 mph thunderstorm winds in Dodge. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Dodge | - | Extremely heavy rainfall, at times over 3 inches per hour, fell over a good part of Dodge County. This resulted in some locations receiving over 7 inches of rainfall from northwest Dodge County southeast through the city of Fremont. The rate and duration of the rainfall resulted in significant flash flooding across the County. This included numerous gravel roads being closed in rural areas. In the city of Fremont street flooding was widespread. In addition numerous homes had their basements flood. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dodge | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph downed some tree branches and flattened corn in the area. The wind was accompanied by quarter-size hail. |
| August 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Dodge | - | A narrow high-based funnel cloud eventually touched down in between Dodge and North Bend. The tornado was very narrow and most likely caused little or no damage. The funnel and/or tornado were observed and photographed from many different directions and from miles away. The funnel initially formed on a developing towering cumulus cloud on a boundary in the area. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Dodge | - | The hail was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Dodge | - | Hail up to golf ball-size was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph. The hail caused extensive siding damage to at least one home south of Dodge. There were some unverified reports of hail as large as softballs in the area. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dodge | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph cause scattered tree damage from south of Dodge into town. Outbuildings and other property in the area sustained damage as well. The winds were accompanied by hail that was at golf ball-size. |
| June 2010 | Heavy Rain | Dodge | - | Rainfall of almost 3.5 inches was measured by the coop observer in Dodge, the rain fell in a an hour or two. |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Dodge | - | Rainfall of 3 inches fell in a several hour period which flooded roads on both ends of Dodge forcing their closure. Flooding was also observed briefly across Highway 79 southeast of Dodge. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dodge | - | Several large branches and trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in town. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dodge | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph took the roof off of an open front machine shed and also overturned some center pivots in the area. |
| April 2003 | Flash Flood | Dodge | - | Thunderstorms dropped heavy rain across much of Dodge county beginning during the evening of the 29th and continuing until just before dawn on the 30th. The heavy rain caused flash flooding along the upper reaches of Pebble Creek near Dodge, flooding Spur 27A near town. Rainfall in Dodge was 4.06 inches, while Scribner to the south received 3.50. Pebble Creek eventually crested at 18.8 feet at Scribner, which is downstream around 12 miles from Dodge, during the late morning hours on April 30th. Flood stage at Scribner is 18 feet. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dodge | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph broke several large tree and tree branches in Dodge. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dodge | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in Dodge. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Dodge | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Dodge | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Dodge | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dodge | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Dodge | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Dodge | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Dodge | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Dodge | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Dodge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glencoe (historical) | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Snyder | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Crowell | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Webster | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Scribner | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| North Bend | 18.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hooper | 19.3 miles | 8 | |
| Uehling | 20.0 miles | 8 |
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 Dodge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1234106 | 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 828745. 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.




