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Dunning, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dunning precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68833. It stands on Dismal River. The Survey maps it on the Dunning quadrangle. 80 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,618 feet above sea level.

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Dunning within Blaine County

Population over time

2 figures

Dunning fell from 103 to 80 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
2010103
202080-23 (-22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Dunning in 2012, burning about 650 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
22 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2012Natural1.5 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 May 2012Natural10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined637 acresNebraska Forest ServiceDUNNING

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this place

60 of 90 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunning in 90 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 72 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
May 2007Tornado (EF1)Dunning$20,000The tornado moved into Blaine County from Custer County approximately 7 miles southeast of Dunning and continued to move northward across the county and then crossed into Brown County approximately 11 miles northwest of Brewster. Along the path, the tornado snapped trees, broke power poles, destroyed fences, lifted and turned a vehicle driving along Highway 2, and destroyed windmills. The average path width of the tornado was 220 yards. The total path length of the tornado was approximately 55 miles.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDunning$10,000Numerous large tree limbs blown down
September 2008HailDunning$10,000no account filed
August 2002HailDunning$10,000no account filed
August 2002HailDunning$8,000no account filed
August 2002HailDunning$8,000no account filed
June 2003HailDunning$5,000no account filed
June 2003HailDunning$5,000no account filed
June 2001HailDunning$5,000no account filed
July 2001HailDunning$5,000no account filed
August 2004HailDunning$2,000Hail covered the ground.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindDunning$2,000Roof taken off shed.
August 2002HailDunning$2,000no account filed
May 2023HailDunning$1,000Pea to walnut sized hail covered the ground at this location. Tree damage was also reported at this location.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindDunning$1,000Large tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 2005HailDunning$1,000no account filed
May 2004HailDunning$1,000no account filed
April 2003HailDunning$1,000no account filed
June 2025HailDunning-Half dollar sized hail along with wind gusts of 35 to 45 MPH were reported at this location.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDunning-Mesonet measured 60 MPH wind gusts at this location.
May 2023HailDunning-Marble to quarter sized hail covered the ground. Time estimated from radar.
May 2022HailDunning-Power lost at this location along with nickel sized hail. Time estimated by radar.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDunning-Nebraska mesonet site northwest of Dunning measured a 60 mph wind gust.
July 2020HailDunning-A trained weather spotter reported golf ball size hail southeast of Dunning.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDunning-Two foot diameter tree branch down.
August 2018HailDunning-A picture report was provided on social media.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDunning-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDunning-Wind gust estimated at 65 MPH at this location.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDunning-A lot of small tree branches down with pea size hail.
August 2014HailDunning-In addition to half dollar sized hail, heavy rain was reported with water running in ditches.
August 2014HailDunning-Quarter sized hail along with heavy rain and an eighth of a mile of visibility.
August 2011HailDunning-The hail fell along State Highway 91 at mile marker 3.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindDunning-Strong thunderstorm outflow winds broke off numerous large tree branches.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Dunning-Brief touchdown with no damage reported.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDunning-no account filed
June 2022HailDunning-no account filed
August 2020HailDunning-no account filed
August 2019HailDunning-no account filed
August 2018HailDunning-no account filed
August 2017HailDunning-no account filed
August 2017HailDunning-no account filed
May 2016HailDunning-no account filed
May 2013HailDunning-no account filed
May 2012HailDunning-no account filed
May 2011HailDunning-no account filed
May 2011HailDunning-no account filed
May 2011HailDunning-no account filed
May 2011HailDunning-no account filed
May 2011Funnel CloudDunning-no account filed
August 2010HailDunning-no account filed
July 2010HailDunning-no account filed
April 2010HailDunning-no account filed
June 2010HailDunning-no account filed
July 2010HailDunning-no account filed
June 2008HailDunning-no account filed
July 2007HailDunning-no account filed
July 2007HailDunning-no account filed
September 2007Thunderstorm WindDunning-no account filed
May 2007HailDunning-no account filed
May 2007HailDunning-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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
Linscott7.6 miles12
Blaine Center (historical)13.1 miles11
Brewster14.8 miles11
Purdum18.2 miles9

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 DunningAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2694733The 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 828896. 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.