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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Population over time
2 figuresDunning 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 103 | |
| 2020 | 80 | -23 (-22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1951 USGS Dunning quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Dismal River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dunning quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2012Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 637 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | DUNNING |
Storms near this place
60 of 90 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Dunning | $20,000 | The 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | $10,000 | Numerous large tree limbs blown down |
| September 2008 | Hail | Dunning | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Dunning | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Dunning | $8,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Dunning | $8,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Dunning | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Dunning | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Dunning | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Dunning | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Dunning | $2,000 | Hail covered the ground. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | $2,000 | Roof taken off shed. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Dunning | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Dunning | $1,000 | Pea to walnut sized hail covered the ground at this location. Tree damage was also reported at this location. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | $1,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Dunning | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dunning | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Dunning | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Dunning | - | Half dollar sized hail along with wind gusts of 35 to 45 MPH were reported at this location. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | - | Mesonet measured 60 MPH wind gusts at this location. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Dunning | - | Marble to quarter sized hail covered the ground. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Dunning | - | Power lost at this location along with nickel sized hail. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | - | Nebraska mesonet site northwest of Dunning measured a 60 mph wind gust. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Dunning | - | A trained weather spotter reported golf ball size hail southeast of Dunning. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | - | Two foot diameter tree branch down. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Dunning | - | A picture report was provided on social media. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | - | Wind gust estimated at 65 MPH at this location. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | - | A lot of small tree branches down with pea size hail. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Dunning | - | In addition to half dollar sized hail, heavy rain was reported with water running in ditches. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Dunning | - | Quarter sized hail along with heavy rain and an eighth of a mile of visibility. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Dunning | - | The hail fell along State Highway 91 at mile marker 3. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | - | Strong thunderstorm outflow winds broke off numerous large tree branches. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Dunning | - | Brief touchdown with no damage reported. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Dunning | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Dunning | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linscott | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Blaine Center (historical) | 13.1 miles | 11 | |
| Brewster | 14.8 miles | 11 | |
| Purdum | 18.2 miles | 9 |
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 Dunning | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2694733 | 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 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.






