Ellsworth, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1989. It stands in South Sheridan precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69340. The Survey maps it on the Ellsworth quadrangle. It stands 1,906 feet above sea level.
On record in Ellsworth
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 3 records
District #119 North Schoollisted 2010
Spade Ranch Storelisted 2010- Spade Ranchlisted 1980
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.
- 1948 USGS Lakeside quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Lakeside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Ellsworth quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
60 of 91 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellsworth in 91 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 68 hail, 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | $12,000 | Thunderstorm winds tore off shingles on several roofs in the Ellsworth area. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | $10,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 80 MPH destroyed an outbuilding and uprooted trees at this location. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | $10,000 | Several power poles were blown down. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Ellsworth | $8,000 | Hail of varying sizes from pea to golf ball fell east of Ellsworth and was accompanied by heavy rain that reduced visibility to less than 1000 feet. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Ellsworth | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Ellsworth | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Ellsworth | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Ellsworth | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds at 60 mph blew out windows and tore off roof shingles. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 60 MPH, resulted in tree damage at this location. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Ellsworth | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Ellsworth | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Quarter size hail with 40 to 50 mph winds reported at this location. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Report via spotter network. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail near Ellsworth. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | A trained spotter estimated 70 mph wind gusts near Ellsworth. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | Public estimated winds of 60 to 70 mph. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Ellsworth | - | Tornado touched down over open country just south of Ostrander Road in rural Sheridan County. The tornado then traveled approximately one and a half miles southeast, lifting just north of 365th trail. Multiple videos and photos were received of the tornado and no damage was observed. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | Thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | Thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Hail size was estimated as quarter size. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | A cooperative weather observer estimated winds of at least 70 mph and reported trees bent over and a loss of power. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Public reported hail up to ping pong ball size. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail reported at this location. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | No damage reported. |
| July 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Ellsworth | - | Funnel reported. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | Public estimated 60 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Ellsworth | - | At 1556 MST a brief tornado touched down in rural Sheridan County with no damage reported. The tornado was rated an EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with a peak wind of 65 MPH. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | Tree limb damage occurred at this location. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Public reported hail up to half dollar size. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | A forty foot tall cedar tree was uprooted as well. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | A Nebraska Department of Roads automated sensor on Highway 2 measured the strong wind gust. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | Cooperative observer reported pea to quarter size hail mixed with heavy rain but very little wind. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Ellsworth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bingham | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Jennings (historical) | 11.0 miles | 11 | |
| Antioch | 16.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hoffland | 20.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lulu (historical) | 22.8 miles | 10 | |
| Grayson (historical) | 28.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hilton (historical) | 28.8 miles | 10 |
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 Ellsworth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5366139 | 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 829072. 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.
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.






