Elmwood, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Stove Creek precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68349. It stands on Stove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elmwood quadrangle. 654 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,289 feet above sea level.
On record in Elmwood
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
The Elmslisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresElmwood grew from 634 to 654 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 | 634 | |
| 2020 | 654 | +20 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1903 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Elmwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Elmwood between 2010 and 2017, burning about 104 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 May 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 February 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 January 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmwood in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flood | Elmwood | $500,000 | Rainfall of 2 to over 4 inches that fell during the evening of 6/20 caused flooding along Weeping Water Creek and most likely many of its tributaries. The flooding caused the evacuations of Weeping Water, Union and Nehawka and shelters were established in each of those towns. Weeping Water Creek at Union crested at a record, almost 33 feet, during the morning of 6/21. Flood stage is 25 feet. The creek at Union was above flood stage from the early morning until early evening hours of 6/21. Many county roads and bridges were flooded in the area as were farmlands near the creek. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | - | Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 65 mph. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | - | Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 79 mph. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | - | A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Elmwood | - | Public sent in photo of measured 2.25 inch hail. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Elmwood | - | Emergency manager reported a street washed out at Highway 34 and 274th street. |
| October 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Elmwood | - | This tornado began 4.5 miles south of Elmwood where minor property damage was observed. The tornado tracked northeast for 4 miles ending 3.5 mile southeast of Elmwood. The tornado generally moved across open country and caused minor tree damage. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 70 mph blew a tree onto a home and also blew the window out of a house in the Elmwood area. The winds ripped the roof off of a funeral home and caused significant tree and power pole damage in the area. A three-mile portion of a recreation trail near town was closed for several days because of fallen trees and limbs and a bridge railing was damaged by the storm. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 80 mph downed around 100 structures that supported high voltage transmission lines between Elmwood and Weeping Water. Significant tree damage was also noted over the area. The downed power lines caused several thousand people to lose power in the region. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Elmwood | - | Mostly dime-size and smaller, but a few stones reached quarter-size. The hail was accompanied by winds of 35 to 45 mph. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed 7 power lines northeast of Elmwood causing power outages near town. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Elmwood | - | The final tornado reported with this supercell thunderstorm damaged some trees and farm outbuildings south of Elmwood. In total 5 tornadoes were reported from this supercell that developed in Butler county and tracked into Cass and Otoe counties. The reported tornadoes were in Lancaster and Cass counties. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | - | Power poles blown down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | - | High tension power lines downed. A tree fell onto a home in Elmwood causing damage. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Elmwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Elmwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Elmwood | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Elmwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Elmwood | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Elmwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Elmwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Elmwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Elmwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Alvo | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Murdock | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Eagle | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Weeping Water | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Manley | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Avoca | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| South Bend | 11.3 miles | 17 |
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 Elmwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q525669 | 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 829094. 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.






