Elsmere, Nebraska
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Goose Creek precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69157. The Survey maps it on the Elsmere quadrangle. It stands 2,687 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1949 USGS Koshopah quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Koshopah quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Goose Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Elsmere quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Elsmere between 2013 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
28 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elsmere in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 21 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 | Elsmere | $125,000 | Thunderstorms with prolonged heavy rain caused widespread flooding across southeast Cherry County. Several rural roads along Goose Creek were severely damaged from flooding. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Elsmere | $35,000 | The Department of Roads reported several roadways had water running across them across southeast Cherry County. At one location west of Elsmere, Goose Creek was reported still rising at 10 AM CDT, some 6 hours after the rain began. Rainfall in the area was reported to be in excess of 3 inches. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Elsmere | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Elsmere | $10,000 | A funnel cloud reported. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Elsmere | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Elsmere | - | Public reported quarter size hail near Elsmere. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elsmere | - | Public estimated 60 mph wind gust near Elsmere. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Elsmere | - | A trained weather spotter reported golf ball size hail. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elsmere | - | Tops blown out of older trees and large tree branches down. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Elsmere | - | A tornado briefly touched down over open range land. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Elsmere | - | Rainfall of 2 inches in 30 minutes was reported. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Elsmere | - | Nickel size hail was reported 30 miles southwest of Ainsworth. |
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Elsmere | - | The tornado touched down briefly east of Highway 83 along Goose Creek. The tornado uprooted trees and broke off tree limbs. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Elsmere | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Elsmere | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falter Place | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cascade | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Hartgraves Place | 11.5 miles | 10 | |
| Piercy Place | 14.9 miles | 10 | |
| Brownlee | 24.8 miles | 9 | |
| Conterra | 30.6 miles | 9 | |
| Wood Lake | 32.8 miles | 9 | |
| Arabia | 40.3 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 Elsmere | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5367694 | 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 835299. 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.





