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Elyria, Nebraska

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Elyria Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68837. The Survey maps it on the Elyria quadrangle. 50 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,103 feet above sea level.

Elyria within Valley County

On record in Elyria

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

Population over time

2 figures

Elyria fell from 51 to 50 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
201051
202050-1 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

9 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Elyria between 2012 and 2020, burning about 122 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
8 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 June 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 March 2015Debris and open burning40 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 March 2016Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 February 2015Debris and open burning60 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 December 2020Equipment and vehicle use10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 November 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valley County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elyria: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ulrich Pit and Plant No. 1 & 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Valley County

Storms near this place

43 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elyria in 43 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 35 hail, 4 heavy rain, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013Thunderstorm WindElyria$500,000A machine shed located 11 miles west and 1 mile north of Ord was destroyed. A number of power poles were knocked down from this area and extended to approximately 4 miles west of Ord. Irrigation pivots were overturned approximately 4 miles west of Ord. The start time was an estimate from radar data.
May 2025HailElyria$250,000A couple waves of strong to severe storms dropped hail up to the size of ping pong balls.
May 2023HailElyria$175,000Hail up to the size of ping pong balls was reported along this path, ground was still partially white after sunrise.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Elyria$50,000This tornado was witnessed by spotters in the area and maximum wind speeds were estimated at 85 mph. The tornado started in a grove of trees along the North Loup River. The tornado snapped a power pole and damaged a pivot as it traveled east southeast before lifting. A widespread area of sporadic wind damage extended south and east of the tornado, including across Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park. The buildings at the fort sustained no damage, but some trees on the property were damaged. At least one badly damaged tree was planted during the fort's active tenure of 1874 to 1881.
May 2025HailElyria$50,000no account filed
May 2013HailElyria$50,000no account filed
July 2007HailElyria$50,000no account filed
September 2015HailElyria$35,000Hail between half dollar and golf ball size was reported.
July 2017HailElyria$25,000no account filed
July 2015HailElyria$25,000no account filed
August 2002HailElyria$25,000no account filed
August 2007Flash FloodElyria$15,000Numerous reports of water over county roads and water running over Highway 11 at mile marker 87.
August 2009HailElyria$5,000Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported, was accompanied by wind gusts of 60 mph.
July 2000HailElyria$2,000no account filed
July 2000HailElyria$2,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindElyria-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH. Tree branches were downed and significant green snap of corn stalks was reported in the area.
June 2017HailElyria-NeRAIN observer reported quarter size hail.
August 2017Heavy RainElyria-A 24-hour precipitation amount of 5.50 inches was recorded 8 miles west of Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park.
August 2017Heavy RainElyria-A 24-hour precipitation amount of 3.62 inches was recorded 6 miles west of Elyira.
August 2017Heavy RainElyria-A 24-hour precipitation amount of 3.46 inches was recorded 3 miles west-northwest of Elyria.
July 2016Heavy RainElyria-Total rainfall over the past 24 hours was 3.55 inches, much of which fell in past 3-4 hours.
May 2025HailElyria-no account filed
May 2023HailElyria-no account filed
April 2018HailElyria-no account filed
April 2017HailElyria-no account filed
August 2017HailElyria-no account filed
July 2017HailElyria-no account filed
July 2015HailElyria-no account filed
June 2014HailElyria-no account filed
July 2013HailElyria-no account filed
July 2013HailElyria-no account filed
September 2010HailElyria-no account filed
October 2010HailElyria-no account filed
October 2010HailElyria-no account filed
June 2010HailElyria-no account filed
July 2007HailElyria-no account filed
August 2007HailElyria-no account filed
June 2003HailElyria-no account filed
May 2002HailElyria-no account filed
May 2002HailElyria-no account filed
August 2002HailElyria-no account filed
May 1999HailElyria-no account filed
June 1999HailElyria-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Valley 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
Ord6.8 miles11
Geranium (historical)8.2 miles11
Saunders9.0 miles11
Vinton (historical)9.9 miles11
Spelts10.2 miles11
Sumter13.2 miles11
Olean13.4 miles11
North Loup17.8 miles12

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 ElyriaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2781045The 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 829103. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.