Ericson, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ericson precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68637. The Survey maps it on the Ericson quadrangle. 89 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,028 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEricson fell from 92 to 89 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 | 92 | |
| 2020 | 89 | -3 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Ericson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ord quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Ericson between 2005 and 2018, burning about 49 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 April 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 March 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 March 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 February 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
38 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ericson in 38 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 28 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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 | Flash Flood | Ericson | $1,000,000 | Ericson Dam in Wheeler County, Nebraska failed Sunday evening, June 13th. Heavy rainfall contributed to water levels at the Ericson Dam that exceeded the maximum dam height, and water flowed into the emergency spillway. As debris gathered the spillway began to erode before 7 p.m. CST and the spillway breached, thereafter causing water to drain from the lake. Water levels behind the dam were estimated at 23 or 24 feet prior to dam failure. The floodwater flowed down Cedar River where the floodwater impacted approximately 15 homes and farmland in Wheeler County. At 845 p.m. CST, the floodwater reached the Wheeler and Greeley County line, with 6 inches of water was flowing over the Highway 281 bridge. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Ericson | $250,000 | Wheeler County EM reported extensive roadway flooding throughout the entire county. Nebraska Department of Roads reports roadway flooding from Ericson to the Junction of U.S. Highway 281 and Highway 91. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F2) | Ericson | $90,000 | The tornado touched down in open rangeland and then moved south breaking off and uprooting numerous large trees as it encountered a farmstead. One large tree fell on the roof of a home. As the tornado moved south across the road, it hit another farmstead. Again, it broke off and uprooted numerous large trees and broke many power poles. The barn and steel fencing was lifted and tossed 50 yards northwestwards into a tree belt behind the house. The roof of the home was taken off. A detached garage was demolished. Before lifting, the tornado moved through a corral south of the home where it severely injured or killed several horses. After the storm, two colts and a mare were found up in a tree. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Ericson | $75,000 | Thunderstorms with prolonged heavy rain falling on already saturated ground caused widespread minor flooding. Three to five inches of rain contributed to numerous secondary roads being under water or washed away. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ericson | $10,000 | An open faced cattle shed destroyed at this location. Wind speeds were estimated at 70 MPH. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Ericson | $8,000 | Hail ranging in size from golf ball to softball was associated with a supercell thunderstorm that produced a tornado approximately 2 to 3 miles to the southeast. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Ericson | $8,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Ericson | $5,000 | Tree branches were also broken from the hail and wind. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Ericson | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Ericson | - | This tornado touched down in open country northwest of Ericson. At this time, only tree damage was seen. Video evidence from multiple storm chasers support the occurrence of this tornado as well. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ericson | - | Public reported trees in full motion, estimating wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ericson | - | Mainly penny to nickel size hail with a few to the size of quarters. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ericson | - | A large cottonwood tree was blown down across Cedar River Road. The tree also took down a power line. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ericson | - | Winds toppled over large trees and numerous tree limbs were down. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Ericson | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Ericson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartlett | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wheeler (historical) | 14.5 miles | 10 | |
| Headquarters (historical) | 14.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cumminsville | 15.8 miles | 10 | |
| Stokes Ranch | 17.1 miles | 11 | |
| Mignery Ranch | 17.1 miles | 11 | |
| Day Ranch | 18.3 miles | 11 | |
| Koinzan Ranch | 19.4 miles | 11 |
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 Ericson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2782751 | 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 829146. 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.



