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Fairmont, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Exeter-Fairmont Consolidated Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68354. The Survey maps it on the Fairmont quadrangle. 592 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,640 feet above sea level.

Fairmont within Fillmore County

On record in Fairmont

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

Population over time

2 figures

Fairmont grew from 560 to 592 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
2010560
2020592+32 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Fairmont between 2000 and 2017, burning about 304 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning5
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 April 2009Debris and open burning55 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 March 2005Debris and open burning119 acresRainwater Basin Wetland Management DistrictREAL
18 February 2017Debris and open burning15 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 December 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 December 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRainwater Basin Wetland Management DistrictCOUNTYLINE
16 November 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 October 2010Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 January 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fillmore County

Storms near this place

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairmont in 56 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 24 thunderstorm wind, 21 hail, 7 tornado, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
March 2006Thunderstorm WindFairmont3 hurt, $30,000no account filed
May 1998Tornado (F2)Fairmont$750,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFairmont$250,000Widespread damage to trees and some structures throughout town.
May 2014Tornado (EF1)Fairmont$150,000This tornado traveled rural areas and was witnessed by several storm chasers and experienced meteorologists. Video evidence, eyewitness accounts, radar imagey and even some of the damage confirm this tornado rotated anti-cyclonically. Damage along the path of the tornado included a grain bin and an old outbuilding being pushed off of their foundations, along with a roof partially blown off of another outbuilding. Numerous irrigation pivots were overturned, and there was plenty of tree damage. There was a home with minor roof damage. The peak wind with this tornado was estimated to be 90 MPH.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindFairmont$30,000no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFairmont$25,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in some tree limbs approximately 3 inches in diameter being downed.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindFairmont$25,000Reports received included snapped power poles, overturned pivot, as well as an accident involving an overturned semi truck.
May 2011HailFairmont$25,000no account filed
July 2011HailFairmont$25,000no account filed
June 1997HailFairmont$25,000no account filed
September 2006HailFairmont$20,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindFairmont$15,000Tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were downed.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindFairmont$15,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindFairmont$10,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFairmont$10,000no account filed
June 2001HailFairmont$10,000no account filed
June 2001HailFairmont$10,000no account filed
July 2008HailFairmont$5,000no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindFairmont$5,000no account filed
September 2007Heavy RainFairmont$2,000One to three inches of rain fell.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFairmont-A wind gust of 66 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles west-southwest of Fairmont.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindFairmont-A wind gust of 71 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles east-southeast of Fairmont.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindFairmont-A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles northwest of Fairmont.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindFairmont-A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles east-southeast of Fairmont.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindFairmont-A wind gust of 67 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located 2 miles east-northeast of Fairmont.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindFairmont-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH.
June 2018Tornado (EF0)Fairmont-A weak tornado occurred with a maximum wind speed of 65 mph. The tornado was a landspout in nature, and was one of four to occur within a few miles of Fairmont.
June 2018Tornado (EF0)Fairmont-A weak tornado with a maximum wind speed of 65 mph occurred. The tornado was a landspout in nature, and was one of four to occur within a few miles of Fairmont.
June 2018Tornado (EF0)Fairmont-A weak tornado with a maximum wind speed of 60 mph occurred. The tornado was a landspout in nature, and was one of four to occur within a few miles of Fairmont.
June 2018Tornado (EF0)Fairmont-A weak tornado with a maximum wind speed of 60 mph occurred. The tornado was a landspout in nature, and was one of four to occur within a few miles of Fairmont.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindFairmont-A 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust was recorded three miles northwest of Fairmont.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindFairmont-A 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust was recorded one mile east southeast of Fairmont.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFairmont-This 63 MPH wind gust was measured on a mobile wind instrument.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFairmont-This wind gust of 71 MPH was measured by a mobile wind instrument. Power flashes were also observed.
April 2013HailFairmont-Hail covered the ground about an inch deep.
May 2012Heavy RainFairmont-A rainfall total of 3.45 inches was reported over a 24 hour period.
May 2012Heavy RainFairmont-A rainfall total of 3.21 inches was reported over a 24 hour period by a Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network Observer.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Fairmont-Very brief tornado in Fillmore county
July 2024HailFairmont-no account filed
July 2024HailFairmont-no account filed
April 2012HailFairmont-no account filed
May 2011HailFairmont-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindFairmont-no account filed
July 2006HailFairmont-no account filed
April 2005HailFairmont-no account filed
September 2005HailFairmont-no account filed
April 2004HailFairmont-no account filed
May 2004HailFairmont-no account filed
June 2002Funnel CloudFairmont-no account filed
June 2001HailFairmont-no account filed
September 2001HailFairmont-no account filed
June 2001HailFairmont-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFairmont-no account filed
May 1996HailFairmont-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindFairmont-no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindFairmont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fillmore 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
Sawyer (historical)4.4 miles15
Burress5.9 miles15
Grafton6.8 miles15
Exeter7.2 miles10
Geneva7.6 miles15
Townhall10.5 miles10
Bixby10.7 miles15
Martland13.6 miles13

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 FairmontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2053885The 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 829215. 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.