Fordyce, Nebraska
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 9A. It lies in ZIP code area 68736. The Survey maps it on the Fordyce quadrangle. 134 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,371 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFordyce fell from 139 to 134 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 | 139 | |
| 2020 | 134 | -5 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Fordyce quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Yankton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Fordyce between 2005 and 2020, burning about 82 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 June 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fordyce: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backus Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
31 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fordyce in 31 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 18 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fordyce | - | Measured wind gust of 58 mph from a mesonet. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fordyce | - | Measured wind gust of 63 mph from a mesonet. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Fordyce | - | Public caller reported lots of hail falling down with the largest being ping pong ball sized. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Fordyce | - | A report of half dollar sized hail was relayed to the office by the 911 Call Center. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fordyce | - | A personal weather station recorded a 65 miles per hour wind gust. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fordyce | - | A mesonet recorded a 63 miles per hour wind gust. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Fordyce | - | The office received a report from a trained spotter of water flowing over several roads including 888th road near Fordyce. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fordyce | - | A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 73 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fordyce | - | Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 75 mph. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fordyce | - | Trained spotter estimated peak wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fordyce | - | Public reported multiple large 10-inch tree limbs blown down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fordyce | - | A home weather station reported a gust to 60 mph 3 1/2 miles west of Fordyce. |
| August 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Fordyce | - | A funnel cloud was sighted west of Fordyce. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fordyce | - | Very strong winds were reported, likely over 60 mph, that were breaking tree branches and reducing visibility in blow sand. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Fordyce | - | The hail was reported near the Jct of Highways 12 and 81. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Fordyce | - | Hail up to nickel size fell for around 5 minutes near the Knox county border northwest of Fordyce. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Fordyce | - | Hail up to 2 inches in diameter was reported in Fordyce. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fordyce | - | Estimated by public. Some tree limbs downed. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Fordyce | - | See the narrative for 6 NW of Crofton in Knox county beginning at 1955 CST. |
| September 1997 | Hail | Fordyce | - | Hail from a thunderstorm destroyed and/or damaged soybean crops. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Fordyce | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Fordyce | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Fordyce | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Fordyce | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Fordyce | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Fordyce | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Fordyce | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Fordyce | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Fordyce | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Fordyce | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Fordyce | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constance | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bow Valley | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Menominee | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hartington | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Helena | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| South Yankton | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Aten | 10.6 miles | 10 |
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 Fordyce | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3287845 | 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 829344. 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.




