Funk, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Precinct 5. It lies in ZIP code area 68940. The Survey maps it on the Axtell West quadrangle. 175 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,247 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFunk fell from 194 to 175 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 | 194 | |
| 2020 | 175 | -19 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1896 USGS Holdrege quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Axtell West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Holdrege quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Funk between 2000 and 2020, burning about 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 May 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District | FUNK TEAL |
| 12 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District | FUNK NE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
58 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Funk in 58 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 37 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | $1,000,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 85 MPH resulted in a swath of damage running from approximately 5-6 miles north of Funk to approximately 3-4 miles south-southeast of Funk. Emergency management reported numerous flipped irrigation pivots and several damaged or snapped power poles along this path. The only building damaged noted was an old barn which was destroyed north of Funk. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Funk | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Funk | $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Funk | $125,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Funk | $125,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Funk | $75,000 | This tornado started in northeast Phelps County and crossed into Buffalo County. The tornado did damage a couple of outbuildings and grain silos near the start of the damage path. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Funk | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Funk | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Funk | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Funk | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 80 mph were accompanied by hail up the size of quarters, causing minor to significant crop damage across the area. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Funk | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Funk | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Funk | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Funk | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Funk | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | $2,000 | Power poles and wires were down along a county road. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Funk | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Funk | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | - | A wind gust of 62 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles south-southeast of Odessa. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | - | A wind gust of 62 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles south-southeast of Odessa. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | - | A wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles south-southeast of Odessa. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| May 2011 | Heavy Rain | Funk | - | Storm total rainfall of 5.15 inches reported over last 24 hours by a NeRAIN observer. |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Funk | - | Total rainfall over the past 24 hours of 3.76 inches was reported by a Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network observer. |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Funk | - | Total rainfall over the past 24 hours of 5.26 inches was reported by a Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network observer. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | - | Emergency manager reported that approximately 60 power poles were snapped from wind gusts estimated at 80 mph. Damage was reported to area pivot irrigation systems. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | - | Winds estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by hail up to the size of quarters, causing minor to significant crop damage across the area. |
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | - | Dime to quarter size hail was also reported at the same time. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| October 2023 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| October 2023 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| October 2023 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Funk | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Funk | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Funk | - | 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.
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 Funk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3287830 | 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 829431. 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.





