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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.

Funk within Phelps County

Population over time

2 figures

Funk 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.

YearPeople Change
2010194
2020175-19 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

15 since 2000

Regional 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 use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
13 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 June 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2011Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
27 April 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 April 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreRainwater Basin Wetland Management DistrictFUNK TEAL
12 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresRainwater Basin Wetland Management DistrictFUNK NE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phelps County

Storms near this place

58 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Thunderstorm WindFunk$1,000,000Wind 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 2023HailFunk$200,000no account filed
June 2014HailFunk$150,000no account filed
July 2024HailFunk$125,000no account filed
July 2024HailFunk$125,000no account filed
May 2008Tornado (EF2)Funk$75,000This 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 2013HailFunk$50,000no account filed
May 2003HailFunk$50,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindFunk$30,000no account filed
May 2013HailFunk$25,000no account filed
May 2005HailFunk$25,000no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindFunk$10,000Winds estimated at 80 mph were accompanied by hail up the size of quarters, causing minor to significant crop damage across the area.
May 2008HailFunk$10,000no account filed
September 2003HailFunk$10,000no account filed
July 1996HailFunk$10,000no account filed
May 1999HailFunk$5,000no account filed
May 1998HailFunk$5,000no account filed
April 2013Thunderstorm WindFunk$2,000Power poles and wires were down along a county road.
June 2008HailFunk$2,000no account filed
July 2000HailFunk$2,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFunk-A wind gust of 62 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles south-southeast of Odessa.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindFunk-A wind gust of 62 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles south-southeast of Odessa.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindFunk-A wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles south-southeast of Odessa.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindFunk-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH.
May 2011Heavy RainFunk-Storm total rainfall of 5.15 inches reported over last 24 hours by a NeRAIN observer.
October 2011Heavy RainFunk-Total rainfall over the past 24 hours of 3.76 inches was reported by a Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network observer.
October 2011Heavy RainFunk-Total rainfall over the past 24 hours of 5.26 inches was reported by a Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network observer.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindFunk-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 2009Thunderstorm WindFunk-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 2005Thunderstorm WindFunk-Dime to quarter size hail was also reported at the same time.
July 2023HailFunk-no account filed
October 2023HailFunk-no account filed
October 2023HailFunk-no account filed
October 2023HailFunk-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindFunk-no account filed
March 2017Thunderstorm WindFunk-no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindFunk-no account filed
May 2016HailFunk-no account filed
August 2014HailFunk-no account filed
June 2013HailFunk-no account filed
May 2012HailFunk-no account filed
August 2011HailFunk-no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindFunk-no account filed
July 2010HailFunk-no account filed
June 2006HailFunk-no account filed
May 2004HailFunk-no account filed
July 2003HailFunk-no account filed
April 2003HailFunk-no account filed
May 2003HailFunk-no account filed
May 2003HailFunk-no account filed
April 2001HailFunk-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFunk-no account filed
August 1999HailFunk-no account filed
May 1999HailFunk-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindFunk-no account filed
May 1999HailFunk-no account filed
May 1998HailFunk-no account filed
March 1997HailFunk-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Phelps 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
Sacramento3.9 miles13
Holdrege6.6 miles13
Clyde9.6 miles13
Atlanta13.6 miles13
Loomis13.7 miles13
Westmark17.6 miles16
Bertrand20.9 miles16

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 FunkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3287830The 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.