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Geneva, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Geneva Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68361. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle. 2,136 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,644 feet above sea level.

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Geneva within Fillmore County

On record in Geneva

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 8 records

Population over time

2 figures

Geneva fell from 2,217 to 2,136 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
20102,217
20202,136-81 (-4%)

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

50 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Geneva between 2001 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fillmore County

Storms near this place

60 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geneva in 71 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 39 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2005HailGeneva1 hurt, $100,000Baseball size hail pounded the vehicle of the Fillmore County Emergency Manager. The windshield was shattered and glass flew into the eyes of the Emergency Manager. He was able to drive to the local hospital to receive treatment and was released.
April 2005HailGeneva$1,500,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGeneva$200,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in minor tree damage across town, with one larger limb blocking a street.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGeneva$200,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGeneva$100,000A hole was knocked in a roof by a large limb which fell. There was other wind damage throughout town.
June 2017HailGeneva$100,000no account filed
April 2005HailGeneva$100,000no account filed
May 2012HailGeneva$75,000no account filed
October 2013HailGeneva$50,000This report of golf ball size hail was received via Facebook. The observer explicitly stated that the hail fell at 9 pm CDT.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindGeneva$25,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 75 MPH resulted in tree damage in Geneva. A semi-truck was blown over on Highway 81.
August 2007HailGeneva$25,000Winds up to 60 mph accompanied the hail.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindGeneva$25,000no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGeneva$25,000no account filed
October 2013Thunderstorm WindGeneva$15,000A semi-tractor trailer was blown over one mile south of Geneva.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGeneva$10,000A wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles north-northwest of Geneva and a wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles west of Geneva. Tree damage was reported in Geneva, and one power pole was damaged.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindGeneva$10,000no account filed
June 2001HailGeneva$10,000no account filed
June 2001HailGeneva$10,000no account filed
June 2001HailGeneva$10,000no account filed
May 1998HailGeneva$10,000no account filed
June 2008HailGeneva$5,000no account filed
June 1998HailGeneva$5,000no account filed
August 2019LightningGeneva$2,000A lightning strike hit the Fillmore County courthouse and destroyed the flag pole on the top of the building, and also disabled the automatic door system.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGeneva-A wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles west of Geneva.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Measured wind gusts along this path included the following: 61 MPH from three miles east-northeast of Geneva; 60 MPH from four west of Geneva; 58 MPH from five miles west of Geneva. Power outages were reported in Geneva.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindGeneva-A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles northwest of Geneva.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGeneva-A wind gust of 69 MPH was recorded by a mesonet station located four miles east-southeast of Geneva.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindGeneva-A wind gust of 70 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles north-northwest of Geneva.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindGeneva-A wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles west of Geneva and a wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles southwest of Geneva.
June 2020HailGeneva-Report received via mPING.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGeneva-A 60 mph wind gust was recorded three miles south of Geneva.
May 2016Heavy RainGeneva-A 24-hour rainfall total of 3.55 inches was reported.
April 2013HailGeneva-Mostly pea size hail fell with some penny size hail in the Geneva area.
May 2012Heavy RainGeneva-A rainfall total of 3.55 inches was reported over a 24 hour period by a Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network Observer.
May 2012Heavy RainGeneva-A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.22 inches was reported.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Numerous tree limbs of 6 to 8 inches in diameter, along with as many as a dozen large trees, were blown down by the wind. Some of these limbs came down on power lines, causing power to be lost across portions of town for approximately 2 hours. Damage reports from across town included some roof and window damage to several buildings, an unhooked semi trailer being blown on its side, and a light pole being knocked down onto the bleachers at the local baseball field.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Tree damage was reported and a few power lines were blown down.
June 2009HailGeneva-Dime to nickel size hail was reported.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.
July 2024HailGeneva-no account filed
July 2024HailGeneva-no account filed
July 2024HailGeneva-no account filed
July 2024HailGeneva-no account filed
June 2020HailGeneva-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGeneva-no account filed
October 2013HailGeneva-no account filed
May 2012HailGeneva-no account filed
May 2012HailGeneva-no account filed
May 2012HailGeneva-no account filed
June 2010HailGeneva-no account filed
June 2010HailGeneva-no account filed
June 2010HailGeneva-no account filed
June 2010HailGeneva-no account filed
June 2009HailGeneva-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGeneva-no account filed
September 2007HailGeneva-no account filed
September 2007Funnel CloudGeneva-no account filed
June 2004HailGeneva-no account filed
May 2001HailGeneva-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)6.1 miles15
Burress6.2 miles15
Martland6.5 miles13
Fairmont7.6 miles15
Strang7.7 miles12
Townhall9.1 miles10
Grafton9.4 miles15
Shickley10.1 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 GenevaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q967228The 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 829483. 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.