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Genoa, Nebraska

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Genoa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68640. It stands on Skeedee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Genoa quadrangle. 894 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,585 feet above sea level.

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Genoa within Nance County

On record in Genoa

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Genoa fell from 1,003 to 894 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
20101,003
2020894-109 (-11%)

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

24 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Genoa between 2004 and 2020, burning about 273 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
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
25 August 2013Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2017Fireworks1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2015Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 May 2013Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 May 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nance County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Genoa: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pg-S Sand & Gravel Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Nance County

Storms near this place

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Genoa in 65 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 36 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 8 heavy rain, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2019FloodGenoa$12,000,000no account filed
August 2022HailGenoa$1,000,000Most hail in and north of Genoa ranged in size from quarters to golf balls, but some hail reached the size of baseballs.
June 2024Flash FloodGenoa$600,000Based on radar estimation and various measured totals from NWS/NeRAIN/CoCoRaHS observers, widespread rainfall of 2.50-7.00 inches fell across most of the county mainly between 8 p.m. CDT on the 21st and 1 a.m. CDT on the 22nd. Per media reports, the county supervisor reported flood damage to numerous rural roads.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGenoa$500,000A several block wide stretch of wind damage occurred in Genoa, including several trees down and homes, buildings and vehicles damaged. Local businesses lost power into the following day, and a lumberyard lost a portion of the front of its building, which also sustained electrical damage. The storm also lifted off a section of the post office roof and destroyed a window.
May 2004HailGenoa$250,000The cooperative observer in Genoa reported hail and high winds stripped trees throughout town.
June 2022HailGenoa$200,000Hail up to the size of golf balls was accompanied by wind gusts estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGenoa$200,000Wind gusts estimated to be at least 60 MPH were accompanied by hail up to the size of golf balls.
June 2022HailGenoa$200,000An NeRAIN observer noted hail up to the size of ping pong balls and that there was tree and building damage.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindGenoa$100,000Wind gusts were estimated to be around 70 MPH in Genoa, closer to 60 MPH three miles north of Genoa. Tree damage and nickel size hail was reported across Genoa.
May 2012HailGenoa$75,000no account filed
May 2012HailGenoa$75,000no account filed
July 2002HailGenoa$50,000no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindGenoa$50,000no account filed
June 2017HailGenoa$25,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGenoa$25,000no account filed
May 2004HailGenoa$25,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindGenoa$25,000no account filed
August 2002HailGenoa$25,000no account filed
August 2009HailGenoa$15,000no account filed
May 2007HailGenoa$10,000no account filed
July 2006HailGenoa$10,000no account filed
June 2008HailGenoa$5,000Drifts of marble to nickel size hail reported northwest of Genoa.
May 2004Flash FloodGenoa$5,000The Nance County Sheriff's office reported water flowing over Highway 22 between Genoa and Fullerton.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGenoa$5,000no account filed
June 2007Flash FloodGenoa$5,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGenoa-A wind gust of 65 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located nine miles west-northwest of Genoa.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindGenoa-A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located nine miles west-northwest of Genoa.
June 2021HailGenoa-Accompanying wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH at times.
June 2018Heavy RainGenoa-A 24-hour rainfall total of 4.32 inches occurred two miles west of Genoa.
August 2017Heavy RainGenoa-A 24-hour precipitation amount of 5.20 inches was recorded 3 miles south-southwest of Genoa.
August 2017Heavy RainGenoa-A 24-hour precipitation amount of 5.07 inches was recorded 3 miles west-southwest of Genoa.
August 2017Heavy RainGenoa-A 24-hour precipitation amount of 4.10 inches was recorded 8 miles west-northwest of Genoa.
October 2017Heavy RainGenoa-A 24-hour rainfall total of 3.30 inches occurred 6 miles west of Genoa.
June 2014Heavy RainGenoa-A storm total rainfall amount of 4.13 inches was reported by NeRAIN observer.
June 2014Heavy RainGenoa-A storm total rainfall amount of 3.52 inches was reported by NeRAIN observer.
June 2013Heavy RainGenoa-This is a 24 hour rain total ending at 810 am CDT. A rain total of 3.60 inches fell 7.5 miles west-northwest of Genoa. Two periods of rain occurred. The first was roughly 1 am to 230 am CDT, and the second occurred between 4 am and 8 am CDT. This report was from the Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network.
October 2013HailGenoa-Nickel size hail was falling at the time of the report.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindGenoa-Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph at the airport.
August 2011HailGenoa-Quarter size hail was accompanied by strong winds on Highway 22 between Fullerton and Genoa.
April 2024HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2022HailGenoa-no account filed
August 2022HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2020HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2017HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2014HailGenoa-no account filed
March 2010FloodGenoa-no account filed
June 2010HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2010HailGenoa-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGenoa-no account filed
April 2006HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGenoa-no account filed
October 2005HailGenoa-no account filed
May 2003HailGenoa-no account filed
May 2003HailGenoa-no account filed
May 2003HailGenoa-no account filed
May 2003HailGenoa-no account filed
May 2002HailGenoa-no account filed
May 2002HailGenoa-no account filed
August 2002HailGenoa-no account filed
June 2000HailGenoa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nance 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
Krakow3.9 miles13
Merchiston9.1 miles13
Fullerton13.9 miles13
Belgrade18.0 miles13
North Star22.0 miles13
Timber Creek24.7 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 GenoaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q958138The 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 829484. 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.