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Gordon, Nebraska

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gordon City. It lies in ZIP code area 69343. The Survey maps it on the Gordon quadrangle. 1,504 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,553 feet above sea level.

Gordon within Sheridan County

On record in Gordon

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

Gordon fell from 1,612 to 1,504 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
20101,612
20201,504-108 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

11 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Gordon between 2007 and 2020, burning about 456 acres in total. 3 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 use4
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2013Natural10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 July 2020Natural40 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 July 2016Debris and open burning25 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
27 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined32 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 June 2007Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 March 2020Equipment and vehicle use115 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 March 2012Debris and open burning15 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 November 2014Misuse of fire by a minor100 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Sheridan County

Storms near this place

60 of 150 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gordon in 150 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 97 hail, 36 thunderstorm wind, 11 tornado, 4 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
June 1997HailGordon$750,000no account filed
June 1997HailGordon$250,000Thunderstorm winds in excess of 60 mph damaged roofs and blew a tree over which landed on a parked vehicle in the town of Gordon.
June 2013Tornado (EF0)Gordon$100,000A tornado formed 5 miles south southeast of Gordon at 1731MST in a corn field. It moved southeast for a path length of three quarters of a mile where a center irrigation pivot system was damaged and crop destroyed in the path. In addition, six power poles were pulled out of the ground and a tree line damaged before dissipating at 1739MST. The tornado was rated an EF0 with an average path width of .20 yards.
July 2007HailGordon$35,000The large hail caused damage to roofs, vehicles and corn and wheat crops.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGordon$24,000Six power poles were downed with a total of 20 poles downed across northern Sheridan County.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindGordon$20,000Thunderstorm outflow winds uprooted and broke off numerous large trees, tore off part of the roof of the Local Pride packing plant, took down power lines, and damaged the siding and sign for the Ideal grocery store on the south side of Gordon.
August 2009HailGordon$15,000Golf ball size hail broke out all the windows on the north side of a home and caused roof damage.
July 2003HailGordon$15,000Hail severely damaged corn crops near the edge of Gordon.
May 2023Flash FloodGordon$10,000Trained spotter reports 3.50 inches of rainfall in Gordon with some street flooding.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Gordon$10,000F0 tornado broke off a few utility poles as it passed through open rangeland.
August 2002HailGordon$10,000no account filed
May 2000HailGordon$5,000no account filed
June 2001HailGordon$4,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindGordon$2,000Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH, led to multiple tree limbs downed and a destroyed trampoline at this location.
August 2002HailGordon$2,000no account filed
July 2015HailGordon$1,000Windshield broken on a spotter vehicle.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindGordon$1,000Thunderstorm outflow winds of 60 mph broke numerous large tree branches.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindGordon$1,000no account filed
July 2024HailGordon-Delayed report from social media. Time estimated from radar.
August 2023HailGordon-Golf ball sized hail reported for 15 minutes with reports of leaf damage to many trees in the area.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindGordon-Pea sized hail and wind gusts of 60 MPH reported at this location.
July 2023HailGordon-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail south of Gordon.
July 2023HailGordon-Gordon Fire Department measured 3 inch size hail 9 miles south of town.
July 2021HailGordon-A cooperative weather observer reported quarter size hail north of Gordon.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGordon-Trained spotter reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGordon-Estimated wind speed from trained storm spotter.
May 2020HailGordon-Dime to quarter sized hail reported at this location.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGordon-KGRN measured 50 kt wind gust.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGordon-KGRN measured a wind gust of 51 kts.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGordon-No details.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGordon-No details.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGordon-No details.
July 2019HailGordon-Public reported up to half dollar size hail.
July 2019HailGordon-Public reported hail ranging from pea size up to tennis ball size. Most of the larger hail was around golf ball size.
July 2019HailGordon-Public reported quarter size hail and strong wind gusts.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGordon-Emergency manager reported a garage heavily damaged, power lines downed, and tree branches broken near Gordon.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGordon-Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 MPH at this location.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGordon-Public reported a 60 MPH wind gust at this location.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGordon-Estimated 60 mph winds with reports of power outages in Gordon.
June 2018HailGordon-Quarter to golf ball size hail reported at this location.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGordon-Three large trees down.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGordon-No information available.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGordon-Power outages reported.
July 2018Flash FloodGordon-Curb to curb flooding in Gordon.
April 2017Funnel CloudGordon-Funnel cloud was reported 8 miles east northeast of Gordon.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindGordon-Public estimated 60 mph wind gusts near Gordon.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindGordon-A trained weather spotter reported 60 mph winds northwest of Gordon.
June 2016HailGordon-Hail reported on the west side of town near the golf course.
June 2016HailGordon-The hail destroyed a garden.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGordon-Fire department reported center pivots blown over and a roof blown off a garage from straight line winds.
July 2016Tornado (EF0)Gordon-Trained storm spotter observed and photographed tornado from Highway 20. The tornado touched down in an open field with no damage observed.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGordon-A trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gust.
June 2015HailGordon-A Cooperative observer located 6 miles north of Gordon reported quarter size hail with very little wind.
May 2015Funnel CloudGordon-Funnel reported east of Gordon at an estimated time of 2045MDT.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGordon-General public located 3 miles east of Gordon reported nickel size hail with winds estimated at 60 mph produced crop damage.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Gordon-At 1105MST, the Gordon Fire Department storm spotters reported that a tornado briefly touched down 3 miles southeast of Gordon. Spotters observed a tarp that was lifted and wrapped around a power pole (DI 26, DOD 1). Based on spotter observations, the average path width was 40 yards.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindGordon-Half inch to nickel size hail accompanied strong winds.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGordon-Thunderstorm wind gusts tore 4 inch branches off of trees.
June 2011HailGordon-Public reported quarter sized hail.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGordon-Trees and powerlines down in Gordon.

Every storm recorded in Sheridan 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
Clinton8.3 miles8
Albany (historical)11.5 miles8
Rushville15.1 miles8
Whiteclay22.9 miles8
Pine Ridge22.9 miles8
Grayson (historical)26.5 miles11
Hay Springs27.1 miles8
Adaton (historical)30.2 miles8

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 GordonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q603450The 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 829591. 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.