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Grant, Nebraska

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 69140. The Survey maps it on the Grant quadrangle. 1,197 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,412 feet above sea level.

Grant within Perkins County

On record in Grant

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Grant grew from 1,165 to 1,197 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
20101,165
20201,197+32 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

31 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Grant between 2007 and 2020, burning about 238 acres in total. 2 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
28 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution150 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2016Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Perkins County

Storms near this place

60 of 165 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grant in 165 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 116 hail, 37 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
July 1999Tornado (F1)Grant1 hurt, $700,000A tornado touched down 9 miles south southwest of Grant and lifted 1 mile south of Madrid. One man sustained minor injuries when his pickup was struck. The pickup was tossed and whirled around. The pickup was a total loss. Other damage included the destruction or damage to 30 center pivot irrigation systems and several barns, grain bins, and quonset buildings were damaged or destroyed. Damage to utilities included the loss of 82 power poles, 25 transformers, 10 high voltage transmission towers.
March 2007Tornado (EF2)Grant$1,200,000A large supercell thunderstorm originally spawned two tornadoes with the eastern tornado eventually taking over. The tornado touched down approximately 6 miles south-southwest of Grant and moved northeast for a few miles and then turned northwest to pass 3 miles west of Grant and continue northwest to near the Perkins and Keith County line approximately 12 miles north-northwest of Grant. The tornado encountered the first farm where it destroyed outbuildings and grain bins and damaged the roof of a metal storage building. Damage to the second farm included ripping off half the roof on the home. At the third farmstead, the tornado destroyed grain bins and a barn and ripped a hole in the roof of the home. The tornado also uprooted and snapped off numerous trees, broke off power poles, and overturned center pivot irrigation systems.
August 1997HailGrant$800,000no account filed
September 1995Thunderstorm WindGrant$185,000A public report of 101 mph winds and dime sized hail caused significant damage to irrigation pivots, grain bins, sheds/barns, and downed telephone poles, and large tree branches. There was total crop loss in the area. The area affected by the storm was 30 miles long and 10 miles wide.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindGrant$75,000Thunderstorm winds knocked over two center pivot irrigation systems and destroyed crops on the north side of Grant.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindGrant$30,000A large cottonwood tree was snapped in half along the 300 block of Logan Street and an empty cargo trailer was rolled into the street in the 400 block of Hancock Street. Several garage doors on metal buildings were blown in and an awning was lifted and damaged at the fairgrounds. The damage was consistent with winds between 80 and 90 MPH.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGrant$30,000Wind gusts estimated 70 mph that downed power poles.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindGrant$25,000A Thunderstorm outflow boundary produced several gustnadoes that did damage at the Wilson feedlot. The gustnadoes destroyed a raised, open faced storage building, moved a scale house building approximately two inches off it's foundation, and damaged the foundation to a third storage building. Also destroyed was an empty 1200 pound grain bin.
September 1999Thunderstorm WindGrant$25,000Thunderstorm winds blew out the wall of a warehouse scattering debris for 200 yards.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindGrant$15,000Two gustnadoes were spotted in gust front winds. One of the gustnadoes, 2.75 miles south of Grant, damaged a center pivot irrigation system as it passed.
June 2009HailGrant$15,000Hail covered the ground.
July 2007Flash FloodGrant$15,000Heavy rainfall from a nearly stationary thunderstorm produced flash flooding. City streets around Grant were under water.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindGrant$10,000Thunderstorm winds uprooted two 70 ft pine trees. The wind combined with 1 inch hail also damaged some roofs.
June 2009HailGrant$8,000Golf ball size hail broke out the window of a storm spotter vehicle.
July 2009HailGrant$8,000Law enforcement reported hail along Highway 61.
July 2009HailGrant$8,000no account filed
July 2009HailGrant$5,000no account filed
July 2009HailGrant$5,000no account filed
July 2009HailGrant$4,000no account filed
July 2009HailGrant$4,000no account filed
May 1998HailGrant$4,000no account filed
July 2009HailGrant$3,000no account filed
July 2003HailGrant$3,000no account filed
August 1997HailGrant$3,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindGrant$2,000The thunderstorm winds combined with 1 inch hail damaged some roofs.
April 2005LightningGrant$2,000Lightning struck a farm house and damaged the phone lines as well as electrical wiring to the well pump.
July 2009HailGrant$2,000no account filed
July 2003HailGrant$2,000no account filed
August 1999HailGrant$2,000no account filed
June 2004HailGrant$1,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindGrant-Outflow from decaying thunderstorms.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindGrant-Winds associated with a heat burst.
September 2022HailGrant-Half dollar and quarter size hail reported at this location.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindGrant-Thunderstorm wind gust measured at the Grant Airport.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGrant-Grant Fire Department reports damage to shingles, trees, and power lines from thunderstorm winds.
May 2022Tornado (EFU)Grant-A landspout tornado briefly touched down in a field with no damage reported.
May 2022Tornado (EFU)Grant-Land spout tornado briefly touched down in an open field with no damage reported.
May 2021HailGrant-Quarter sized hail reported northwest of Grant.
May 2021HailGrant-A 2 mile wide swath of hail reported, some stones were up to golf ball size.
July 2020HailGrant-Public reported quarter size hail in Grant.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGrant-Nebraska mesonet site near Grant measured a 58 mph wind gust.
July 2020Tornado (EFU)Grant-Trained weather spotters, among other sources, confirmed a landspout tornado west of Grant. Photographic evidence supported a brief touchdown in an open field. No damage was reported.
July 2020Tornado (EFU)Grant-Trained weather spotters reported a brief landspout over open fields. No damage was reported.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGrant-Winds were estimated between 70 and 80 mph by the public.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGrant-Measured peak wind speed from automated weather site.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGrant-Estimated 60 mph wind gust.
June 2018Tornado (EF0)Grant-Tornado briefly touched down in a field 5 miles northwest of Grant Nebraska. No damage was reported.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGrant-Tree fell through a roof of a house.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGrant-No information available.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGrant-No information available.
August 2018HailGrant-A picture report was provided on social media.
May 2017HailGrant-The Grant fire department reported nickel size hail near Grant.
May 2017HailGrant-The general public reported quarter size hail in Grant via pictures from social media.
May 2017HailGrant-The Grant fire department reported ping pong ball size hail, 3 miles east of Grant.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGrant-Winds estimated at 60 mph.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGrant-Winds estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011HailGrant-Large marble to half dollar sized hail nearly covered the ground in Grant.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGrant-Public estimated wind gusts of at least 60 mph along with quarter sized hail.
August 2011HailGrant-Golf ball size hail covered the ground.
August 2011HailGrant-Half dollar size hail fell in Grant, while quarter size hail fell six miles west-northwest of Grant.

Every storm recorded in Perkins 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
Madrid9.6 miles7
Brandon10.3 miles8
Venango17.6 miles6
Elsie17.8 miles7
Grainton23.2 miles7

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 GrantAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q959358The 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 829641. 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.