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Greeley, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Greeley precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68842. The Survey maps it on the Greeley quadrangle.

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Greeley within Greeley County

On record in Greeley

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 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

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Greeley between 2007 and 2019, burning about 235 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 use2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
3 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 April 2014Debris and open burning200 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
22 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 March 2008Equipment and vehicle use30 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 November 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greeley County

Storms near this place

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greeley in 63 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 44 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 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 2024Thunderstorm WindGreeley$750,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 80 MPH resulted in a long swath of damage in Greeley and Nance counties. Report from social media noted this swath was approximately 6 to 8 miles wide. Widespread tree damage was reported, including large limbs downed and trunks split, as well as several flipped irrigation pivots. The combination of wind and hail caused widespread crop damage in the area.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindGreeley$100,000no account filed
May 1998HailGreeley$80,000no account filed
August 1997HailGreeley$80,000no account filed
April 2003Tornado (F0)Greeley$75,000The severe thunderstorm which had spawned some brief tornados earlier was to blame for a short path tornado centered about 6 miles north of Greeley. The tornado upset 2 center irrigation pivots and damaged a shelter belt.
August 2023HailGreeley$50,000Hail up to the size of quarters, driven by wind gusts of unknown speed, resulted in damage to a corn field.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindGreeley$50,000Tree damage reported across town. Trees up to two feet in diameter were downed.
February 2012Tornado (EF0)Greeley$50,000A weak tornado, with peak winds estimated at 70 mph, briefly touched down west of Greeley. Damage was confined to an overturned pivot.
May 2004Flash FloodGreeley$50,000Three inches of rain fell east of Greeley and washed out country roads and crops in the area.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindGreeley$50,000Thunderstorm winds of 65 to 70 mph caused considerable damage to trees in Greeley.
October 2013HailGreeley$25,000Quarter to golf ball size hail occurred with some rain.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGreeley$25,000Small tree branches were blown down at a home and hail of unknown size resulted in broken house windows and a broken windshield.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGreeley$25,000Tree limbs were blown down in Greeley, with one falling onto and damaging a vehicle. Crop damage was also reported in the area.
July 2006HailGreeley$20,000no account filed
May 1998HailGreeley$20,000no account filed
October 2013HailGreeley$15,000Quarter to half dollar size hail occurred with rain mixed in.
May 2012HailGreeley$15,000no account filed
May 2012HailGreeley$15,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGreeley$15,000no account filed
May 1999HailGreeley$15,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGreeley$10,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in tree limbs up to 3-4 inches in diameter being downed in town.
May 1999HailGreeley$10,000no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindGreeley$5,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH. Power lines were knocked down in the area.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGreeley$5,000no account filed
June 1998HailGreeley$5,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGreeley$3,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. Tree branches were downed in portions of town, some of which were several inches in diameter.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGreeley$2,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in some tree damage in Greeley. Limbs up to four inches in diameter were downed.
September 2023HailGreeley-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported in Greeley.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Greeley-This brief tornado was witnessed by storm spotters, just east of U.S. Highway 281. This tornado contained a wind speed that was estimated at 70 mph.
August 2013HailGreeley-This report was from the Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network (NERAIN). The time was estimated from radar data.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindGreeley-A large tree was down, closing a county road. An exact location was not specified. This report was from the Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network. The time was estimated from radar data.
May 2012Tornado (EF0)Greeley-No damage was reported with this brief tornado touchdown.
July 1994HailGreeley-Thunderstorms produced hail up to golf ball-size at Coatsfield and walnut-size in Greeley as they repeatedly moved across the same area. Nearly four inches of rain fell at Spalding. Thunderstorm winds blew the windows out of a house north of Genoa and blew down trees in Belgrade.
June 2024HailGreeley-no account filed
August 2024HailGreeley-no account filed
May 2023HailGreeley-no account filed
October 2023HailGreeley-no account filed
May 2015HailGreeley-no account filed
June 2014HailGreeley-no account filed
September 2014HailGreeley-no account filed
September 2014HailGreeley-no account filed
June 2014HailGreeley-no account filed
May 2013HailGreeley-no account filed
May 2012HailGreeley-no account filed
May 2011HailGreeley-no account filed
June 2011HailGreeley-no account filed
June 2011HailGreeley-no account filed
June 2011HailGreeley-no account filed
September 2010HailGreeley-no account filed
September 2010HailGreeley-no account filed
April 2005HailGreeley-no account filed
April 2005HailGreeley-no account filed
June 2004HailGreeley-no account filed
May 2002HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2002HailGreeley-no account filed
October 2001HailGreeley-no account filed
July 2000HailGreeley-no account filed
April 1999HailGreeley-no account filed
July 1998HailGreeley-no account filed
July 1995HailGreeley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greeley 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
O'Connor4.0 miles10
Brayton6.5 miles13
Horace7.5 miles11
Belfast7.6 miles11
Scotia10.7 miles12
Scotia Junction11.8 miles12
Wolbach12.7 miles13
Spalding13.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 829654. 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.