Greenwood, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Salt Creek precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68366. It stands on Dee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle. 595 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,129 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGreenwood grew from 568 to 595 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 568 | |
| 2020 | 595 | +27 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 2007 and 2020, burning about 174 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 November 2019 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Greenwood: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Clay Pit & Crusher | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
48 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenwood in 48 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 20 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | 1 hurt | Emergency manager reported campers flipped over at a campground. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | $500,000 | A microburst from a thunderstorm caused extensive damage to a small area from near Greenwood to the Ashland County Club southwest of Asland (which is near the border of Saunders and Cass counties). The winds were estimated at around 100 mph by a damage survey compiled by a NWS storm survey team. The most extensive damage was at the Nebraska Raceway Park near Greenwood. Damage there included an overturned mobile home, camper, 4 empty semi trailers and a 2 ton storage trailer. Two ticket booths were destroyed and significant damage was done to a set of bleachers and a crash fence. Damage was estimated at nearly 1/2 million dollars at the track. The winds also downed numerous limbs at the Ashland Country Club. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Greenwood | $50,000 | Water was reported running over the road at the intersection of Rock Creek Road and Highway 6 by emergency management. Emergency management relayed reports of multiple people trapped in homes from quickly rising water in the Horseshoe Lake area. Rock creek also remained above flood stage from the excessive rain that fell this night until 11 am CST. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Greenwood | $30,000 | Rainfall of 4 to 9 inches fell along the Salt Creek River basin leading to record river levels around the Greenwood area. Although the river reached record levels, most of the flood waters were confined to within the levy system and to low-lined areas along the creek. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | $20,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph damaged a few signs along Interstate 80 and blew a semi truck over near mile marker 422. The storm also did some damage to a race track bleacher section near the area. This same cell caused some damage in the Waverly area a few minutes earlier. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Greenwood | $5,000 | Heavy rain on June 21st and 22nd caused flooding along Salt Creek from northeast of Lincoln to its confluence with the Platte River northeast of Greenwood. At Greenwood the creek crested at 23.3 feet around noon on the 21st, flood stage is 20 feet. The creek was above flood stage at Greenwood from the morning of the 21st until the late evening of the 21st. Farm fields and county roads near the creek were flooded. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Greenwood | - | Emergency manager report of hail measured up to 1.75 in diameter. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Greenwood | - | Emergency manager report of hail measured up to 2.75 in diameter. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | Emergency management report of power lines down. Damage is from the outflow boundary of a thunderstorm with estimated wind speeds of 60-65 mph. Time estimated via radar. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | Emergency manager reported an overturned semi-truck. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | An NWS survey team observed a broad, intense area of severe straight line winds. Some of the most intense winds extended from an area near Greenwood to the east and southeast, impacting Murdock, Louisville, Manley, and other areas. Most of the damage was snapped trees and power poles, but there was also damage to buildings and grain bins. This large downburst area was several miles wide and frequently had 60 to 80 mph winds with some locations experiencing gusts to nearly 100 mph. There was a also a 2.2 mile long tornado track within the severe wind area, but aside from that track the vast majority of damage was from a west to east or northwest to southeast direction. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | Emergency manager reported substantial damage at the Pine Grove campground. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | Emergency manager reported very large trees down. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | Public reported trees snapped off at the top and large limbs down. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | Damage was reported to outbuildings. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Greenwood | - | Flooding was reported on one spot on Highway 6 between Waverly and Greenwood, from small tributaries that feed into Salt Creek. |
| April 2012 | Flash Flood | Greenwood | - | Thunderstorms dropped several inches of rain in an hour or two which caused flash flooding near a construction area along Interstate 80 southwest of Greenwood. The flood waters covered the right west bound lane causing traffic to back up in the area. Damage was apparently minimal, however. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Greenwood | - | Hail, up to golf ball-size, covered the ground White near Greenwood. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 70 mph caused some tree damage in the Greenwood area. The wind was accompanied by hail up to golf ball-size. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Greenwood | - | Golf ball-size hail was accompanied by wind gusts estimated at over 70 mph. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | A spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 80 to 90 mph tore the roof off of a motel near the Greenwood exchange on Interstate 80 exposing 23 rooms. The winds also blew several semi-trucks off of Interstate 80 in the region prompting a partial closure. Tree and other damage was noted in the area. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | Thundestorm winds estimated at 60 mph flipped a semi trailer on Interstate 80 southeast of Greenwood. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Greenwood | - | Near 310th and Church Road. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Greenwood | - | A brief tornado touchdown caused mainly tree damage on the east edge of Greenwood. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Greenwood | - | Areas of heavy rain that fell across the Salt Creek basin during the first week of June, culminated with heavy rain producing thunderstorms on June 11th. This caused Salt Creek to flood around the Greenwood area. The creek at Greenwood reached 22.5 feet at 245am CDT on June 12th, flood stage is 20 feet. The flooding affected mainly just agricultural bottom-lands. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Greenwood | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Mynard Road between 250th and 262nd Streets and near Highway 63 east of Greenwood. Roads in these areas were blocked for a while by flood waters. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Greenwood | - | Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches fell over much of the Salt Creek basin from Friday May 4th through Sunday May 6th. Lincoln reported nearly 5 inches of rain during this time. The heavy rain caused Salt Creek to flood, mainly from around the Greenwood area downstream to where it merges with the Platte River near Ashland. At Greenwood the creek surpassed it's 20 foot flood stage around 5 am CDT on May 6th, reached a 23.8 foot crest at 1130 am and fell below flood stage around 815 pm that day. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 mph caused extensive tree and other damage around the Greenwood area. The most damage was reported from a few miles south through just northeast of town. A roof was blown off of a section of a motel near the I-80 exchange south of town, numerous trees and power lines were downed around the area and a large barn was blown down just northeast of Greenwood. The thunderstorm was accompanied by hail up to golfball size which covered the ground. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Greenwood | - | Hail up to golfball size covered the ground around Greenwood. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Greenwood | - | Reported at the intersection of highways 6 and 63. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Greenwood | - | Brief tornado touchdown in open fields. |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Greenwood | - | 2 funnel clouds |
| May 2014 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Greenwood | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvo | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Murdock | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Eagle | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| South Bend | 10.7 miles | 17 | |
| Wabash | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Elmwood | 11.4 miles | 13 | |
| Manley | 14.9 miles | 13 | |
| Louisville | 15.0 miles | 13 |
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 Greenwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2079327 | The 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 829675. 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.






