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Gurley, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gurley precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69141. The Survey maps it on the Gurley quadrangle. 187 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,281 feet above sea level.

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Gurley within Cheyenne County

On record in Gurley

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

Gurley fell from 214 to 187 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
2010214
2020187-27 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

35 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Gurley between 2007 and 2017, burning about 203 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 burning13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cheyenne County

Storms near this place

60 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gurley in 64 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 34 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 5 heavy rain. 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
May 1999HailGurley$20,000no account filed
May 1998HailGurley$4,000A storm produced baseball size hail 6 miles northeast of Gurley.
July 2024HailGurley-Ping pong ball sized hail reported on the west and north side of Gurley.
July 2024Tornado (EFU)Gurley-Gurley Fire Chief reported a brief ground circulation.
June 2024Flash FloodGurley-The Gurley Fire Department reported flash flooding in the town of Gurley. Roads flooded with multiple creeks and draws out of their banks.
June 2024Flash FloodGurley-The Gurley Fire Department measured 3.25 inches of rain, resulting in flash flooding of creeks and draws with numerous roads underwater in and around the town of Gurley.
June 2024Heavy RainGurley-Local Emergency Management reported 4.0 inches of rain 1 mile N of Gurley.
June 2024Flash FloodGurley-Local Emergency Management provided video of fast flowing water approximately 3 miles NE of Gurley.
June 2024Flash FloodGurley-Local Emergency Management reported fields flooded 6 miles ENE of Gurley.
June 2024HailGurley-The public reported quarter sized hail in the town of Gurley.
June 2024Flash FloodGurley-Local Emergency Management reported water was flowing over Road 119 approximately 4 miles SE of Dalton. The road may have been partially or completely washed out.
June 2024Flash FloodGurley-Numerous reports of flooding along Road 50 north of Gurley. Nearly every quarter to half mile was flooded with water flowing over the roadway.
June 2024Flash FloodGurley-A video was provided of water flowing over Road 117 north of Road 50. The road may have been washed out. Reported by Emergency Management.
July 2023HailGurley-Social media video of dime to quarter sized hail east of Gurley.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGurley-Heavy rainfall accumulated to 0.85 inches and pea size hail in addition to the reported thunderstorm winds were experienced.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGurley-Heavy rains in addition to thunderstorm winds caused pooling water in nearby farm fields.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGurley-Tree measuring twelve inches in diameter was knocked over by winds in addition to areal power outages.
August 2017HailGurley-Half dollar size hail was observed east of Gurley.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindGurley-Peak wind gusts of 72 mph were measured with a hand-held anemometer.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindGurley-Estimated 60 mph winds were observed at Gurley.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindGurley-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were reported north of Sidney.
July 2016HailGurley-Golf ball size hail was reported three miles east of Gurley.
May 2015HailGurley-Quarter size hail was observed nine miles west of Gurley.
September 2014Heavy RainGurley-A spotter measured 2.91 inches of rain.
July 2013HailGurley-Quarter size hail was reported west of Gurley.
August 2013Heavy RainGurley-A spotter west of Gurley measured 2.10 inches of rain in less than an hour.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindGurley-Wind gusts were estimated at 50 to 60 mph in Gurley.
August 2013Heavy RainGurley-A spotter northwest of Gurley measured 1.90 inches of rain in less than an hour.
July 2012Heavy RainGurley-Two and a half inches of rain fell in a two-hour period. No flooding was observed.
June 2006Flash FloodGurley-Radar estimated 3-4 inches of rainfall with report of localized flooding along county road 119 betweencounty roads 44 and 46.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Gurley-Rope tornado briefly touched down over open country.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindGurley-6 to 7 inch diameter limbs broken by high wind gusts 7 miles southeast of Gurley, NE
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGurley-68 mph wind gust reported 6 miles northeast of Gurley, NE
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGurley-64 mph wind gust reported 6 miles northeast of Gurley, NE
March 1998HailGurley-Marble to golf ball size hail fell and covered the ground up to 5 inches.
July 1995HailGurley-Severe thunderstorms moved southeast through Cheyenne County during the afternoon. Hail from the thunderstorms destroyed or damaged 55,615 acres of cropland, causing millions of dollars in losses. The worst damage was in the northwest part of the county as well as just southeast of Sidney. One area of hail began nine miles west of Dalton and cut a two mile wide path for eight to ten miles. Also, A brief tornado was observed near the state line, 10 miles south of Sunol.
July 1995HailGurley-Severe thunderstorms moved southeast through Cheyenne County during the afternoon. Hail from the thunderstorms destroyed or damaged 55,615 acres of cropland, causing millions of dollars in losses. The worst damage was in the northwest part of the county as well as just southeast of Sidney. One area of hail began nine miles west of Dalton and cut a two mile wide path for eight to ten miles. Also, A brief tornado was observed near the state line, 10 miles south of Sunol.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGurley-no account filed
July 2024HailGurley-no account filed
July 2024HailGurley-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGurley-no account filed
May 2021HailGurley-no account filed
May 2021HailGurley-no account filed
May 2021HailGurley-no account filed
May 2021HailGurley-no account filed
October 2021HailGurley-no account filed
May 2019HailGurley-no account filed
July 2010HailGurley-no account filed
July 2009HailGurley-no account filed
September 2009HailGurley-no account filed
June 2009HailGurley-no account filed
June 2008HailGurley-no account filed
June 2007HailGurley-no account filed
June 2005HailGurley-no account filed
August 2002HailGurley-no account filed
September 2001HailGurley-no account filed
July 2001HailGurley-no account filed
July 2001HailGurley-no account filed
July 2000HailGurley-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGurley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cheyenne 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
Dalton5.9 miles11
Huntsman7.0 miles11
Ordville (historical)10.1 miles8
Brownson12.0 miles8
Sidney12.4 miles11
Colton13.1 miles11
Sunol15.9 miles11
Point of Rocks16.5 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 GurleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2389913The 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 829723. 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.