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Haigler, Nebraska

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Haigler precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69030. It stands on North Fork Republican River. The Survey maps it on the Haigler quadrangle. 145 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,278 feet above sea level.

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Haigler within Dundy County

Population over time

2 figures

Haigler fell from 158 to 145 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
2010158
2020145-13 (-8%)

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

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Haigler between 1997 and 2020, burning about 6,017 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 burning3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
16 June 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 June 2018Smoking1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 June 2018Smoking1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 April 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
5 March 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 March 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined6,000 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 February 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresCheyenne County21517

Every fire recorded in Dundy County

Storms near this place

60 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haigler in 76 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 54 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind. 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 1994HailHaigler$500,000Thunderstorm winds estimated between 60 and 65 mph blew down trees and antennas. Outbuildings and mobile homes were flipped over. One garage and the vehicle inside were damaged. Shingles were lost from some roofs.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindHaigler$500,000Thunderstorm winds estimated between 60 and 65 mph blew down trees and antennas. Outbuildings and mobile homes were flipped over. One garage and the vehicle inside were damaged. Shingles were lost from some roofs.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHaigler$15,000Newspaper reported a semi-trailer was overturned near Haigler sometime during the evening. Time of this event is approximate based on reviewing Doppler radar archives.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHaigler$2,000Multiple tree limbs up to eight inches in diameter broken.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHaigler-Site Brunswig shop on WeatherLink reported the 67 mph wind gust.
July 2025HailHaigler-Golfball size hail report from Haigler was from MPing. A trained spotter in town also reported quarter to half dollar size hail.
August 2025HailHaigler-Law enforcement estimated 1 inch hail and 45-50 MPH winds in Haigler.
April 2024HailHaigler-Hail between the size of dimes and nickels ongoing.
May 2024HailHaigler-Storm chaser measured a 2.3 inch hailstone via a caliper on Highway 34.
May 2024HailHaigler-Half dollar to ping pong ball sized hail reported at the location. Hail fell for a duration of 10 minutes.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHaigler-Spotter estimated 50-60 mph winds with a thunderstorm. The winds also developed a plume of dust that brought visibility down to one quarter mile.
May 2024HailHaigler-MPing report of 1.25 inch hail.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHaigler-The Weatherlink site at Brunswig Shop reported a 93 MPH gust.
August 2023HailHaigler-Trained spotter estimated hail up to the size of quarters fell over a duration of 5 minutes.
May 2021HailHaigler-Hail varied from dime to nickel in size.
May 2021HailHaigler-Hail ranging from one inch to an inch and a half reported at location.
May 2021HailHaigler-One and a half inch hail reported at location via mPing.
August 2020HailHaigler-Trained spotter reported quarter to half-dollar sized hail.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHaigler-Citizen observed an estimated wind gust of 60 mph in the core of a thundestorm.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHaigler-Large tree branches up to 3 inches in diameter down. Time estimated from radar. Report received via social media.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHaigler-Estimated start time of the report based on radar data.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHaigler-Numerous tree branches were reported down in the town of Haigler. Just south and east of Haigler, hail drifts were reported from half inch diameter hail. The time is approximate.
June 2008HailHaigler-Local law enforcement officials reported hail covered the ground one inch deep.
May 2005HailHaigler-Ground completely white from hail.
June 2004HailHaigler-Time estimated.
September 2004HailHaigler-Broken winds on house and vehicle.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHaigler-The strong winds created near zero visibility across western Dundy county.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindHaigler-Two inch diameter tree limbs broken by strong winds.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindHaigler-Tree limbs 6 inches in diameter broken.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHaigler-Large tree branches were blown down.
August 1993HailHaigler-Marble- to golfball-size hail stripped leaves from corn plants and destroyed soybeans. Hail was still in the ditches near noon the next day. Over 2.75 inches of rain also occurred.
May 2024HailHaigler-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHaigler-no account filed
August 2019HailHaigler-no account filed
July 2018HailHaigler-no account filed
June 2014HailHaigler-no account filed
July 2009HailHaigler-no account filed
June 2007HailHaigler-no account filed
April 2005HailHaigler-no account filed
May 2005HailHaigler-no account filed
May 2005HailHaigler-no account filed
May 2005HailHaigler-no account filed
May 2005HailHaigler-no account filed
May 2005HailHaigler-no account filed
June 2005HailHaigler-no account filed
May 2005HailHaigler-no account filed
May 2005HailHaigler-no account filed
May 2005HailHaigler-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindHaigler-no account filed
May 2004HailHaigler-no account filed
June 2004HailHaigler-no account filed
June 2004HailHaigler-no account filed
July 2004HailHaigler-no account filed
July 2004HailHaigler-no account filed
August 2004HailHaigler-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindHaigler-no account filed
April 2003HailHaigler-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindHaigler-no account filed
June 2003HailHaigler-no account filed
June 2003HailHaigler-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dundy 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
Sanborn5.1 miles9
Parks11.5 miles7
Lamont21.5 miles7
Benkelman21.7 miles7
Rainbow Fountain Park21.7 miles7
Max29.3 miles7
Ough31.0 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 HaiglerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2138602The 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 829746. 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.