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Halsey, Nebraska

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Thomas precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69142. The Survey maps it on the Halsey quadrangle. 68 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,697 feet above sea level.

Halsey within Thomas County

On record in Halsey

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

Halsey fell from 76 to 68 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
201076
202068-8 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Halsey between 1993 and 2019, burning about 4,555 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 1 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
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
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 September 2000Naturalunder an acreNebraska National ForestWELL 31
19 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2009Natural1.6 acresNebraska National ForestSCENIC
5 August 2011Naturalunder an acreNebraska National ForestTHREE MILE
4 August 2012Naturalunder an acreNebraska National ForestCOYOTE SOUTH
3 August 1996Natural3.0 acresNebraska National ForestLOST
25 August 1994Natural25 acresNebraska National ForestSMOKEY SONOFA
17 August 2000Naturalunder an acreNebraska National ForestCOYOTE SOUTH

Every fire recorded in Thomas County

Storms near this place

37 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Halsey in 37 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 23 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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 2014Thunderstorm WindHalsey$50,000Park officials reported winds estimated up to 100 mph. The strong winds uprooted several trees and downed tree limbs at the Nebraska National Forest west of Halsey. The winds destroyed an empty, older mobile home and the roof of a home sustained damage from a tree that fell.
June 2010FloodHalsey$50,000Thunderstorms with prolonged heavy rain falling on already saturated ground caused widespread flooding across Thomas County. Three to five inches of rain fell, severely damaging rural roads.
August 2001HailHalsey$20,000no account filed
August 2011Tornado (EF0)Halsey$11,000A tornado touched down one mile west northwest of Purdum and caused damage to trees and power lines. Large limbs from elm trees were snapped off and displaced up to 300 feet to the south. Also, four power poles on the south side of the road were snapped off and 250 feet of barbed wire fencing was damaged.
June 2001HailHalsey$10,000The hail lasted for several minutes and broke out several windshields in vehicles.
June 2001HailHalsey$5,000no account filed
June 1999HailHalsey$5,000no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHalsey$1,000Numerous small and large tree branches down at this location.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHalsey$1,000Large tree limbs and a window were broken by thunderstorm winds.
July 2023HailHalsey-An NWS employee reported hail to quarter size south of Thedford.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHalsey-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH uprooted one tree and produced severe damage to other trees east of Thedford.
August 2010Funnel CloudHalsey-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud 6 miles southwest of Halsey.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHalsey-The public reported large mature ash trees downed in Halsey and in the Nebraska National Forest. Highway 86B was closed into the Halsey Forest due to tree damage.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHalsey-The winds broke off 8 to 10 inch diameter tree branches. The wind combined with hail to also damage crops.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHalsey-The Bessy RAWS site recorded a 61 mph wind gust.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHalsey-The public estimated wind gusts in excess of 60 mph west of Halsey.
August 2009HailHalsey-Wind in excess of 60 mph accompanied the hail.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHalsey-The public reported wind gusts in excess of 60 mph along with quarter size hail. Several tree branches were broken off.
June 2024HailHalsey-no account filed
August 2017HailHalsey-no account filed
June 2014HailHalsey-no account filed
June 2013HailHalsey-no account filed
August 2011HailHalsey-no account filed
June 2006HailHalsey-no account filed
June 2006HailHalsey-no account filed
May 2003HailHalsey-no account filed
August 2002HailHalsey-no account filed
April 2001HailHalsey-no account filed
June 2001HailHalsey-no account filed
August 2001HailHalsey-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindHalsey-no account filed
July 2000HailHalsey-no account filed
July 2000HailHalsey-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHalsey-no account filed
June 1999HailHalsey-no account filed
June 1999HailHalsey-no account filed
March 1998HailHalsey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Thomas 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
Natick9.7 miles12
Thedford17.1 miles12
Norway24.7 miles12
Seneca31.4 miles12

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 HalseyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2667914The 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 835581. 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.