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.
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
- Bessey Nurserylisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresHalsey 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 76 | |
| 2020 | 68 | -8 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1948 USGS Halsey quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Halsey quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Dismal River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Halsey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska National Forest | WELL 31 |
| 19 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Nebraska National Forest | SCENIC |
| 5 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska National Forest | THREE MILE |
| 4 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska National Forest | COYOTE SOUTH |
| 3 August 1996 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Nebraska National Forest | LOST |
| 25 August 1994 | Natural | 25 acres | Nebraska National Forest | SMOKEY SONOFA |
| 17 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska National Forest | COYOTE SOUTH |
Storms near this place
37 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | $50,000 | Park 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 2010 | Flood | Halsey | $50,000 | Thunderstorms 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 2001 | Hail | Halsey | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Halsey | $11,000 | A 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 2001 | Hail | Halsey | $10,000 | The hail lasted for several minutes and broke out several windshields in vehicles. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Halsey | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Halsey | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | $1,000 | Numerous small and large tree branches down at this location. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | $1,000 | Large tree limbs and a window were broken by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Halsey | - | An NWS employee reported hail to quarter size south of Thedford. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH uprooted one tree and produced severe damage to other trees east of Thedford. |
| August 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Halsey | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud 6 miles southwest of Halsey. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | The winds broke off 8 to 10 inch diameter tree branches. The wind combined with hail to also damage crops. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | The Bessy RAWS site recorded a 61 mph wind gust. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | The public estimated wind gusts in excess of 60 mph west of Halsey. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Halsey | - | Wind in excess of 60 mph accompanied the hail. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | The public reported wind gusts in excess of 60 mph along with quarter size hail. Several tree branches were broken off. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Halsey | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Halsey | - | 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.
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 Halsey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2667914 | 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 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.







