Hamlet, Nebraska
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Hamlet precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69040. It lies near Trail Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hamlet quadrangle. 27 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,838 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHamlet fell from 57 to 27 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 | 57 | |
| 2020 | 27 | -30 (-53%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Hamlet quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Benkelman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hamlet in 2017, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
60 of 79 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamlet in 79 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 55 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Hamlet | $200,000 | Thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall of 2 to 4 inches across Hayes County. Additional heavy rainfall on already saturated ground caused water to wash out secondary roads north of Palisade and southwest of Hayes Center. Water was over Highway 25 and 25A in several locations south and southwest of Hayes Center. |
| October 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Hamlet | $160,000 | A tornado touched down 1 mile west of Hamlet and was intermittently on the ground to 9 miles north of Hamlet. As the tornado moved into Stinking Water Creek bottom 4 miles north northwest of Hamlet a garage was destroyed and several farm outbuilding were damaged. Large cottonwood and evergreen trees were uprooted or snapped off. The tornado then struck a farm 9 miles north of Hamlet destroying a calf shed and doing extensive tree damage before lifting. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Hamlet | $100,000 | Motorist stranded on Highway 6 due to high water over the roadway. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Hamlet | $75,000 | Thunderstorms with heavy rain falling on already saturated ground caused widespread minor flooding in northwest Hayes County. Rainfall of 2 to 5 inches contributed to numerous rural roads being washed out or severely damaged from water flowing across them. The Stinking Water Creek overflowed across Hamlet Road. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamlet | $60,000 | Large trees were uprooted, center pivots irrigation systems were overturned, and weak sheds were destroyed. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Hamlet | $50,000 | The city park and pool is flooded on the north side of Palisade. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hamlet | $50,000 | A supercell thunderstorm produced very large hail that tore through the roof of the Hamlet Union Church and metal buildings, broke windows in vehicles and homes, and severely damaged siding on homes and bodies of vehicles. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Hamlet | $40,000 | The large hail damaged roofs and vehicles. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Hamlet | $25,000 | Highway 25A between Palisade and Highway 25 is closed due to flooding. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Hamlet | $25,000 | Several campers reported stranded due to high water from flash flooding. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Hamlet | $15,000 | Highway 6 near Hamlet is closed due to water over the roadway. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Hamlet | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Hamlet | $10,000 | Heavy rain from a supercell thunderstorm caused water to flow over roadways and partially washout rural roads. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Hamlet | $5,000 | Numerous wind shields were broken in Hamlet from hail the size of ping pong balls. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Hamlet | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Hamlet | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Hamlet | $4,000 | Hail covered the ground. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Hamlet | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Hamlet | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamlet | $2,000 | Strong winds caused some light damage to the roof of a barn. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Hamlet | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Hamlet | - | Public reported hail near golf ball size near Hamlet. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamlet | - | Public estimates 60 mph wind gusts and hail causing tree and crop damage. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Hamlet | - | Baseball sized hail reported just west of Hamlet. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Hamlet | - | Wind driven hail damaged siding on house. Report relayed via social media, time was estimated from radar. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Hamlet | - | Report of a county road with 3 to 5 feet of water over it. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamlet | - | Several utility power poles blown down. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Hamlet | - | General public reported hail up to quarter size, located 2 miles west of Hamlet. |
| October 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Hamlet | - | Rapidly rotating wall cloud with a brief funnel. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamlet | - | A roof was blown off a house east of Hamlet. A large tree was also downed in the area. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamlet | - | Tree limbs downed and winds estimated at least 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Hamlet | - | Hayes county emergency manager reported that county roads 359A and 727 have water running across them due to flooding from the Frenchman creek. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Hamlet | - | Water was reported over the intersection of Hamlet road and highway 6 near Hamlet. Heavy rainfall of around 2.5 inches was reported around the time of this report 6 miles north and 3 miles east of Hamlet. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Hamlet | - | General public reported golf ball sized hail 10 miles southwest of Hayes Center. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Hamlet | - | Extensive crop damage occurred due to the large hail, but acreage and damage values are unknown. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Hamlet | - | Large hail accompanied by winds in excess of 60 mph. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Hamlet | - | Stinking Creek overflowed its banks and is flooding adjacent fields. No structures were damaged. The crest of the river was located between Hamlet and Palisade. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamlet | - | The strong winds caused tree damage and power outages. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Hamlet | - | Trained spotters reported a brief tornado touchdown over open rangeland from a supercell thunderstorm. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Hamlet | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Hamlet | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Center | 14.3 miles | 7 | |
| Marengo | 24.5 miles | 7 |
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 Hamlet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q934705 | 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 829761. 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.




