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Hampton, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 3. It lies in ZIP code area 68843. The Survey maps it on the Hampton quadrangle. 432 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,762 feet above sea level.

Hampton within Hamilton County

On record in Hampton

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

Hampton grew from 423 to 432 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
2010423
2020432+9 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

22 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Hampton between 2005 and 2020, burning about 178 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 April 2019Debris and open burning20 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

32 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hampton in 32 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 5 heavy rain, 3 tornado. 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 2011Tornado (EF2)Hampton$2,500,000This tornado touched down approximately 5 miles south-southwest of Hampton, just south of Interstate 80, where a home suffered some roof damage and a grain truck was overturned. A cattle shed was also destroyed, trees were damaged, and a few wooden power poles were snapped. A few moments later the tornado crossed over the interstate in front of many spectators. Just north of the interstate, roof panels were ripped from an outbuilding and more power poles were broken. A roof was partially removed from a double wide trailer just southwest of Hampton and irrigation pivots were knocked over. The tornado continued on a path just west of Hampton, moving north-northeast. Along its path, grain bins and irrigation pivots were destroyed, numerous tree trunks were snapped and irrigation piping was destroyed, including being wrapped around trees and power poles. Approximately 60 power poles were destroyed, at least 16 irrigation pivots were damaged, along with 7 homes and 10 outbuildings. The tornado lifted 4 miles north northeast of Hampton, about 10 miles from its touchdown point. The maximum wind speed of this tornado was estimated to be 125 MPH.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHampton$800,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in several flipped irrigation pivots in the area. A semi truck was blown over on Interstate 80 near mile marker 339.
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Hampton$500,000This tornado was not witnessed by anyone as it occurred after dark. A large area of damaging winds occurred northwest of where the tornado apparently formed. Tree damage, snapped power poles, and overturned pivots were common from just south of Marquette to southeast of Hampton. The most evident tornado damage was observed at two homes north of Hampton. Both homes lost part of their roof. One home was a manufactured home and the other was conventional construction. The southern of the two homes had parts of the roof blown back to the west and southwest, while the rest of the debris was strewn southeast along the storm path. Leaves and mud were plastered on the east side of both homes. Radar data did not show any obvious tornado-like signatures. Due to the widespread damage, it was difficult to identify exactly where the tornado began and ended.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHampton$150,000Wind gusts were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH. Emergency management reported at least two damaged irrigation pivots in the area.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindHampton$150,000no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindHampton$75,000no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindHampton$70,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHampton$25,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH by a storm chaser in the area. Emergency management reported that a semi-truck was blown over near mile marker 339 on Interstate 80, which is 1 mile east of the Hampton exit.
June 2020HailHampton$25,000Hail ranging in size from quarters to 2 inches in diameter was reported along this path.
July 2011HailHampton$25,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHampton$25,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindHampton$25,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindHampton$10,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH. Vehicle window damage was reported on Main Street.
August 2020Tornado (EF0)Hampton$1,000Minor crop and tree damage occurred. Debris was found in nearby powerlines. An old lean-to shed was destroyed.
April 2025HailHampton-Hail up to the size of half dollars was reported.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHampton-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHampton-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHampton-Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH near Hampton.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHampton-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH.
August 2017Heavy RainHampton-A 24-hour precipitation amount of 3.30 inches was recorded 3 miles east-southeast of Hampton.
August 2017Heavy RainHampton-A 24-hour precipitation amount of 3.17 inches was recorded 1 mile northeast of Hampton.
April 2016Heavy RainHampton-Twenty-four rainfall was 3.45 inches.
April 2014Heavy RainHampton-A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.00 inches occurred about 2 miles east southeast of Hampton. This report was from an NERAIN observer.
May 2013Heavy RainHampton-A storm total rainfall amount of 3.04 inches was reported by a Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network Observer.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHampton-Tree limbs ranging from 8 to 12 inches in diameter were blown down.
May 2022HailHampton-no account filed
June 2022HailHampton-no account filed
August 2020HailHampton-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHampton-no account filed
May 2016HailHampton-no account filed
June 2014HailHampton-no account filed
September 2010HailHampton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Aurora6.3 miles13
Kronborg9.0 miles14
Marquette10.8 miles14
Stockham11.6 miles15
Murphy12.0 miles12
Hordville13.6 miles14
Overland14.7 miles14
Giltner15.9 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 HamptonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1892691The 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 829762. 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.