Harbine, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68377. The Survey maps it on the Harbine quadrangle. 56 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,440 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHarbine grew from 49 to 56 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 | 49 | |
| 2020 | 56 | +7 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Harbine quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beatrice quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Harbine between 2007 and 2018, burning about 26 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 June 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 February 2017 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harbine in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 9 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Harbine | $350,000 | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Harbine | - | Emergency manager reported heavy rain and 1 inch hail. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Harbine | - | Public reported 1 inch hail. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harbine | - | The emergency manger relayed reports from local law enforcement of strong winds estimated in excess of 60 mph. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Harbine | - | A NWS storm survey indicated that a tornado developed approximately 2 miles south of Harbine. The tornado traveled in an east northeast direction impacting several farmsteads in Jefferson County. There was minor damage to 4 houses, and 5 out buildings were damaged beyond repair. Other damage included over-turned center pivots and tree damage. Approximately 2 miles east southeast of Harbine the tornado produced damage consistent with a weak EF2 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Here a large recently well-built metal outbuildings were destroyed, minor damage was done to a home, and 2X4 boards were driven into the ground. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Harbine | - | Mostly pea-size, but some up to nickel-size. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Harbine | - | The hail fell along with winds of 50 mph. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harbine | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph blew an empty semi-trailer truck off the road near Harbine. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Harbine | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Harbine | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Harbine | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Harbine | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Harbine | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jansen | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Diller | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Plymouth | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rudy | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Endicott | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Steele City | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Fairbury | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bower (historical) | 12.0 miles | 10 |
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 Harbine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3291407 | 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 829797. 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.




