Hazard, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Harrison precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68844. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hazard quadrangle. 57 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,106 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHazard fell from 70 to 57 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 | 70 | |
| 2020 | 57 | -13 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hazard between 2008 and 2018, burning about 658 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
32 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hazard in 32 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 20 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Hazard | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Hazard | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazard | $150,000 | Wind gusts estimated near 80 MPH resulted in a house suffering window damage from flying debris, with a children outdoor playhouse being flipped on its side. Several large trees were dragged across the owner's property. A pole barn was also destroyed, with 6x6 poles snapped and debris spread from southwest to northeast across the property. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Hazard | $100,000 | Tennis ball to baseball size hail was reported. Storm chaser reported a broken windshield. |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Hazard | $40,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Hazard | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazard | $20,000 | A three-story barn was destroyed, along with other nearby outbuildings. The time of damage is estimated from radar data. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Hazard | $20,000 | no account filed |
| October 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Hazard | $15,000 | A brief tornado occurred east of Hazard. Damage at a farmstead included damage to gutters and fascia on the west side of the home, and significant damage to a large tree on the property. Leaves and debris were smattered on the east side of the house. Minor tree occurred as the tornado moved east, but the tornado apparently quickly lifted in a nearby field. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hazard | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazard | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazard | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazard | $2,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in several downed tree limbs of six to eight inches in diameter. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazard | - | A wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles west-southwest of Hazard. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazard | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree in Loomis and blew down large tree limbs at Hazard. Just west of Loomis, thunderstorm winds damaged a grain bin, a barn and another outbuilding and also flipped over a hay trailer. Heavy rain and small hail combined with the wind to damage the corn crop. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hazard | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Hazard | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Rockville | 13.3 miles | 12 | |
| Loup City | 14.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ashton | 18.6 miles | 12 |
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 Hazard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2250557 | 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 829896. 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.



