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Hebron, Nebraska

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hebron City. It lies in ZIP code area 68370. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hebron quadrangle. 1,458 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,470 feet above sea level.

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Hebron within Thayer County

On record in Hebron

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

Hebron fell from 1,579 to 1,458 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
20101,579
20201,458-121 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

50 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Hebron between 2010 and 2020, burning about 412 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 burning27
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
29 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2015Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2010Natural3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thayer County

Storms near this place

60 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hebron in 74 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 40 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 7 heavy rain, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2001Tornado (F1)Hebron1 hurt, $30,000Brief tornado on the east side of Hebron
September 1998LightningHebron$500,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHebron$250,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in a the destruction of a wood frame outbuilding. A semi truck was also overturned. An irrigation pivot was flipped and a few power poles were leaning.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindHebron$150,000no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHebron$75,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH downed two large trees and damaged one store front.
June 2006HailHebron$60,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHebron$50,000Thunderstorms producing tremendous amounts of large hail, driven by winds up to 65 mph, destroyed millions of dollars worth of crops. One storm tracked from the northwest to the south central part of Greeley County into north central Howard County. Another thunderstorm tracked from west central Howard County across Hall County and into western Hamilton County. The hail in Greeley County was reported as "blizzardlike" and many areas still had hail on the ground the next morning. Across the four counties, 57,000 acres of corn and 6,000 acres of soybeans were damaged. Near Wolbach, homes suffered roof and window damage, a barn was blown down, plastic irrigation pipes were penetrated by the hail, center pivot irrigation systems were knocked over, and several vehicles were dented and had windshields broken. In Howard County, 40 buildings were damaged. In Grand Island, tents were blown over at the Ethnic Festival. Thunderstorms also tracked farther southeast, continuing to damage crops and trees. In Hebron, thunderstorm winds damaged a grain bin, a satellite dish and the roofs of several homes. In addition, a golf cart shed was destroyed.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindHebron$50,000no account filed
September 2015Thunderstorm WindHebron$35,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in tree damage in Hebron.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindHebron$35,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 65 MPH.
June 2015HailHebron$25,000Quarter to golf ball size hail reported in town.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindHebron$25,000Wind gusts estimated near 65 mph caused damage to the sides of a golf cart shed that was under construction.
June 2002Heavy RainHebron$25,000The town of Hebron received 3.36 inches of rain in one hour resulting in minor street flooding.
June 2014HailHebron$25,000no account filed
July 2006HailHebron$25,000no account filed
May 2004HailHebron$25,000no account filed
May 2004HailHebron$25,000no account filed
May 2004HailHebron$25,000no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHebron$15,000no account filed
September 2018Thunderstorm WindHebron$10,000A portion of a tree was downed and landed on a power line, resulting in a loss of power for part of the town.
April 2009HailHebron$10,000Penny to quarter size hail reported.
June 2008HailHebron$5,000no account filed
June 2006HailHebron$5,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindHebron$2,000Emergency management reported that two large pine trees were uprooted at the courthouse.
December 2016Thunderstorm WindHebron$2,000Damage occurred to an unused barn just north of Hebron.
July 2000HailHebron$2,000no account filed
June 2007LightningHebron$1,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHebron$500no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHebron-A wind gust of 62 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles east of Hebron.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHebron-Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in some minor tree damage in Hebron.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindHebron-Wind gusts estimated to be near 75 MPH resulted in the destruction of a grain bin, with its debris scattered. A high voltage transmission line was also downed in the area.
July 2020Heavy RainHebron-A 24-hour total rainfall amount of 5.15 inches was recorded by a CoCoRaHS Observer located 1 mile east-northeast of Hebron.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHebron-Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in tree damage in Hebron, with limbs up to 4 to 6 inches in diameter being downed.
July 2020Heavy RainHebron-A 24-hour total rainfall amount of 4.98 inches was recorded by the NWS Cooperative Observer in Hebron.
October 2019Heavy RainHebron-A 24-hour rainfall total of 3.81 inches occurred in Hebron. Most of this rain fell before 8 pm CDT on Oct. 1st.
May 2015Heavy RainHebron-A 24 hour storm total rainfall amount of 8.59 inches was reported. In 123 years of records dating back to 1893, this was the highest 24 hour rainfall on record.
May 2015Heavy RainHebron-A 24 hour storm total rainfall amount of 10.91 inches was reported.
May 2011Heavy RainHebron-Storm total rainfall of 3.26 inches was reported.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Hebron-A tornado set down in eastern Thayer county for a short time.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Hebron-A storm chaser reported a brief tornado northwest of Hebron.
July 1995HailHebron-Thunderstorms producing tremendous amounts of large hail, driven by winds up to 65 mph, destroyed millions of dollars worth of crops. One storm tracked from the northwest to the south central part of Greeley County into north central Howard County. Another thunderstorm tracked from west central Howard County across Hall County and into western Hamilton County. The hail in Greeley County was reported as "blizzardlike" and many areas still had hail on the ground the next morning. Across the four counties, 57,000 acres of corn and 6,000 acres of soybeans were damaged. Near Wolbach, homes suffered roof and window damage, a barn was blown down, plastic irrigation pipes were penetrated by the hail, center pivot irrigation systems were knocked over, and several vehicles were dented and had windshields broken. In Howard County, 40 buildings were damaged. In Grand Island, tents were blown over at the Ethnic Festival. Thunderstorms also tracked farther southeast, continuing to damage crops and trees. In Hebron, thunderstorm winds damaged a grain bin, a satellite dish and the roofs of several homes. In addition, a golf cart shed was destroyed.
September 2019HailHebron-no account filed
May 2017HailHebron-no account filed
April 2016HailHebron-no account filed
June 2015HailHebron-no account filed
May 2013HailHebron-no account filed
May 2012HailHebron-no account filed
May 2012HailHebron-no account filed
May 2012HailHebron-no account filed
May 2011HailHebron-no account filed
September 2010HailHebron-no account filed
September 2010HailHebron-no account filed
September 2010Thunderstorm WindHebron-no account filed
June 2009HailHebron-no account filed
May 2007HailHebron-no account filed
September 2007HailHebron-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHebron-no account filed
March 2006HailHebron-no account filed
June 2006Funnel CloudHebron-no account filed
April 2005HailHebron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Thayer 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
Stoddard (historical)5.6 miles13
Belvidere6.1 miles12
Deshler7.5 miles13
Gilead9.3 miles11
Carleton10.5 miles12
Chester10.9 miles13
Bruning11.8 miles12
Alexandria11.8 miles11

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 HebronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q960489The 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 829911. 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.