Hedrix, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richland precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68352. The Survey maps it on the Fairbury quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Hedrix between 2014 and 2020, burning about 405 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 burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hedrix in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Hedrix | - | Broadcast media reported a brief tornado near Fairbury. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Hedrix | - | Emergency manager reported that 565th Avenue north of highway 136 is impassable due to flooding. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Hedrix | - | Emergency manager reported more county roads being closed due to flooding. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Hedrix | - | The emergency manager reported up to tennis ball size hail, which damaged the roof and broke out windows of a house. There was also extensive crop damage in this area. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedrix | - | Spotter estimated wind speeds greater than 60 mph with small tree limbs down. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Hedrix | - | Hail up to half dollar-size was reported from around 4 miles west of Fairbury into Fairbury. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedrix | - | Emergency management estimated that thunderstorm winds gusted to 65 mph a little west of the Fairbury area. The winds were accompanied by dime to nickel-size hail. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hedrix | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hedrix | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Hedrix | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Hedrix | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Helvey | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gladstone | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Bower (historical) | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Fairbury | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Meridian (historical) | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Jansen | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Daykin | 8.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122547056 | 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 835320. 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.




