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Hemingford, Nebraska

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fifteen precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69348. The Survey maps it on the Hemingford quadrangle. 787 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,265 feet above sea level.

Hemingford within Box Butte County

Population over time

2 figures

Hemingford fell from 803 to 787 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
2010803
2020787-16 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Hemingford between 2007 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
7 August 2009Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2020Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2007Natural1.5 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Box Butte County

Storms near this place

60 of 113 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hemingford in 113 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 87 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 heavy rain. 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
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHemingford$250,000Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph and some nickel size hail reported from Hemingford, Nebraska, withan unofficial wind gust of 96 mph at a highway observation platform 5 miles east of Hemingford. Center pivots flipped and about 45 power poles damaged.
May 1993Tornado (F1)Hemingford$5,000A tornado was on the ground for about 30 seconds 3.5 miles east of Hemingford on Highway 87. The tornado destroyed a 1500 bushel grain bin and moved some farm machinery.
June 1997HailHemingford$5,000no account filed
June 1997HailHemingford$5,000no account filed
June 1997HailHemingford$5,000no account filed
June 1997HailHemingford$2,000Window knocked out of car.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindHemingford$100no account filed
May 2025HailHemingford-Facebook post and video of ping pong ball sized hail.
May 2025HailHemingford-Trained spotter reports 1.75in hail.
May 2025HailHemingford-Facebook report with photo of quarter to half dollar sized hail.
June 2024HailHemingford-A storm chaser reported hail dollar sized hail 1 mile E of Hemingford.
June 2024HailHemingford-The public reported nickel to quarter sized hail in the town of Hemingford.
June 2024HailHemingford-The public reported 2-inch diameter hail in Hemingford.
June 2024HailHemingford-The public reported golf ball sized hail in the town of Hemingford.
June 2024Flash FloodHemingford-A Sherriff Deputy in Hemingford reported the two drainage areas that serve the town became overflowed with runoff, causing flooding of streets in the town of Hemingford. The deputy also reported 2.5 inches of rain in a short amount of time.
July 2022Heavy RainHemingford-Significant rainfall in excess of 4 inches was reported approximately 11 to 12 miles ENE of Hemingford.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHemingford-Estimated wind gust by training spotter. Also reported penny sized hail falling with the strong winds.
July 2019HailHemingford-Several vehicles had windows broken by the large hail.
July 2019HailHemingford-Fields of wheat were damaged by the falling hail.
August 2017HailHemingford-Hail slightly larger than baseballs was observed northeast of Hemingford.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindHemingford-Estimated wind gusts of 55 to 60 mph were observed.
August 2017HailHemingford-Golf ball size hail was observed southwest of Hemingford.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHemingford-Several trees were blown down north of Hemingford.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHemingford-Estimated wind gusts of 55 to 60 mph were observed at Hemingford.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHemingford-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were observed at Hemingford.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHemingford-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were reported 17 miles west-northwest of Hemingford.
May 2016HailHemingford-Golf ball size hail was reported six miles west of Hemingford.
June 2016HailHemingford-Golf ball size hail was reported five miles north of Hemingford.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHemingford-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were reported at Hemingford.
August 2016HailHemingford-Golf ball size hail was reported 10 miles east of Hemingford.
July 2016Tornado (EF0)Hemingford-A landspout tornado touched down in open country 14 miles south of Hay Springs. It moved east and was in contact with the ground for three miles before it dissipated. No damage was reported.
July 2016HailHemingford-Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported 15 miles west of Hemingford.
July 2015HailHemingford-Hen egg size hail was observed 17 miles west-northwest of Hemingford.
July 2015HailHemingford-Golf ball size hail was observed nine miles west of Hemingford.
July 2015HailHemingford-Quarter size hail was observed 11 miles west of Hemingford.
June 2015HailHemingford-Penny to quarter size hail accumulated three inches deep.
June 2015HailHemingford-Golf ball size hail was reported at Hemingford.
June 2015HailHemingford-Hail slightly larger than baseball size was reported two miles northwest of Hemingford.
June 2015HailHemingford-Ping pong ball size hail was observed seven miles north of Hemingford.
June 2015Flash FloodHemingford-Portions of Highway 2 west of Hemingford and County Roads 72 and 73 southwest of Hemingford were closed due to high water. Ditches were full with water over banks.
May 2014HailHemingford-Quarter size hail was observed west of Hemingford.
July 2014Funnel CloudHemingford-Funnel cloud was observed under a rotating wall cloud with continuous lightning.
September 2014Heavy RainHemingford-A spotter measured 3.28 inches of rain.
September 2014Heavy RainHemingford-A spotter measured 4.07 inches of rain.
May 2014Funnel CloudHemingford-A funnel cloud was sighted southwest of Hemingford.
July 2013HailHemingford-Quarter size hail was reported south of Hemingford.
August 2013HailHemingford-Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported southwest of Hemingford.
August 2013HailHemingford-Quarter size hail was reported north of Hemingford.
June 2013HailHemingford-Dime to quarter size hail was reported west of Hemingford.
May 2013HailHemingford-Grass was covered with marble to quarter size hail.
July 2013HailHemingford-Quarter size hail was reported in Hemingford.
July 2013HailHemingford-Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported southwest of Hemingford.
July 2013HailHemingford-Golf ball to baseball size hail was reported southwest of Hemingford.
April 2013HailHemingford-A spotter reported ping pong ball size hail.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Hemingford-A weak tornado touched down in open country south of State Highway 71 and lasted five minutes before it lifted. No damage was reported.
June 2013HailHemingford-Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported west of Hemingford.
September 2013HailHemingford-Dime to quarter size hail was reported southwest of Hemingford.
May 2011HailHemingford-Half dollar sized hail broke windows.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHemingford-Numerous branches and small trees blown down.
May 2011HailHemingford-Hail fell 2 miles south of Marsland along Highway 2.

Every storm recorded in Box Butte 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
Nonpareil6.7 miles10
Berea8.9 miles9
Alliance18.5 miles11
Letan22.3 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 HemingfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2770197The 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 829925. 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.