Holbrook, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Holbrook precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68948. It stands on Timmons Creek. The Survey maps it on the Holbrook quadrangle. 201 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,211 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHolbrook fell from 207 to 201 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 | 207 | |
| 2020 | 201 | -6 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS McCook quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Holbrook between 2011 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2012 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
46 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holbrook in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 29 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | $250,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH in Holbrook, where a few large tree limbs were downed. A few miles east of Holbrook, gusts likely closer to 80 MPH caused damage at a farmstead. An outbuilding and grain bin were destroyed, and the roof of a two-car garage was damaged. Hail up to the size of half dollars also occurred. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Holbrook | $250,000 | Hail up to the size of half dollars was accompanied by wind gusts in the area ranging between 60-80 MPH. Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH in Holbrook, where a few large tree limbs were downed. A few miles east of Holbrook, gusts likely closer to 80 MPH caused damage at a farmstead. An outbuilding and grain bin were destroyed, and the roof of a two-car garage was damaged. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Holbrook | $250,000 | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Holbrook | $150,000 | Hail stones of 2 to 2.5 inches in diameter was reported along this path. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Holbrook | $100,000 | Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported. Hail was accompanied by 60-65 MPH wind gusts. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | $100,000 | A wind gust of 65 MPH was measured in Holbrook and gusts estimated near 60 MPH were reported west of town. Tree limbs of 2-3 inches in diameter were downed in town. Wind was accompanied by quarter to golf ball size hail. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Holbrook | $50,000 | At one point, the town was covered in one inch of mostly pea size hail, with the largest hail stones one inch in diameter. Highway 6 was slick due to the copious amounts of hail that fell. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Holbrook | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Holbrook | $35,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Holbrook | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Holbrook | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Holbrook | $5,000 | Wind gusts near 40 to 50 MPH were also reported. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | $1,000 | A wind gust of 71 MPH was measured by a handheld anemometer. Small tree limbs were downed. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | - | A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located six miles south-southeast of Holbrook. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Holbrook | - | Report from Facebook stated the largest stone was measured at 2.7 inches in diameter. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Holbrook | - | Off and on quarter size hail was reported to have fallen for at least 30 minutes. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | - | A wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by a trained spotter located four miles west of Holbrook. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | - | Officer reported wind gusts of 60 to 70 MPH while driving between Cambridge and Arapahoe. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | - | Wind gusts estimated to be near 80 MPH resulted in damage in the Holbrook area. South of town, the roof was partially torn off of a metal outbuilding. In town, tree limbs upwards of 6 inches in diameter were downed. Northeast of town, a grain bin and outbuilding were destroyed, a home suffered shingle damage and irrigation pipe was blown up to one-half mile away. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | - | Wind gusts up to 60 mph were reported. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Holbrook | - | Water was on Highway 6/34 in Holbrook. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| October 2023 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| March 2021 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Holbrook | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Holbrook | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arapahoe | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cambridge | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hendley | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Edison | 12.5 miles | 14 | |
| Deerfield Corner | 13.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wilsonville | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Beaver City | 15.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hollinger | 18.9 miles | 13 |
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 Holbrook | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2056385 | 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 830049. 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.




