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Holstein, Nebraska

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cottonwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68950. The Survey maps it on the Holstein quadrangle. 191 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,008 feet above sea level.

Holstein within Adams County

Population over time

2 figures

Holstein fell from 214 to 191 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
2010214
2020191-23 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Holstein between 2003 and 2015, burning about 71 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2

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 March 2015Debris and open burning20 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 March 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
24 February 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 October 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Storms near this place

45 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holstein in 45 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 25 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood. 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
June 2017HailHolstein$5,000,000Hail ranged from quarter to tennis ball size.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHolstein$1,000,000Wind gusts were estimated to be at least 70 MPH. Area crops were shredded by the combination of these winds and small hail. A large tree limb of 10 inches in diameter was downed west of Roseland.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHolstein$500,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in a grain bin being blown across the road. Overturned pivots were also reported in the area.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHolstein$400,000Emergency management reported irrigation pivots flipped and a damaged grain bin near Holstein.
December 2021Tornado (EF0)Holstein$250,000This tornado touched down just inside Franklin County south of Campbell, moved through northwestern Webster County and into southern Adams County. As this tornado tracked northeast, some power poles, and irrigation pivot, and an outbuilding were damaged east of Campbell. Once it crossed into Adams County, a few more pivots were tipped and a home sustained minor damage. The maximum wind gust was estimated to be 85 MPH.
August 2016Flash FloodHolstein$225,000Generally 3-7 inches of rain fell across mainly the southern third of Adams County. Extensive flooding ensued along the Little Blue River and its tributaries (including Ash Creek) and numerous rural county roads/bridges were flooded out/damaged, some of which remained barricaded for several days. The overall-worst flooding concentrated within south central parts of the county, including the Crystal Lake Recreation Area and campground located just north of Ayr along the Little Blue River. The Clay County Emergency Manager happened to be camping there that night and reported that the campground was flooding and that nearby Highway 281 was down to one lane in places. At the campground, extensive damage occurred to electrical boxes, buildings and picnic tables, and the park remained closed to the public for over two weeks before reopening in mid-September.
August 2016FloodHolstein$225,000Generally 3-7 inches of rain fell across mainly the southern third of Adams County. Extensive flooding ensued along the Little Blue River and its tributaries (including Ash Creek) and numerous rural county roads/bridges were flooded out/damaged, some of which remained barricaded for several days. The overall-worst flooding concentrated within south central parts of the county, including the Crystal Lake Recreation Area and campground located just north of Ayr along the Little Blue River. The Clay County Emergency Manager happened to be camping there that night and reported that the campground was flooding and that nearby Highway 281 was down to one lane in places. At the campground, extensive damage occurred to electrical boxes, buildings and picnic tables, and the park remained closed to the public for over two weeks before reopening in mid-September.
May 2020FloodHolstein$200,000Heavy rain around and upstream of this area resulted in flooding during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Widespread amounts of 3 to 6 inches fell, with much of the flooding affecting areas along the Little Blue River. Sandbagging was required in Holstein on the evening of the 22nd due to rising waters. Flooding affected the Crystal Lake Recreation Area near Ayr. All campers were evacuated, with flooding causing damage and a loss of revenue for the holiday weekend, totaling approximately 10,000 dollars. Numerous rural roads were damaged, and Highway 74 near Ayr was closed for a period of time due to debris becoming jammed under a bridge, causing water to rise over the road. The highway reopened during the late evening hours of May 23rd. Major damage to a BNSF trestle bridge was reported north of the Crystal Lake campground due to clogged water drainage and undermining. Flooding subsided on the 24th.
December 2016Thunderstorm WindHolstein$150,000A center pivot was blown over in 3 sections.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHolstein$100,000Wind gusts were estimated to be 80 MPH. Power was out in Holstein and some shingles were blown off roofs.
June 2024HailHolstein$100,000no account filed
July 2019Flash FloodHolstein$100,000no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindHolstein$60,000Outflow wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH damaged an irrigation pivot.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHolstein$50,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH.
May 2012HailHolstein$25,000no account filed
July 2002HailHolstein$25,000no account filed
July 1997HailHolstein$25,000no account filed
July 2006HailHolstein$20,000no account filed
June 2008HailHolstein$10,000Hail accompanied by wind gusts estimated at 70 mph.
June 2001HailHolstein$10,000no account filed
May 1998HailHolstein$10,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindHolstein$5,000no account filed
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHolstein-A wind gust of 76 MPH was measured by a home weather station located five miles east-northeast of Norman, reported on Facebook.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHolstein-A large tree was split in half by wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH.
June 2019HailHolstein-Hail ranging in size from ping pong to tennis ball size was reported along this path.
June 2019HailHolstein-Hail ranging in size from golf balls to 3 inches in diameter was reported. About a half hour after the hail had stopped, an NWS employee reported that the diameter of hail left on the ground was up to 3 inches.
September 2018Heavy RainHolstein-A 24 hour rainfall total of 5 inches was reported, with the brunt of the rain falling between 5 PM CDT on the 1st and 4 AM CDT on the 2nd. Other area totals included 4.20 inches near Roseland and 3.62 inches and 3.20 inches in the Pauline area.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHolstein-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 to 65 MPH.
July 2011HailHolstein-Hail was accompanied by 40 MPH wind gusts.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHolstein-One pivot was overturned.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHolstein-Wind gusts estimated at 70 mph caused power outages in town.
June 2019HailHolstein-no account filed
June 2019HailHolstein-no account filed
June 2019HailHolstein-no account filed
June 2019HailHolstein-no account filed
September 2019HailHolstein-no account filed
April 2017HailHolstein-no account filed
March 2006HailHolstein-no account filed
April 2006HailHolstein-no account filed
June 2006HailHolstein-no account filed
June 2003HailHolstein-no account filed
May 2003HailHolstein-no account filed
May 2002HailHolstein-no account filed
June 2002HailHolstein-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindHolstein-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Adams 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
Roseland4.9 miles12
Assumption5.2 miles13
Kenesaw10.8 miles13
Ayr11.4 miles11
Juniata11.6 miles13
Ayr Junction11.7 miles11
Brickton (historical)12.3 miles11
Ingleside13.6 miles14

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 HolsteinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2308955The 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 830066. 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.