Hoskins, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hoskins precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68740. The Survey maps it on the Hoskins quadrangle. 263 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,673 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHoskins fell from 285 to 263 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 | 285 | |
| 2020 | 263 | -22 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Hoskins quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Norfolk quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Hoskins between 2003 and 2019, burning about 250 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 | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoskins in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flood | Hoskins | $30,000 | Heavy rain from June 8th through the morning of the 11th caused flooding of small streams and creeks with widespread crop damage noted. Some county roads were damaged by flood waters and a bridge northwest of Carroll was washed out. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Hoskins | - | Water was reported as partially covering county roads near Hoskins to the northeast by emergency management. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Hoskins | - | Tornado started northeast of Hoskins where a barn lost part of it's roof. The tornado proceeded southeast and damaged another barn and grain bin before crossing into Stanton County. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoskins | - | Grain bins 4 miles north of Hoskins were destroyed. |
| September 2008 | Hail | Hoskins | - | Hail up to nickel size knocked leaves off of some trees in the area. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoskins | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to have reached 60 mph near Hoskins. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoskins | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph caused power outages in town. |
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Hoskins | - | Three and a half to 4 inches of rain fell near Hoskins in 45 minutes which produced flash flooding of roads. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Hoskins | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Hoskins | - | 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.
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 Hoskins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2151109 | 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 830161. 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.




