BlockHuntsman, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gurley precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69162. The Survey maps it on the Sidney 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.
- 1899 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Chappell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Huntsman between 2007 and 2020, burning about 134 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 | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.7 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huntsman in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsman | - | Emergency manager estimated gusts of 60 mph. |
| July 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Huntsman | - | Several photos and videos of tornado on the ground north of Sidney. No reported damage noted and remained mainly over the high plains making the path and width an estimate. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Huntsman | - | Three to five inches of rain in two hours produced flash flooding along Lodgepole Creek and US Highway 30 from east of Potter through Brownson to just west of Sidney. Extensive lowland flooding was reported north and south of Interstate 80. |
| June 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Huntsman | - | A weak tornado touched down in open country north of Sidney. The tornado moved east, then dissipated a few minutes later. No damage was reported. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Huntsman | - | Hail size ranged from quarters to golf balls. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsman | - | Winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| October 2021 | Hail | Huntsman | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Huntsman | - | 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 Huntsman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18153283 | 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 835330. 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.