Inavale, Nebraska
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 68952. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Inavale quadrangle. 66 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,736 feet above sea level.
On record in Inavale
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Inavale Community Hall and Gymnasiumlisted 2023
Population over time
2 figuresInavale fell from 117 to 66 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 | 117 | |
| 2020 | 66 | -51 (-44%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1897 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Inavale quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Inavale between 2015 and 2020, burning about 70 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 February 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 February 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
42 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inavale in 42 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 19 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | $2,000,000 | A line of thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts up to 80 MPH moved across the county. Numerous power poles were downed in the Inavale, Red Cloud and Guide Rock areas. Power outages were also reported. Several trees, including ones large in diameter, were damage or uprooted. In Guide Rock, a garage was blown off its foundation partially onto a roadway. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Inavale | $500,000 | A tornado cut across Webster County shortly after sunset. The tornado caused damage at about half-dozen locations during its journey. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Inavale | $100,000 | Heavy rainfall caused the flooding of area creeks and the Republican River. Numerous rural roads and bridges were under water. The Republican River gauge near Guide Rock crested at 15.12 feet the afternoon of the 28th, and that was the 2nd highest crest on record. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Inavale | $75,000 | Hail ranged in size from quarter to ping pong balls. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | $50,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be at least 70 MPH. West of Red Cloud, hay bales were pushed onto a nearby county road. Several large trees were damaged or uprooted in Red Cloud. A tin roof was also damaged, and a few power poles on the north side of town were damaged, resulting in a loss of power. |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Inavale | $50,000 | Numerous areas in Webster County picked up 3 to 4 inches of rain. This caused many rural roads to flood. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Inavale | $35,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Inavale | $30,000 | Thunderstorms moved northeast out of northern Kansas and into southern Nebraska and dumped several inches of rain in southern Webster County during the evening and nighttime hours. This caused several roads and small creeks to become flooded. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Inavale | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Inavale | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | Inavale | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | $5,000 | The emergency manager reported several broken tree branches and a broken flagpole. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Inavale | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Inavale | $2,000 | Living room window was broken out of one home. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH, resulting in zero visibility due to blowing dust. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | - | A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles north-northeast of Inavale. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | - | A wind gust of 67 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located seven miles north of Inavale. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Inavale | - | Hail ranging in size from quarters to golf balls was reported along and within a few miles either side of this path. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Inavale | - | Heavy rain fell across the northern half of Webster County, with the majority occurring between 9 PM and midnight. The highest measured amount by a mesonet station was 4.76 inches, located five miles north of Inavale. Numerous social media reports of 3-6 inches of rain came from areas in and near Bladen, as well as east-southeast of Campbell. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | - | A wind gust of 71 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles north-northeast of Inavale. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | - | A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles west-southwest of Inavale. |
| May 2017 | Heavy Rain | Inavale | - | A total of 4.25 inches of rain had fallen since 6 PM CDT. |
| May 2017 | Heavy Rain | Inavale | - | A total of 4.25 inches of rain had fallen since 6 PM CDT. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | - | This was a peak gust measured at a home station. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH near the Franklin and Webster County line along Highway 136. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Inavale | - | This tornado touched down approximately 3 miles southwest of Inavale and caused no damage. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH, knocking a tree down onto Highway 136. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Inavale | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Inavale | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Hail | Inavale | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Inavale | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Inavale | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Hail | Inavale | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Inavale | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Inavale | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Inavale | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Inavale | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Inavale | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Inavale | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Inavale | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Inavale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Cloud | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lester Junction | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| Amboy | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cowles | 12.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pawnee Village | 13.2 miles | 11 | |
| Bladen | 16.2 miles | 12 | |
| Guide Rock | 16.9 miles | 11 | |
| Blue Hill | 19.8 miles | 11 |
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 Inavale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4163946 | 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 830264. 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.







