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Irvington, Nebraska

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Union precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68122. It stands on Glenbrook Creek. The Survey maps it on the Irvington quadrangle. It stands 1,119 feet above sea level.

Irvington within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

48 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Irvington between 2007 and 2020, burning about 273 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
25 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2008Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2013Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2012Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2012Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Irvington: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Refiner, Silver, Antimony, Bismuth, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Omaha RefineryLead, Refiner, Silver, Antimony, Bismuth, GoldPlant

Every working recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irvington in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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
May 1998LightningIrvington$150,000Lightning struck a home causing severe damage.
April 2025HailIrvington-Trained spotter report of hail estimated at 1 in diameter.
April 2025HailIrvington-Public report of hail measured at 1.25 in diameter at 680 and Blair High Road.
April 2025HailIrvington-Amateur radio report of hail estimated at 1 in diameter.
April 2025HailIrvington-Public report of hail estimated at 1.75 in diameter.
April 2025HailIrvington-Public report of hail estimated up to 1.50 in diameter from an mPING report.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Public report of 8 inch diameter tree down near 103rd and Blair High Road. Damage is from the outflow boundary of a thunderstorm with estimated wind speeds of 60-65 mph. Time estimated via radar.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Trained spotter report of a measured wind gust of 67 mph.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Public reported via social media a large tree branch downed.
September 2022HailIrvington-Public reported 1-inch hail at 108th and Fort.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Public reported trees and powerlines down.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Public reported branches with 6 inch diameter down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Trained spotter reported a measured peak wind gust of 64 mph.
May 2011HailIrvington-Penny to nickel-size hail fell across parts of Omaha, mainly the northwest section, from around 90th and Fort Streets to the Florence area.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph uprooted trees or broke large branches in Irvington which downed power lines and knocked the power out to one or two dozen homes in the area.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindIrvington-no account filed
August 2016HailIrvington-no account filed
May 1996HailIrvington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Debolt2.3 miles18
Briggs3.2 miles18
Maplewood Estates3.6 miles18
Green Meadows4.9 miles17
Boys Town5.8 miles17
Beechwood6.0 miles15
Home Park6.1 miles15
Garden Valley Courts6.2 miles15

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 IrvingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6074890The 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 830308. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.