Keystone, Nebraska
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Whitetail precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69144. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keystone quadrangle. 73 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,100 feet above sea level.
On record in Keystone
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
Keystone Community Churchlisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresKeystone grew from 59 to 73 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 | 59 | |
| 2020 | 73 | +14 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Ogallala quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Ogallala quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Keystone quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ogallala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Keystone between 2008 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 2 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 | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2020 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2020 | 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
60 of 62 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keystone in 62 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 31 hail, 30 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 1998 | Hail | Keystone | $75,000 | Hail accompanied by 45 to 50 mph winds. Damage to cars, campers, and mobile homes. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Keystone | $30,000 | The hail stripped siding on homes, broke windows, damaged roofs, and severely damaged vehicles. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm outflow winds destroyed an airplane hangar, broke off numerous large tree limbs, destroyed a new pole barn, and broke out 2 windows in a house. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Keystone | $15,000 | The hail was accompanied by very strong winds in excess of 60 mph. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | $10,000 | Damaging thunderstorm winds ripped off a large soffit from an area from the front porch to garage. Rain gutters torn off and shingles blown off the roof as well. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Keystone | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | $8,000 | Large hail accompanied the strong winds. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | $8,000 | The public reported 60 mph wind gusts along with large hail. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Keystone | $8,000 | The public reported large hail and very strong wind gusts. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | $2,000 | A car traveling on Kingsley Dam had its window blown out by high thunderstorm winds which were measured at 78 MPH at Kingsley Dam. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Thunderstorm wind gust of 58 MPH measured at this location. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Thunderstorm wind gust was accompanied by a heat burst with a temperature of 94F and relative humidity of 14 percent. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Public estimated winds of 60 mph. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Emergency management reported several animal water tanks and a 32 foot stock trailer flipped on their sides northeast of Ogallala. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | A 74 MPH wind gust was reported east of Keystone. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | A weather station measured 62 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Automated weather station recorded 64 mph wind gust. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Keystone | - | Heavy damage reported with some cattle being injured. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Measured wind gust of 64 MPH at this location. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Thunderstorm wind gust of 70 MPH measured at this location. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Wind gust of 61 MPH measured by a mesonet. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Wind gust of 58 MPH measured by a mesonet. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Mesonet wind gust of 78 MPH measured at this location. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Wind gust of 83 MPH measured at Union Pacific Mesonet Station UP362, 3 miles east northeast of Kingsley Dam. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Keystone | - | Hail ranged in size from nickles to golf balls. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | No significant damage reported from this wind gust. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | No significant damage reported from this wind gust. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Public reported damage to a windmill. Time was estimated. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Public reported a center pivot with 8 towers flipped over. Two bolts on the west side of the pivot base were sheared and the base was cracked. Time was estimated. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 75 mph. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Public reported thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | Law enforcement reported power poles cracked due to high winds northeast of Ogallala. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Keystone | - | Crops were heavily damaged on the north side of Lake McConaughy and near Keystone from large hail. Several thousand acres of crops were affected with yields being reduced. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Keystone | - | A weak tornado from a supercell thunderstorm was on the ground for about 4 miles. Several trained storm spotters and passersby on Interstate 80 saw the tornado. No damage occurred as the tornado moved across open rangeland. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| October 2008 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| October 2008 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Keystone | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Keystone | - | 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 Keystone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6398428 | 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 830490. 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.







