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Kilgore, Nebraska

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kilgore precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69216. The Survey maps it on the Kilgore quadrangle. 63 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,917 feet above sea level.

Kilgore within Cherry County

Population over time

2 figures

Kilgore fell from 77 to 63 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.

YearPeople Change
201077
202063-14 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Kilgore between 2000 and 2020, burning about 388 acres in total. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1
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
10 September 2003Natural2.0 acresFort Niobrara National Wildlife RefugeVAUGHN
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use50 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 July 2017Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 June 2005Naturalunder an acreFort Niobrara National Wildlife RefugeCONNOT
5 May 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 April 2000Equipment and vehicle use300 acresFort Niobrara National Wildlife RefugeKILGORE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherry County

Storms near this place

49 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kilgore in 49 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 34 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011Thunderstorm WindKilgore$100,000Damage occurred to grain bins, outbuildings, windmills and pivots. Also, power lines and trees were blown down at a location five miles south of Kilgore. One of these trees fell on a house causing damage to the home.
August 2007HailKilgore$25,000Baseball size hail was reported at the west end of Merritt reservoir.
June 2014Flash FloodKilgore$10,000Flash flooding in rural areas west of Valentine caused a full washout of a portion of German Settlement Road. Many roads were underwater with multiple partial washouts west of Valentine.
August 2011HailKilgore$10,000Windshields and windows were broken from the large hail. Baseball size hail was also reported three and four miles north-northwest of Kilgore and two miles southwest of Kilgore. The hail fell in these locations between 7:15 p.m. CDT and 7:30 p.m. CDT and was also accompanied by 60 m.p.h. winds.
June 2002HailKilgore$6,000no account filed
June 1999Tornado (F0)Kilgore$5,000Law Enforcement officials observed the tornado tornado as it moved slowly along a 2 mile path. Two power poles were downed.
May 2000HailKilgore$5,000no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindKilgore$3,000Cooperative observer reported damage to their equipment and an outbuilding blown over. Time estimated by radar.
May 2003HailKilgore$3,000no account filed
July 2009HailKilgore$2,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindKilgore$1,000Thunderstorm winds damaged trees.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindKilgore-Estimated 60 mph winds reported.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindKilgore-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH reported at this location.
August 2015HailKilgore-Wind gusts were estimated at 40-45 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindKilgore-A flag ripped and hanging plants blown across the yard.
July 2013HailKilgore-Several tree branches were downed by estimated 60 MPH winds as well.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindKilgore-Wind gusts caused damage to tree limbs. Walnut size hail falling at the same time.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindKilgore-Large elm trees were reported down.
June 2009HailKilgore-Winds of around 50 mph accompanied the hail.
August 2007HailKilgore-Quarter size hail was reported along Merritt dam.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindKilgore-A sheriff deputy reported dime size hail along with the very strong wind. Water was being blown in around the doors of the automobile.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Kilgore-Coop observer reported a brief tornado touch down.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Kilgore-Law Enforcement watched the slow moving tornado touch down briefly.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Kilgore-Sheriffs deputy observed a brief tornado touch down over open country.
April 2024HailKilgore-no account filed
June 2020HailKilgore-no account filed
June 2020HailKilgore-no account filed
September 2019HailKilgore-no account filed
May 2018HailKilgore-no account filed
June 2018HailKilgore-no account filed
August 2015HailKilgore-no account filed
July 2014HailKilgore-no account filed
May 2012HailKilgore-no account filed
August 2011HailKilgore-no account filed
August 2011HailKilgore-no account filed
June 2010HailKilgore-no account filed
July 2010HailKilgore-no account filed
July 2010HailKilgore-no account filed
July 2010HailKilgore-no account filed
September 2009HailKilgore-no account filed
July 2008HailKilgore-no account filed
August 2007HailKilgore-no account filed
June 2006HailKilgore-no account filed
August 2006HailKilgore-no account filed
June 2005HailKilgore-no account filed
August 2004HailKilgore-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindKilgore-no account filed
August 2001HailKilgore-no account filed
July 1999HailKilgore-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cherry 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
Nenzel7.8 miles9
Crookston10.8 miles9
Cody15.3 miles9
Valentine21.9 miles10
Simeon25.7 miles9
Thatcher27.5 miles10
Kennedy28.0 miles9
Doughboy28.2 miles9

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 KilgoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2683013The 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 830495. 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.