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.
Population over time
2 figuresKilgore 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 77 | |
| 2020 | 63 | -14 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Valentine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2000Regional 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 use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge | VAUGHN |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge | CONNOT |
| 5 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 April 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 300 acres | Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge | KILGORE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
49 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kilgore | $100,000 | Damage 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 2007 | Hail | Kilgore | $25,000 | Baseball size hail was reported at the west end of Merritt reservoir. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Kilgore | $10,000 | Flash 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 2011 | Hail | Kilgore | $10,000 | Windshields 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 2002 | Hail | Kilgore | $6,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Kilgore | $5,000 | Law Enforcement officials observed the tornado tornado as it moved slowly along a 2 mile path. Two power poles were downed. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Kilgore | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kilgore | $3,000 | Cooperative observer reported damage to their equipment and an outbuilding blown over. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Kilgore | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Kilgore | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kilgore | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged trees. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kilgore | - | Estimated 60 mph winds reported. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kilgore | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH reported at this location. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Kilgore | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 40-45 mph. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kilgore | - | A flag ripped and hanging plants blown across the yard. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Kilgore | - | Several tree branches were downed by estimated 60 MPH winds as well. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kilgore | - | Wind gusts caused damage to tree limbs. Walnut size hail falling at the same time. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kilgore | - | Large elm trees were reported down. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kilgore | - | Winds of around 50 mph accompanied the hail. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Kilgore | - | Quarter size hail was reported along Merritt dam. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kilgore | - | 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 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Kilgore | - | Coop observer reported a brief tornado touch down. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Kilgore | - | Law Enforcement watched the slow moving tornado touch down briefly. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Kilgore | - | Sheriffs deputy observed a brief tornado touch down over open country. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Kilgore | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Kilgore | - | 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 Kilgore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2683013 | 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 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.




