La Platte, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in LaPlatte I precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68123. The Survey maps it on the Plattsmouth quadrangle. 50 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresLa Platte fell from 114 to 50 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 | 114 | |
| 2020 | 50 | -64 (-56%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Plattsmouth quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Plattsmouth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
112 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of La Platte between 2008 and 2020, burning about 624 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of La Platte: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| La Platt Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Platte in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Platte | - | Emergency manager reported 1 shed destroyed, another with a damaged roof, and a trailed tipped. |
| March 2019 | Flood | La Platte | - | Evacuations are beginning at Hansons Lake. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Platte | - | Intense wind damage was reported near the intersection of 63rd St and the Platte River, in the vicinity of the Maha Scout Camp were numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. Some sheds were blown down in the same area. |
| October 2017 | Heavy Rain | La Platte | - | This is a 36 hour rainfall report. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | La Platte | - | Water over Highway 75 Platte River bridge 2-3 feet deep. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Platte | - | Large tree limbs blown down. |
| April 2005 | Hail | La Platte | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Crook | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Paradise Park | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Capehart | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bellevue | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Gilmore | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Gilmore Junction | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Avery | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Rumsey | 6.2 miles | 15 |
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 La Platte | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5964876 | 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 830570. 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.





