La Vista, Nebraska
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in La Vista precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68128. It stands on La Vista Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ralston quadrangle. 16,543 people lived here at the 2025 count. It stands 1,109 feet above sea level.
On record in La Vista
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
- Big Papillion Creek Bridgelisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresLa Vista grew from 15,758 to 16,746 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 | 15,758 | |
| 2020 | 16,746 | +988 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1893 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ralston quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of La Vista between 2011 and 2020, burning about 21 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of La Vista: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zonolite Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Vista in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 10 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Hail | La Vista | - | Public report of hail measured at 1.00 inch in diameter received via an image on social media. |
| April 2024 | Hail | La Vista | - | The office received a public report of quarter sized hail in La Vista. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | La Vista | - | This very brief tornado near Shadow Lake Elementary produced minor damage to homes and damaged numerous trees in the neighborhood. Some fences were also damaged. Peak winds in this tornado were estimated to be at 79 miles per hour. The maximum path width and average path width for this tornado were both 60 yards. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Report of powerlines down and sparking. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Trained spotter measured a peak wind gust of 53 knots. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Trained spotter measured a peak wind gust of 53 knots. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 66 mph. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Public reported multiple tree limbs down, the largest of which measured 4 inches in diameter. The report was received via social media. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Personal weather station measured a wind gust of 68 mph. |
| March 2007 | Hail | La Vista | - | Hail up to half dollar size was reported in the Papillion area. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 mph knocked down several 8 to 12 inch tree limbs which blocked a street in La Vista. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed several power lines in La Vista. |
| August 2003 | Hail | La Vista | - | Hail up to golfball size fell in the La Vista area. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts over 60 mph downed numerous trees and power lines in the La Vista and Papillion areas, knocking power out to 2500 customers. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Vista | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed at least 7 large tree limbs in town. |
| April 2001 | Hail | La Vista | - | See the narrative for Douglas county for the same time period. |
| October 2001 | Hail | La Vista | - | A supercell thunderstorm, that produced hail up to golf ball size or a little larger, tracked across Sarpy county. Hail 1.25 inches in diameter was first reported in La Vista, with 1 to 1.75 inch hail then reported in the south part of Omaha, Papillion, Bellevue and in between Bellevue and Offutt Afb. The hail covered the ground at most locations in this area, lasted for 10 to 12 minutes and damaged cars and broke sky lights. |
| June 2000 | Hail | La Vista | - | Near 84th and Brentwood. |
| June 2017 | Hail | La Vista | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | La Vista | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | La Vista | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | La Vista | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papillion | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Portal | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Rumsey | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Gilmore | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Gilmore Junction | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Capehart | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Richfield | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 5.9 miles | 18 |
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 Vista | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q959456 | 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 830573. 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.






