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Lakeside, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1989. It stands in South Sheridan precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69351. The Survey maps it on the Lakeside quadrangle. It stands 3,881 feet above sea level.

Lakeside within Sheridan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Lakeside between 2012 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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 use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Sheridan County

Storms near this place

39 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeside in 39 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 32 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 1999HailLakeside$3,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindLakeside$2,000Thunderstorm winds caused extensive damage to tree branches.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLakeside-Public estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 MPH along with pea sized hail at this location.
June 2024HailLakeside-Time estimated by radar.
July 2020HailLakeside-Public reported quarter size hail near Lakeside.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLakeside-Public estimated winds at 60 mph, which blew an anchored trampoline 20 yards into a power line and broke.
July 2016HailLakeside-Hail ranged from pea to golf ball size.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLakeside-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindLakeside-No major damage was reported with this wind gust.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLakeside-Winds estimated to 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLakeside-Thunderstorm wind gusts broke numerous tree branches.
July 2025HailLakeside-no account filed
August 2023HailLakeside-no account filed
August 2023HailLakeside-no account filed
May 2018HailLakeside-no account filed
July 2016HailLakeside-no account filed
May 2015HailLakeside-no account filed
May 2015HailLakeside-no account filed
May 2015HailLakeside-no account filed
July 2015HailLakeside-no account filed
June 2014HailLakeside-no account filed
July 2013HailLakeside-no account filed
May 2013HailLakeside-no account filed
June 2009HailLakeside-no account filed
June 2009HailLakeside-no account filed
August 2009HailLakeside-no account filed
August 2008HailLakeside-no account filed
June 2008HailLakeside-no account filed
August 2004HailLakeside-no account filed
June 2003HailLakeside-no account filed
March 2000HailLakeside-no account filed
June 1999HailLakeside-no account filed
May 1998HailLakeside-no account filed
June 1998HailLakeside-no account filed
June 1996HailLakeside-no account filed
June 1996HailLakeside-no account filed
June 1996HailLakeside-no account filed
August 1996HailLakeside-no account filed
August 1996HailLakeside-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sheridan 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
Ellsworth7.6 miles11
Antioch8.4 miles11
Hoffland12.4 miles11
Jennings (historical)14.1 miles11
Bingham18.0 miles11
Lulu (historical)18.9 miles10
Hilton (historical)26.4 miles10
Grayson (historical)27.9 miles11

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 LakesideAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6479059The 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 830598. 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.