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Lamar, Nebraska

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Champion-Lamar precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69023. The Survey maps it on the Lamar quadrangle. 28 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,520 feet above sea level.

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Lamar within Chase County

Population over time

2 figures

Lamar grew from 23 to 28 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
201023
202028+5 (+22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Lamar between 2003 and 2019, burning about 69 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 use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1

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
12 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use40 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2007Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 May 2007Equipment and vehicle use20 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 November 2014Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 January 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Chase County

Storms near this place

60 of 89 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamar in 89 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 70 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLamar$120,000Strong outflow winds from thunderstorms broke off 18 power poles, overturned 10 center pivot irrigation systems, and snapped trees.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLamar$75,000Emergency management reports a center pivot system was overturned at this location. Winds estimated at 70 MPH.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindLamar$40,000Emergency management reports thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 MPH. This resulted in 8-10 power poles snapped and two center pivot irrigation systems overturned.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLamar$20,000Marble size hail driven by the extreme winds destroyed corn and bean crops. In addition, the hail damaged roofs, broke out windows, and broke out yard lights. The Nebraska Department of Roads snow plow was needed to clear the accumulated hail from Highway 6.
July 2009HailLamar$10,000The large hail destroyed corn crops in the area.
May 2008HailLamar$5,000The hail covered the ground.
March 2007Tornado (EF1)Lamar$5,000A supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado in north central Chase County which then crossed into Perkins County before lifting. The tornado broke off power poles along the path.
May 1998HailLamar$5,000Large hail damaged up to 3000 acres of wheat.
May 2008HailLamar$5,000no account filed
August 2008HailLamar$2,500The hail damaged corn and soybean crops.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLamar$2,000Power lines reported down in Lamar.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLamar$500Winds to 70 mph downed a large tree.
July 2024HailLamar-Time estimated from Radar. Significant crop damage.
July 2024HailLamar-Time estimated by radar.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindLamar-Personal weather station reported a 74 MPH wind gust, 2 miles south of Lamar.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindLamar-A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was reported.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLamar-Wind gusts estimated to 80 mph damaged two outbuildings and overturned two pivot irrigation systems near Lamar.
May 2019HailLamar-Hail covering the road at this location.
May 2019HailLamar-Visibility one quarter of a mile.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Lamar-Rope tornado briefly touched down in an open field with no damage reported.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindLamar-No information available.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindLamar-No significant damage reported from the wind gust.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLamar-Public estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLamar-The public estimated wind gusts of 60 mph or greater. Strong winds flipped over a swing.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLamar-Thunderstorms produced very strong wind gusts.
July 2009HailLamar-The hail stripped leaves off of trees.
July 2009HailLamar-The wind blown hail destroyed sunflower and bean crops.
August 2006HailLamar-Hail covered the ground and destroyed approximately 300 acres of dry beans.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindLamar-The winds broke off large tree limbs at a farmstead.
July 1995HailLamar-Thunderstorm winds and golfball hail knocked down trees destroyed a hog shed and blew the roof off a trailer home.
May 2023HailLamar-no account filed
May 2023HailLamar-no account filed
June 2022HailLamar-no account filed
June 2022HailLamar-no account filed
August 2021HailLamar-no account filed
June 2019HailLamar-no account filed
May 2019HailLamar-no account filed
May 2019HailLamar-no account filed
May 2019HailLamar-no account filed
May 2019HailLamar-no account filed
August 2019HailLamar-no account filed
August 2019HailLamar-no account filed
July 2018HailLamar-no account filed
May 2018HailLamar-no account filed
July 2017HailLamar-no account filed
June 2016HailLamar-no account filed
May 2016HailLamar-no account filed
August 2015HailLamar-no account filed
May 2015HailLamar-no account filed
August 2014HailLamar-no account filed
October 2013HailLamar-no account filed
June 2012HailLamar-no account filed
August 2011HailLamar-no account filed
August 2011HailLamar-no account filed
August 2011HailLamar-no account filed
August 2011HailLamar-no account filed
July 2010HailLamar-no account filed
July 2010HailLamar-no account filed
July 2009HailLamar-no account filed
August 2009HailLamar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chase 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
Chase8.4 miles8
Crete10.7 miles7
Champion14.1 miles7
Imperial18.2 miles7
Enders24.9 miles7
Wauneta33.9 miles7

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 LamarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1809547The 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 830601. 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.