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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Population over time
2 figuresLamar 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 28 | +5 (+22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS McCook quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Imperial quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2003Regional 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 use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 November 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 January 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
60 of 89 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | $120,000 | Strong outflow winds from thunderstorms broke off 18 power poles, overturned 10 center pivot irrigation systems, and snapped trees. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | $75,000 | Emergency management reports a center pivot system was overturned at this location. Winds estimated at 70 MPH. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | $40,000 | Emergency 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | $20,000 | Marble 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 2009 | Hail | Lamar | $10,000 | The large hail destroyed corn crops in the area. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Lamar | $5,000 | The hail covered the ground. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Lamar | $5,000 | A 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 1998 | Hail | Lamar | $5,000 | Large hail damaged up to 3000 acres of wheat. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Lamar | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Lamar | $2,500 | The hail damaged corn and soybean crops. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | $2,000 | Power lines reported down in Lamar. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | $500 | Winds to 70 mph downed a large tree. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Lamar | - | Time estimated from Radar. Significant crop damage. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Lamar | - | Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | Personal weather station reported a 74 MPH wind gust, 2 miles south of Lamar. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was reported. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | Wind gusts estimated to 80 mph damaged two outbuildings and overturned two pivot irrigation systems near Lamar. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Lamar | - | Hail covering the road at this location. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Lamar | - | Visibility one quarter of a mile. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Lamar | - | Rope tornado briefly touched down in an open field with no damage reported. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | No information available. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | No significant damage reported from the wind gust. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | Public estimated a 60 mph wind gust. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | The public estimated wind gusts of 60 mph or greater. Strong winds flipped over a swing. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | Thunderstorms produced very strong wind gusts. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Lamar | - | The hail stripped leaves off of trees. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Lamar | - | The wind blown hail destroyed sunflower and bean crops. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Lamar | - | Hail covered the ground and destroyed approximately 300 acres of dry beans. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamar | - | The winds broke off large tree limbs at a farmstead. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Lamar | - | Thunderstorm winds and golfball hail knocked down trees destroyed a hog shed and blew the roof off a trailer home. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| October 2013 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Lamar | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Lamar | - | 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 Lamar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1809547 | 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 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.





