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Litchfield, Nebraska

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Harrison precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68852. It stands on Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Litchfield quadrangle. 220 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,165 feet above sea level.

Litchfield within Sherman County

Population over time

2 figures

Litchfield fell from 262 to 220 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
2010262
2020220-42 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Litchfield between 2007 and 2014, burning about 37 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
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
9 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 April 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 April 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 March 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 February 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 February 2014Debris and open burning35 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Sherman County

Storms near this place

38 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Litchfield in 38 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 27 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLitchfield$2,000,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH. These gusts were accompanied by hail as large as 3.5 inches in diameter. Several reports of shattered windows and damaged siding were received from this wind-driven hail. Vehicle damage was reported, including from the Emergency Manager who experienced that largest hail and strongest wind on Highway 10 east of Hazard.
June 2022HailLitchfield$2,000,000Hail reached as large as 3.5 inches in diameter. This hail was accompanied by wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH. Several reports of shattered windows and damaged siding were received from this wind-driven hail. Vehicle damage was reported, including from the Emergency Manager who experienced that largest hail and strongest wind on Highway 10 east of Hazard.
June 2024Flash FloodLitchfield$300,000Based on radar estimation and various measured totals from NWS/NeRAIN/CoCoRaHS observers, widespread rainfall of 3-6 inches fell within primarily the southern two-thirds of the county mainly between 6 p.m. CDT on the 21st and 12 a.m. CDT on the 22nd.
July 2018HailLitchfield$250,000Hail ranging in size from quarters to baseballs was reported along this path. The largest hail, tennis to baseball size, was reported in Hazard.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLitchfield$100,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH, with tree branches up to 6 to 8 inches in diameter being downed.
June 2024HailLitchfield$100,000no account filed
May 2001HailLitchfield$70,000no account filed
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Litchfield$60,000This tornado affected a one-half mile path approximately 2 miles northwest of Litchfield, and crossed Highway 2. Damage from this tornado was primarily confined to a metal building at a farmstead near Highway 2. The maximum wind speed was estimated at 80 mph.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLitchfield$50,000Wind gusts estimated to be hear 65 MPH resulted in tree and grain bin damage in and around the Litchfield area. Visibility due to blowing dust was near-zero.
July 2023HailLitchfield$50,000no account filed
June 2013HailLitchfield$15,000Golf ball sized hail fell one mile north of Litchfield.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLitchfield$10,000Damage reported to a silo structure in town. Severe tree limbs at least 2 inches in diameter blown down.
May 2016HailLitchfield$5,000no account filed
June 2008HailLitchfield$2,000Accompanied by winds estimated at 60 mph. Many tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter were broken.
July 2008HailLitchfield$2,000no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLitchfield-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH.
August 2017Heavy RainLitchfield-A 24-hour precipitation amount of 4.77 inches was recorded 4 miles north of Litchfield.
July 2014HailLitchfield-Quarter size hail was accompanied by 40 to 45 MPH winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLitchfield-A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at 60 mph.
June 2013HailLitchfield-Quarter sized fail was reported in Litchfield.
June 2013HailLitchfield-Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported.
June 2013HailLitchfield-This report was from a social media post and the time was estimated from radar data. The quarter sized hail occurred in Litchfield.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLitchfield-Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH.
August 2017HailLitchfield-no account filed
June 2014HailLitchfield-no account filed
July 2014HailLitchfield-no account filed
May 2012HailLitchfield-no account filed
June 2011HailLitchfield-no account filed
August 2010HailLitchfield-no account filed
July 2010HailLitchfield-no account filed
July 2010HailLitchfield-no account filed
June 2009HailLitchfield-no account filed
June 2008HailLitchfield-no account filed
February 2007FloodLitchfield-no account filed
May 2004HailLitchfield-no account filed
May 2004HailLitchfield-no account filed
August 2001HailLitchfield-no account filed
May 1996HailLitchfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sherman 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
Hazard6.1 miles11
Loup City12.9 miles12
Rockville17.4 miles12
Ashton20.1 miles12

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 LitchfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q741284The 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 830757. 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.