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.
Population over time
2 figuresLitchfield 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 262 | |
| 2020 | 220 | -42 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2007Regional 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 burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
38 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Litchfield | $2,000,000 | Wind 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 2022 | Hail | Litchfield | $2,000,000 | Hail 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 2024 | Flash Flood | Litchfield | $300,000 | Based 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 2018 | Hail | Litchfield | $250,000 | Hail ranging in size from quarters to baseballs was reported along this path. The largest hail, tennis to baseball size, was reported in Hazard. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Litchfield | $100,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH, with tree branches up to 6 to 8 inches in diameter being downed. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Litchfield | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Litchfield | $70,000 | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Litchfield | $60,000 | This 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Litchfield | $50,000 | Wind 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 2023 | Hail | Litchfield | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Litchfield | $15,000 | Golf ball sized hail fell one mile north of Litchfield. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Litchfield | $10,000 | Damage reported to a silo structure in town. Severe tree limbs at least 2 inches in diameter blown down. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Litchfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Litchfield | $2,000 | Accompanied by winds estimated at 60 mph. Many tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter were broken. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Litchfield | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Litchfield | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Litchfield | - | A 24-hour precipitation amount of 4.77 inches was recorded 4 miles north of Litchfield. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Litchfield | - | Quarter size hail was accompanied by 40 to 45 MPH winds. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Litchfield | - | A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Litchfield | - | Quarter sized fail was reported in Litchfield. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Litchfield | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Litchfield | - | This report was from a social media post and the time was estimated from radar data. The quarter sized hail occurred in Litchfield. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Litchfield | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Flood | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Litchfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Litchfield | - | 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 Litchfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q741284 | 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 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.



