Lorenzo, Nebraska
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sidney 4 precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69162. The Survey maps it on the Lorenzo quadrangle. 36 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,390 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLorenzo fell from 58 to 36 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 | 58 | |
| 2020 | 36 | -22 (-38%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Lorenzo quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kimball quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Lorenzo between 2016 and 2020, burning about 125 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2016 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 June 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 June 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 December 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
40 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lorenzo in 40 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 24 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | Trained spotter reports quarter sized hail. |
| October 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | Mesonet station FW8225 Sidney (7 WNW Lorenzo) recorded a severe wind gust with the storm. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | CWOP mesonet station FW8225 Sidney measured wind gust 7 miles west-northwest of Lorenzo. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | CWOP mesonet station FW8225 Sidney measured wind gust 7 miles west-northwest of Lorenzo. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Lorenzo | - | Flash flooding reported at residence 4 miles north of Lorenzo with water over the nearby county road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | CWOP mesonet station FW8225 Sidney measured wind gust 7 miles west-northwest of Lorenzo. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Lorenzo | - | A local Emergency Manager observed a brief tornado near the intersection of CR 107 and Road 10 near the town of Lorenzo. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | A second-hand photo of an apparent 3+ inch diameter hailstone from near Lorenzo was submitted via social media. Size estimated based on the average size of a human palm. Reports of broken windshields. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | A wind gust to 64 MPH was measured at Mesonet Station FW8225, located 7 miles WNW of Lorenzo. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | CWOP Mesonet station FW8225 Sidney measured wind gust. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | Minor structure blow overs at intersection of county road 8 and 19 due to estimated wind gusts around 60 MPH. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | Half dollar size hail was observed southwest of Sidney. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Lorenzo | - | A landspout tornado touched down in open country four miles southwest of Lorenzo and was on the ground for eight minutes before it lifted just north of the Colorado border. No damage was reported. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Lorenzo | - | A landspout tornado touched down in open country four miles west-northwest of Lorenzo and was on the ground for five minutes before it lifted. No damage was reported. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Lorenzo | - | A landspout tornado touched down in open country three miles northwest of Lorenzo and was on the ground for ten minutes before it lifted. No damage was reported. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | Marble to quarter size hail was reported three miles west of Lorenzo. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | Pea to quarter size hail covered the ground three miles northwest of Lorenzo. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | Quarter sized hail was observed just south of Lorenzo. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | Quarter to walnut sized hail was reported along County Road 8 just west of Lorenzo. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lorenzo | - | A trained spotter reported trees were down on property. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Lorenzo | - | Weak tornado briefly touched down in open country. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | Nickel to quarter size hail. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | 3/4 - 1 inch diameter hail reported. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Lorenzo | - | Brief touchdown in field. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Lorenzo | - | Weak and very brief tornado reported by public. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | 3/4 inch hail reported 8 miles west of Lorenzo,NE |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Lorenzo | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sidney | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Brownson | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ordville (historical) | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Huntsman | 13.0 miles | 11 | |
| Colton | 13.3 miles | 11 | |
| Point of Rocks | 14.7 miles | 8 | |
| Potter | 17.6 miles | 8 |
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 Lorenzo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5978967 | 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 830892. 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.



