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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.

Lorenzo within Cheyenne County

Population over time

2 figures

Lorenzo 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.

YearPeople Change
201058
202036-22 (-38%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

9 since 2016

Regional 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
2 August 2016Debris and open burning65 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 July 2016Natural1.5 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 June 2020Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
27 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
22 June 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 June 2017Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 December 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cheyenne County

Storms near this place

40 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025HailLorenzo-Trained spotter reports quarter sized hail.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindLorenzo-Mesonet station FW8225 Sidney (7 WNW Lorenzo) recorded a severe wind gust with the storm.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLorenzo-CWOP mesonet station FW8225 Sidney measured wind gust 7 miles west-northwest of Lorenzo.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLorenzo-CWOP mesonet station FW8225 Sidney measured wind gust 7 miles west-northwest of Lorenzo.
July 2024Flash FloodLorenzo-Flash flooding reported at residence 4 miles north of Lorenzo with water over the nearby county road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLorenzo-CWOP mesonet station FW8225 Sidney measured wind gust 7 miles west-northwest of Lorenzo.
June 2023Tornado (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 2023HailLorenzo-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 2023Thunderstorm WindLorenzo-A wind gust to 64 MPH was measured at Mesonet Station FW8225, located 7 miles WNW of Lorenzo.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindLorenzo-CWOP Mesonet station FW8225 Sidney measured wind gust.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLorenzo-Minor structure blow overs at intersection of county road 8 and 19 due to estimated wind gusts around 60 MPH.
August 2018HailLorenzo-Half dollar size hail was observed southwest of Sidney.
May 2016Tornado (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 2016Tornado (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 2016Tornado (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 2013HailLorenzo-Marble to quarter size hail was reported three miles west of Lorenzo.
May 2013HailLorenzo-Pea to quarter size hail covered the ground three miles northwest of Lorenzo.
June 2012HailLorenzo-Quarter sized hail was observed just south of Lorenzo.
May 2012HailLorenzo-Quarter to walnut sized hail was reported along County Road 8 just west of Lorenzo.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLorenzo-A trained spotter reported trees were down on property.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Lorenzo-Weak tornado briefly touched down in open country.
June 2005HailLorenzo-Nickel to quarter size hail.
June 2005HailLorenzo-3/4 - 1 inch diameter hail reported.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Lorenzo-Brief touchdown in field.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Lorenzo-Weak and very brief tornado reported by public.
August 1999HailLorenzo-3/4 inch hail reported 8 miles west of Lorenzo,NE
July 2023HailLorenzo-no account filed
July 2020HailLorenzo-no account filed
August 2018HailLorenzo-no account filed
June 2011HailLorenzo-no account filed
June 2011HailLorenzo-no account filed
June 2009HailLorenzo-no account filed
June 2009HailLorenzo-no account filed
June 2008HailLorenzo-no account filed
May 2004HailLorenzo-no account filed
April 2003HailLorenzo-no account filed
August 2002HailLorenzo-no account filed
June 2001HailLorenzo-no account filed
June 2001HailLorenzo-no account filed
June 2001HailLorenzo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cheyenne 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
Mount Vernon8.1 miles8
Sidney8.1 miles11
Brownson9.9 miles8
Ordville (historical)12.0 miles8
Huntsman13.0 miles11
Colton13.3 miles11
Point of Rocks14.7 miles8
Potter17.6 miles8

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 LorenzoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5978967The 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.