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Madrid, Nebraska

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 69150. The Survey maps it on the Madrid quadrangle. 242 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,301 feet above sea level.

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Madrid within Perkins County

Population over time

2 figures

Madrid grew from 231 to 242 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
2010231
2020242+11 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Madrid in 2012, burning about 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
23 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Perkins County

Storms near this place

60 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madrid in 66 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 47 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2014Thunderstorm WindMadrid$100,000A wet downburst caused damage to one business, destroyed a small greenhouse and rolled over a semi truck trailer. Two pickup trucks also sustained damage. The business had two tall garage doors destroyed with two windows broken and one side door damaged as well.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindMadrid$100,000no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMadrid$15,000Thunderstorm winds flipped a pivot onto its side and damaged a grain bin.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMadrid$10,000The outflow winds from a strong thunderstorm downed trees and powers poles.
May 2005HailMadrid$10,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMadrid$10,000no account filed
August 2001HailMadrid$8,000no account filed
June 2004HailMadrid$7,000no account filed
June 2004HailMadrid$5,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000no account filed
May 2004HailMadrid$4,000no account filed
August 1999HailMadrid$2,000no account filed
June 2015HailMadrid$1,000General public located 3 miles south of Madrid reported quarter size hail and widespread tree damage.
June 2013HailMadrid$1,000Windows and screens were broken from hail.
May 2024Tornado (EFU)Madrid-Tornado touched down in an open draw and tracked approximately 6 miles to the southeast where it dissipated. No damage was observed and timing was based on radar.
May 2023Funnel CloudMadrid-Storm chaser reports funnel clouds 1 to 2 miles west of Madrid.
May 2022HailMadrid-Quarter size hail, 40 to 50 MPH winds and blowing dust reported at this location.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMadrid-Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH estimated at this location.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMadrid-A grain storage building lost half its roof, which was thrown 250 yards into a garage. The garage also sustained damage.
July 2020HailMadrid-A trained weather spotter reported half dollar size hail in Madrid.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMadrid-Report is estimated wind speeds from the public.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMadrid-Several pivots overturned 6 to 10 miles southeast of Madrid.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMadrid-Winds gusted to 60 MPH that damaged corn crops northeast of Grant.
August 2011HailMadrid-Hail caused great crop damage across the northeast portions of Perkins county. Crops were 100 percent mature at the time the storms passed and loss to over 1000 acres of crops varied from minor to total loss.
July 2007HailMadrid-Corn and wheat crops were destroyed by the large hail.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMadrid-Large trees were down.
May 1995HailMadrid-Total crop loss in area due to large hail.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMadrid-no account filed
May 2024HailMadrid-no account filed
September 2022HailMadrid-no account filed
August 2021HailMadrid-no account filed
August 2019HailMadrid-no account filed
August 2019HailMadrid-no account filed
August 2019HailMadrid-no account filed
May 2018HailMadrid-no account filed
August 2018HailMadrid-no account filed
August 2018HailMadrid-no account filed
August 2015HailMadrid-no account filed
June 2014HailMadrid-no account filed
May 2013HailMadrid-no account filed
June 2011HailMadrid-no account filed
May 2010HailMadrid-no account filed
May 2010HailMadrid-no account filed
May 2010HailMadrid-no account filed
July 2009HailMadrid-no account filed
June 2009HailMadrid-no account filed
May 2008HailMadrid-no account filed
May 2007HailMadrid-no account filed
May 2005HailMadrid-no account filed
May 2004HailMadrid-no account filed
July 2004HailMadrid-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindMadrid-no account filed
April 2001HailMadrid-no account filed
June 2001HailMadrid-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMadrid-no account filed
July 2001HailMadrid-no account filed
September 2001HailMadrid-no account filed
May 2000HailMadrid-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMadrid-no account filed
May 1998HailMadrid-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perkins 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
Elsie8.2 miles7
Grant9.6 miles7
Grainton13.7 miles7
Brandon19.8 miles8
Venango27.0 miles6

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 MadridAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2323298The 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 830998. 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.