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Malcolm, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Elk precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68402. The Survey maps it on the Raymond quadrangle. 457 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,296 feet above sea level.

Malcolm within Lancaster County

Population over time

2 figures

Malcolm grew from 382 to 457 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
2010382
2020457+75 (+20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

22 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Malcolm between 2012 and 2020, burning about 1,192 acres in total. 1 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
20 August 2017Natural2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 April 2019Debris and open burning72 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lancaster County

Storms near this place

33 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malcolm in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 24 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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
May 2007Flash FloodMalcolm$500,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding from south of Malcolm into the Lincoln area and then south to Firth. Rainfall of 2 to 4 inches was reported during the afternoon, which was on top of an inch or two that fell that morning. Lincoln picked up 3.35 inches for the day, with heavier unofficial amounts reported across the city. The flooding closed several county roads near Malcolm and Wilderness Park and several blocks of Old Cheney Road near the Highway 77 bypass was closed. The flooding also caused scattered damage to homes and vehicles across the city. At least 3 cars were stuck in flood waters in the Highlands area, with street flooding as high as car windows. Flooded vehicles were also reported on O Street in the downtown area and some damage to houses was observed by flooding near the 48th and Saint Paul area.|Flooding was also observed along a 3 block stretch of Nemaha Street in Firth with some basement flooding and basement wall collapses reported.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMalcolm-Emergency management report of 2 to 3 inch in diameter tree branches down and shingle blown off outbuildings. Wind speed estimated from damage and time estimated from radar.
May 2023HailMalcolm-Received a report for 1-inch hail which was relayed via an amateur radio.
April 2023HailMalcolm-Public reported nickel to quarter sized hail.
June 2022HailMalcolm-Emergency management reported 2 inch hail.
June 2022HailMalcolm-Report of ping pong sized hail covering the ground with the a few stones as big as 3.5 inches. Substantial damage to trees, crops, and vehicles.
June 2022HailMalcolm-Public reported 1.75 inch hail via mPing.
June 2022HailMalcolm-Public reported ping pong ball sized hail.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMalcolm-Personal weather station measured a 70 kt wind.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindMalcolm-Personal weather station measured a wind gust of 62 mph.
May 2019Heavy RainMalcolm-The public reported 3.5 inches of rain from thunderstorms moving through the area.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMalcolm-A storm spotter estimated a 70 mph wind gust near Malcolm.
May 2014Tornado (EF1)Malcolm-This tornado developed between Waverly Road and Bluff Road west of NW 140th Street. The track was around 3 miles. The tornado appeared to be at peak intensity as it crossed Northwest 126th Street where a farmstead was significantly impacted with multiple outbuildings completely destroyed and minor roof damage to the house. Numerous hard wood trees were snapped in this area, and a hay bail was thrown nearly a half mile.
June 2014HailMalcolm-Numerous reports of large hail were received from the Lincoln area as this storm moved through. The hail reports ranged from nickel to ping pong ball size.
July 2012HailMalcolm-The hail was accompanied by winds that were measured at 53 mph by home weather equipment.
May 2012HailMalcolm-Hail around 1 inch in diameter fell north of Malcolm.
May 2011HailMalcolm-Nickel-size hail fell around the Malcolm area.
March 2011HailMalcolm-Hail up to quarter-size was reported near Malcolm.
September 2010HailMalcolm-A few quarter-size hailstones were reported by a trained spotter just south of Malcolm.
March 2007HailMalcolm-Hail as large as 1.5 inches in diameter lasted for around 5 minutes near Malcolm.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMalcolm-Tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter were broke off by thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph.
April 2002HailMalcolm-Mothball size hail covered the ground near Malcolm.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMalcolm-Thunderstorm winds around 60 mph caused some damage in Malcolm, according to the cooperative observer.
June 2017HailMalcolm-no account filed
June 2010HailMalcolm-no account filed
May 2007HailMalcolm-no account filed
May 2007HailMalcolm-no account filed
March 2006HailMalcolm-no account filed
April 2005HailMalcolm-no account filed
April 2004HailMalcolm-no account filed
May 2002HailMalcolm-no account filed
May 1998HailMalcolm-no account filed
May 1996HailMalcolm-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lancaster 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
Woodlawn4.8 miles15
Huskerville4.9 miles16
Raymond5.5 miles15
Emerald6.6 miles16
Agnew8.0 miles12
Cushman8.1 miles16
West Lincoln8.4 miles16
Countryside Estates9.0 miles16

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 MalcolmAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3288872The 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 831011. 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.