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.
Population over time
2 figuresMalcolm 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 382 | |
| 2020 | 457 | +75 (+20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1897 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2012Regional 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 burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 72 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Malcolm | $500,000 | Heavy 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malcolm | - | 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 2023 | Hail | Malcolm | - | Received a report for 1-inch hail which was relayed via an amateur radio. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Malcolm | - | Public reported nickel to quarter sized hail. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Malcolm | - | Emergency management reported 2 inch hail. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Malcolm | - | 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 2022 | Hail | Malcolm | - | Public reported 1.75 inch hail via mPing. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Malcolm | - | Public reported ping pong ball sized hail. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malcolm | - | Personal weather station measured a 70 kt wind. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malcolm | - | Personal weather station measured a wind gust of 62 mph. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Malcolm | - | The public reported 3.5 inches of rain from thunderstorms moving through the area. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malcolm | - | A storm spotter estimated a 70 mph wind gust near Malcolm. |
| May 2014 | Tornado (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 2014 | Hail | Malcolm | - | 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 2012 | Hail | Malcolm | - | The hail was accompanied by winds that were measured at 53 mph by home weather equipment. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Malcolm | - | Hail around 1 inch in diameter fell north of Malcolm. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Malcolm | - | Nickel-size hail fell around the Malcolm area. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Malcolm | - | Hail up to quarter-size was reported near Malcolm. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Malcolm | - | A few quarter-size hailstones were reported by a trained spotter just south of Malcolm. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Malcolm | - | Hail as large as 1.5 inches in diameter lasted for around 5 minutes near Malcolm. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malcolm | - | Tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter were broke off by thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Malcolm | - | Mothball size hail covered the ground near Malcolm. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malcolm | - | Thunderstorm winds around 60 mph caused some damage in Malcolm, according to the cooperative observer. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Malcolm | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Malcolm | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Malcolm | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Malcolm | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Malcolm | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Malcolm | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Malcolm | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Malcolm | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Malcolm | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Malcolm | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Huskerville | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Raymond | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Emerald | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Agnew | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cushman | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| West Lincoln | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Countryside Estates | 9.0 miles | 16 |
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 Malcolm | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3288872 | 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 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.





