Marquette, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 8. It lies in ZIP code area 68854. The Survey maps it on the Central City West quadrangle. 236 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,818 feet above sea level.
On record in Marquette
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
St. Johannes Danske Lutherske Kirkelisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresMarquette grew from 229 to 236 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 | 229 | |
| 2020 | 236 | +7 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1899 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Central City West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Marquette between 2000 and 2018, burning about 96 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
51 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marquette in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 25 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $1,000,000 | Wind gusts estimated near 70 MPH resulted in damage to area grain bins, outbuildings and irrigation pivots. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Marquette | $500,000 | Trees were stripped of leaves due to the combination of strong wind and quarter size hail. This was the second storm to come through this area. This report was from an NERAIN observer. |
| October 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Marquette | $400,000 | Tornado crossed from Hamilton County into Polk County. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $250,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in some pivot damage in the area. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Marquette | $150,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Marquette | $100,000 | Wind-driven hail up to the size of golf balls caused significant siding damage to an area home. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $80,000 | An estimated 70 mph wind gust loosened the base of an empty grain bin, destroyed a wood frame outbuilding and caused some tree damage. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Marquette | $50,000 | Hail up to golf ball size was reported in and near Marquette. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Marquette | $50,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported in Marquette. This was the second hail storm of the evening. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Marquette | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $40,000 | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Marquette | $25,000 | Hail ranging in size from half dollars to 2 inches in diameter was reported along this path. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $25,000 | Tree limbs were downed in the area. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Marquette | $25,000 | Training, slow moving thunderstorms with torrential rainfall resulted in flash flooding across northern Hamilton, far southwestern Polk and far north-northwestern York Counties. Hamilton County was the hardest hit, with radar estimates of 5 to 8 inches of rain. Numerous county roads were covered with water and were closed. One home near Marquette in Hamilton County had about 2 feet of water inside and around the house. Animals at the farmstead had to be moved, and witnesses claimed the horses were nearly belly-deep in water at one point. This water moved downstream into Polk and York Counties, causing flooding along the Big Blue River. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Marquette | $25,000 | Hail up to 2 inches in diameter continued for 10 minutes. |
| October 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Marquette | $25,000 | Tornado crossed from Hamilton County into Merrick County. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Marquette | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Marquette | $15,000 | Small weak tornado crossed over Marquette but caused little damage in town. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Marquette | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $10,000 | Thunderstorms remained nearly stationarrowy over northeast Hamilton County for three hours. Winds occasionally gusted to nearly 60 mph. The winds damaged three hog shelters south of Hordville and two more at Marquette. A tree and two power poles were snapped. The wind, in combination with small hail and extremely heavy rain, caused damage to the corn and soybean crops. Rainfall totaled seven inches, resulting in lowland flooding. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Marquette | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Marquette | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Marquette | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in some minor tree damage in the area. A street light was damaged in Marquette and a power pole was damaged near the Aurora Airport. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in tree damage in Marquette. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. The combination of wind and heavy rain resulted in near-zero visibility. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH in Marquette. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | - | A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles south of Marquette. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Marquette | - | A 24-hour precipitation amount of 5.05 inches was recorded 4 miles south of Marquette. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Marquette | - | A 24-hour precipitation amount of 4.52 inches was recorded 1 mile southeast of Marquette. |
| May 2016 | Heavy Rain | Marquette | - | Storm total rainfall report was 6.50 inches. |
| May 2016 | Heavy Rain | Marquette | - | Storm total rainfall report was 6.77 inches. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Marquette | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported from an NeRAIN observer. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Marquette | - | A brief tornado reported by storm chasers. |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Marquette | - | A small tornado briefly touched down west of Marquette. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| January 2011 | Flood | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Marquette | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquette | - | 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.
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 Marquette | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2719558 | 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 831058. 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.




