BlockBefore

Maxwell, Nebraska

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Maxwell precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69151. The Survey maps it on the Maxwell quadrangle. 257 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,710 feet above sea level.

Maxwell within Lincoln County

On record in Maxwell

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

Population over time

2 figures

Maxwell fell from 312 to 257 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
2010312
2020257-55 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

24 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Maxwell between 2009 and 2020, burning about 99 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/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Fireworks1
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
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
24 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 July 2020Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 July 2019Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 June 2010Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

60 of 99 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maxwell in 99 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 68 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 2 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
June 1998Tornado (F1)Maxwell$250,000Tornado was on the ground intermittently for a distance of 4 miles from 5 miles south southwwest of Maxwell (2 miles southwest of Ft McPherson Cemetery) to 2 miles west southwest of Maxwell near the Platte river. It struck the Marantha Bible Camp downing approximately 160 trees, destroying a small shed, and damaging several vehicles in the parking lot. Tornado then crossed Interstate 80, blew down two large billboards and struck a house 1 mile north of I-80 where a camper was also destroyed. Tornado then did minor damage to another home approximately 1 mile to the north northeast.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Maxwell$50,000A supercell produced a weak tornado that hit a farmstead shifting the garage off its foundation and damaging one wall of the garage, tearing off a small section of the house roof, breaking large limbs off surrounding trees, and lifting a nearby camper and throwing it into a fence.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMaxwell$15,000One quarter mile of new power poles snapped. One was anchored down by a connection to a pivot.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMaxwell$15,000Strong winds tore off part of a garage roof.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMaxwell$10,000Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 80 m.p.h. at exit 190 on U.S. Interstate Highway 80. Telephone poles were blown down, while damage occurred to a roof of a building and many large trees. In addition, a home had minor damage and several power poles were blown down three miles southeast of Maxwell.
May 2002HailMaxwell$10,000no account filed
July 2000HailMaxwell$10,000no account filed
May 2002HailMaxwell$8,000no account filed
May 2001HailMaxwell$4,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMaxwell$2,000A small metal livestock shelter flipped over a barbed wire fence and landed on a gravel road. Several tree limbs of varying size were broken as well.
May 2008HailMaxwell$2,000no account filed
June 2004HailMaxwell$2,000no account filed
June 2002HailMaxwell$2,000no account filed
July 2010HailMaxwell$1,000Public report of broken windshield in pickup truck. Public also reported that wild turkey roosting in tree were killed.
June 2004HailMaxwell$1,000no account filed
June 2004HailMaxwell$1,000no account filed
July 2024HailMaxwell-Quarter sized hail covering the ground at this location.
July 2023HailMaxwell-Public reported quarter size hail south of Maxwell.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMaxwell-A weather station measured 78 mph wind gust and public reported shingles torn off a building and large tree limbs downed.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMaxwell-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph in Maxwell.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMaxwell-Numerous trees were downed and an irrigation pivot was flipped south of Maxwell.
June 2020Tornado (EF0)Maxwell-Brief touchdown observed. No damage was reported.
August 2018HailMaxwell-Hail accumulated on the ground.
August 2018HailMaxwell-Hail accumulated to 2 inches deep in spots.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindMaxwell-A large tree branch, approx. 9 inches in diameter, was downed.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMaxwell-General public reported thunderstorm wind gusts of 70 mph.
April 2012HailMaxwell-The hail fell in a several mile area northeast of Maxwell and covered the ground.
June 2011HailMaxwell-Quarter to golf ball size hail occurred at time of report.
June 2011Funnel CloudMaxwell-General public reported a funnel cloud 1 mile east of Maxwell along highway 30 which descended halfway to the ground before returning back up into the cloud.
June 2011HailMaxwell-General public reported hail up to ping pong ball sized partially covered the ground.
August 2011HailMaxwell-Golf ball size hail fell at exit 190 on U.S. Interstate Highway 80.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMaxwell-Spotter reported numerous tree branches down in Maxwell that were 4 to 8 inches in diameter making driving difficult.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMaxwell-The public estimated wind gusts at 60 to 70 mph that blew furniture and a propane tank around the yard.
October 2010LightningMaxwell-One female sustained minor injuries from a lightning strike in Maxwell. The woman was inside a concession stand at a football game when lightning struck a nearby pole. The lightning traveled into the circuitry of a cooler in the stand which the woman had gone to open.
May 2009Tornado (EF0)Maxwell-Law enforcement reported a landspout tornado north and east of the Maxwell Interstate 80 interchange. The tornado touched down briefly in an open area.
May 2009Funnel CloudMaxwell-Trained spotters reported a funnel cloud over the Maxwell Interstate 80 interchange.
May 2007Flash FloodMaxwell-Law enforcement reported water over State Spur Route 556A just north of Fort McPherson National Cemetery.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Maxwell-An off-duty NWS employee saw the tornado touch down briefly over an open field.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Maxwell-The tornado made a brief touchdown over open rangeland.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Maxwell-The tornado touched down in an open field near the Fort McPherson National Cemetery.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Maxwell-The tornado touched down briefly in an open field.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Maxwell-A supercell moved across the area and produced a weak tornado that briefly touched down in open rangeland.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMaxwell-Numerous 8 inch diameter limbs were down.
May 2025HailMaxwell-no account filed
June 2025HailMaxwell-no account filed
June 2025HailMaxwell-no account filed
July 2025HailMaxwell-no account filed
July 2024HailMaxwell-no account filed
June 2020HailMaxwell-no account filed
April 2017HailMaxwell-no account filed
May 2016HailMaxwell-no account filed
May 2016HailMaxwell-no account filed
May 2014HailMaxwell-no account filed
June 2014HailMaxwell-no account filed
August 2013HailMaxwell-no account filed
March 2013HailMaxwell-no account filed
May 2013HailMaxwell-no account filed
May 2013HailMaxwell-no account filed
May 2013HailMaxwell-no account filed
April 2012HailMaxwell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Keith2.2 miles13
Bignell4.7 miles13
Brady9.2 miles9
Beck9.8 miles14
Sioux View Park12.4 miles14
North Platte13.1 miles14
Key Estates14.5 miles14
Village Square15.3 miles14

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 MaxwellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3288878The 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 831094. 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.