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.
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
Fort McPherson National Cemeterylisted 2012
Population over time
2 figuresMaxwell 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 312 | |
| 2020 | 257 | -55 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 North Platte quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Maxwell quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 2009Regional 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 99 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Maxwell | $250,000 | Tornado 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 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Maxwell | $50,000 | A 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | $15,000 | One quarter mile of new power poles snapped. One was anchored down by a connection to a pivot. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | $15,000 | Strong winds tore off part of a garage roof. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | $10,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2002 | Hail | Maxwell | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Maxwell | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Maxwell | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Maxwell | $4,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | $2,000 | A 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 2008 | Hail | Maxwell | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Maxwell | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Maxwell | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Maxwell | $1,000 | Public report of broken windshield in pickup truck. Public also reported that wild turkey roosting in tree were killed. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Maxwell | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Maxwell | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Maxwell | - | Quarter sized hail covering the ground at this location. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Maxwell | - | Public reported quarter size hail south of Maxwell. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | - | A weather station measured 78 mph wind gust and public reported shingles torn off a building and large tree limbs downed. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph in Maxwell. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | - | Numerous trees were downed and an irrigation pivot was flipped south of Maxwell. |
| June 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Maxwell | - | Brief touchdown observed. No damage was reported. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Maxwell | - | Hail accumulated on the ground. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Maxwell | - | Hail accumulated to 2 inches deep in spots. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | - | A large tree branch, approx. 9 inches in diameter, was downed. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | - | General public reported thunderstorm wind gusts of 70 mph. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Maxwell | - | The hail fell in a several mile area northeast of Maxwell and covered the ground. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Maxwell | - | Quarter to golf ball size hail occurred at time of report. |
| June 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Maxwell | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Maxwell | - | General public reported hail up to ping pong ball sized partially covered the ground. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Maxwell | - | Golf ball size hail fell at exit 190 on U.S. Interstate Highway 80. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | - | Spotter reported numerous tree branches down in Maxwell that were 4 to 8 inches in diameter making driving difficult. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | - | The public estimated wind gusts at 60 to 70 mph that blew furniture and a propane tank around the yard. |
| October 2010 | Lightning | Maxwell | - | 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 2009 | Tornado (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 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Maxwell | - | Trained spotters reported a funnel cloud over the Maxwell Interstate 80 interchange. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Maxwell | - | Law enforcement reported water over State Spur Route 556A just north of Fort McPherson National Cemetery. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Maxwell | - | An off-duty NWS employee saw the tornado touch down briefly over an open field. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Maxwell | - | The tornado made a brief touchdown over open rangeland. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Maxwell | - | The tornado touched down in an open field near the Fort McPherson National Cemetery. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Maxwell | - | The tornado touched down briefly in an open field. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Maxwell | - | A supercell moved across the area and produced a weak tornado that briefly touched down in open rangeland. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | - | Numerous 8 inch diameter limbs were down. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Maxwell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keith | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bignell | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Brady | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Beck | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sioux View Park | 12.4 miles | 14 | |
| North Platte | 13.1 miles | 14 | |
| Key Estates | 14.5 miles | 14 | |
| Village Square | 15.3 miles | 14 |
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 Maxwell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3288878 | 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 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.







