Meadow Grove, Nebraska
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Meadow Grove-Jefferson precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68752. It stands on Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meadow Grove quadrangle. 287 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,631 feet above sea level.
On record in Meadow Grove
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
John Wesley and Grace Shafer Warrick Houselisted 1990
Population over time
2 figuresMeadow Grove fell from 301 to 287 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 | 301 | |
| 2020 | 287 | -14 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sioux City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Meadow Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Norfolk quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Meadow Grove between 2004 and 2019, burning about 72 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
40 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meadow Grove in 40 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 25 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2024 | Flash Flood | Meadow Grove | $100,000 | Public report of county roads submerged in water. A storm damage survey the next day confirmed several locations where the roads were still under water or partially washed out. By around 7 PM CDT, widespread street flooding was reported in Norfolk. As the storms slowly moved southeast, additional flooding was reported by a county official across central portions of the county where numerous county roads were flooded in addition to considerable lowland flooding. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | Trained spotter report of hail estimated up to 1 inch in diameter. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Meadow Grove | - | This was a very slow-moving tornado that developed 7 miles south of Meadow Grove, destroying a metal shed and a cattle trailer. Maximum estimated wind speeds in this tornado were 100 miles per hour. The maximum width of this tornado was measured at 300 yards, with an average width estimated at 200 yards. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | The office received a public report of tennis ball sized hail. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Meadow Grove | - | A landspout tornado developed in a field, eventually merging with the mesocyclone and taking on some briefly supercellular features. The tornado was over mainly open fields but did break one tree, a powerline, and damaged a small shed. Peak estimated winds in this tornado were 70 miles per hour, with a width of 50 yards. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported via mPing that trees were uprooted or snapped; roof blown off. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow Grove | - | Public report from mPing for 3-inch tree limbs broken or power poles broken. |
| October 2022 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported multiple vehicles damaged by 1.25-inch hail. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported 60 mph wind gusts and hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow Grove | - | Storm chaser reported power poles down on the highway. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported a large tree branch down via social media. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported shingles blown off of a roof. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported flattened corn and grain bin. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported 1.25 inch hail. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported 1 inch hail. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported 1 inch hail. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported 1.75 inch hail. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | Storm chaser reported 1.25 inch hail. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported 1.75 inch hail. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported 1.25 inch hail. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported 1 inch hail covering the ground. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | Trained spotter reported 2 inch hail. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Meadow Grove | - | Public sent in multiple pictures of a tornado that briefly touched down. No damage was reported. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow Grove | - | Public reported a flattened grain bin and flattened corn. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | Trained spotter reported 1 inch hail. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow Grove | - | An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was reported north northwest of Meadow Grove. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow Grove | - | A spotter reported several large trees down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadow Grove | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 80 mph caused significant tree damage in the Battle Creek area which in turned caused building and vehicle damage. Nearly half the streets in town were impassable of because of fallen trees, and at least 10 houses and cars sustained significant damage due to the fallen trees. Power was also knocked out in the area. The damage path stretched both west and east of town. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Meadow Grove | - | This was probably the same tornado that was reported west of Pierce. It apparently tracked from west of Pierce into extreme northwest Madison county before lifting. No damage was reported. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Meadow Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilden | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Battle Creek | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Emerick | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Kalamazoo | 14.6 miles | 9 | |
| Warnerville | 16.0 miles | 9 | |
| Enola | 16.8 miles | 9 | |
| Norfolk | 16.8 miles | 10 |
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 Meadow Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2695136 | 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 831173. 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.




