Miller, Nebraska
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 15. It lies in ZIP code area 68858. The Survey maps it on the Miller quadrangle. 129 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,320 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMiller fell from 136 to 129 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 | 136 | |
| 2020 | 129 | -7 (-5%) |
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.
- 1896 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Miller quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Miller between 2004 and 2017, burning about 83 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 March 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 March 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
44 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miller in 44 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 31 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Miller | $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Miller | $250,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported in town. |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Miller | $60,000 | Thunderstorms rolled across the same area of southern Buffalo County during the evening hours and dumped several inches of rain. This caused many roads and small creeks to quickly flood. Several streets in the city of Kearney were also flooded. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Miller | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | $30,000 | NWS Cooperative Observer reported that a tree fell onto a car in Miller. Time was estimated based on radar, speed was estimated from upstream measurement of 70 MPH near Sumner. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Miller | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Miller | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Miller | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | $5,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. Tree damage was reported near Highway 183 and the South Loup River. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Miller | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Miller | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | $1,000 | A tree was blown over onto Highway 183. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Emergency management estimated wind gusts near 60 MPH. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in minor tree damage in Miller. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Miller | - | A storm total rainfall amount of 3.35 inches was recorded by a mesonet site located in Miller. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Damage to a local church was reported. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Wind gusts estimated at 70 MPH. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miller | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Miller | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Miller | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sartoria | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Amherst | 12.8 miles | 16 | |
| Elm Creek | 14.4 miles | 16 | |
| Riverdale | 15.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasanton | 16.5 miles | 15 | |
| Odessa | 17.2 miles | 16 | |
| Prairie Center | 18.5 miles | 16 | |
| Alfalfa Center | 19.8 miles | 18 |
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 Miller | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1990721 | 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 831311. 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.





