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Murray, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1993. It stands in West Rock Bluff precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68409. The Survey maps it on the Murray quadrangle. 480 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,191 feet above sea level.

Murray within Cass County

On record in Murray

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

Murray grew from 463 to 480 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
2010463
2020480+17 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

14 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Murray between 2010 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Natural1

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
2 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 May 2019Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 May 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 April 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Murray: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
United Rock ConstructionSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

34 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murray in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMurray-Trained spotter report of six to eight inch in diameter tree branches down and blocking roads in Murray, NE. Winds were estimated at 60-65 mph.
May 2024HailMurray-The office received a public report of quarter sized hail from mPING.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMurray-The 911 Call Center relayed a report of a large dust cloud on the leading edge of the thunderstorm with an embedded gustnado. There was widespread tree damage in the area as well.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMurray-A mesonet station recorded a 58 miles per hour wind gust.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMurray-Public reported via mPING: 3-inch tree limbs broken; Power poles broken.
April 2023HailMurray-Emergency manager reported 1-inch hail.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMurray-Public reported tree limbs down and shingles blown off roof.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMurray-Mesonet Station UP945 measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
December 2021Tornado (EF2)Murray-Three witnesses observed tornado form south side of lake. Roof taken off residence. Several hardwood trees snapped and pine trees uprooted or snapped. Tornado continued northeast where it did substantial damage to a horse farm. Extension of house destroyed. Horse trailer rolled. Several large trees snapped an uprooted. Unable to survey northern end of track due to terrain and no road.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMurray-Report from mping of 1-inch tree limbs broken; singles blown off.
July 2020Flash FloodMurray-Emergency manager reported water over highway 75. Slow traffic has continued on the road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindMurray-A spotter estimated winds near 60 mph. No damage was reported.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMurray-A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at around 60 mph was observed in the Murray area.
May 2009HailMurray-Mostly pea-size but a few stones up to nickel-size.
May 2009HailMurray-Pea to quarter-size hail fell for around 10 minutes.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMurray-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated by the public at around 60 mph downed a few tree limbs up to 5 feet long and a few inches in diameter.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMurray-Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 60 mph by Law Enforcement.
June 2008HailMurray-Hail up to golfball size was reported from around 3 miles west of Murray into Murray.
June 2008HailMurray-Golfball-size hail was reported near Murray.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMurray-A trained spotter estimated that thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph in town. The winds downed some trees, and caused scattered roof and window damage.
June 2005HailMurray-Hail up to golfball size fell west of Murray.
May 2004Tornado (F1)Murray-This tornado damaged cabins and homes and downed trees near the Lake Waconda area by Murray. The tornado was on the ground for about 1 mile, and it was produced from the same supercell complex that spawned 2 earlier tornadoes in Cass county and also the long tracked f4 tornado that caused extensive damage in the Hallam area.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMurray-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 70 mph broke several large trees in half around town. Quarter size hail also accompanied the storm.
June 2001HailMurray-Hail covered the ground.
May 1995Tornado (F0)Murray-Cass County Emergency Services had 40 to 50 spotters throughout the county with several reports of brief tornado touchdowns, but no damage.
April 2017HailMurray-no account filed
November 2015HailMurray-no account filed
September 2008HailMurray-no account filed
August 2007HailMurray-no account filed
June 2002HailMurray-no account filed
April 2001HailMurray-no account filed
June 2000HailMurray-no account filed
May 1996HailMurray-no account filed
April 1995HailMurray-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Todd2.4 miles15
Beaver Lake2.6 miles15
Mynard4.0 miles15
Rock Bluff (historical)4.2 miles15
Kanosha (historical)4.4 miles15
Lake Waconda6.5 miles15
Nehawka6.8 miles13
Union7.0 miles13

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 MurrayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2425314The 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 831546. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.