Naper, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Basin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68755. The Survey maps it on the Naper quadrangle. 89 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,985 feet above sea level.
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On record in Naper
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
- White Horse Ranchlisted 1990
Population over time
2 figuresNaper grew from 84 to 89 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 | 84 | |
| 2020 | 89 | +5 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Naper quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ainsworth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS O'Neill quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Naper in 2014, burning about 3 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | EXIT 31 |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Naper: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosebud Sioux Pit 219 1/2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
46 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Naper in 46 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 37 hail, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Naper | $1,000,000 | County road bridge 8 miles south of Naper along the Niobrara River reported destroyed by heavy rain and snow melt that led to ice jams that broke up and moved downstream. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Naper | $100,000 | Thunderstorms training over the same areas produced six to nine inches of rainfall in northern Holt and central Boyd counties. Several roads were closed due to water flowing across the roads to include Highway 12 between Bristow and Lynch, while numerous roads were washed out 9 to 12 miles north of Stuart. Spencer Dam authorities announced that the dam had reached capacity resulting in high releases of water downstream of the dam. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Naper | $15,000 | The hail broke windows and damaged the siding on a home. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Naper | $15,000 | Hail broke windows and piled up to 3 inches deep. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Naper | $15,000 | Two foot diameter trees were uprooted. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Naper | $10,000 | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Naper | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Naper | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Naper | $1,200 | A vehicle sustained hail damage. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Naper | $1,200 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Naper | - | Time was estimated from radar. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Naper | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 60 MPH at this location along with half inch diameter hail. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Naper | - | Water over roads but no road closures. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Naper | - | Wind gusts were estimated to have blown at 60 m.p.h. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Naper | - | Law enforcement reported 2 inches of rain fell in less than 20 minutes. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Naper | - | Five inch tree branches were broken by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Naper | - | Golf ball size hail caused extensive crop damage. The hail was accompanied by up to 2.5 inches of rainfall. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Naper | - | Numerous 8 inch diameter tree limbs were broken by strong thunderstorm outflow winds. |
| September 1998 | Hail | Naper | - | Hail damage to grassland. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Naper | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Naper | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butte | 13.6 miles | 9 | |
| Anoka | 14.1 miles | 9 | |
| Baker (historical) | 19.5 miles | 9 | |
| Spencer | 21.8 miles | 10 | |
| Rosedale (historical) | 27.7 miles | 9 | |
| Gross | 27.8 miles | 9 | |
| Bristow | 28.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lynch | 34.7 miles | 11 |
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 Naper | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2481835 | 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 831558. 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.





