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Nashville, Nebraska

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 68152. The Survey maps it on the Loveland quadrangle. It stands 1,085 feet above sea level.

Nashville within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

36 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Nashville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 289 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
12 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2012Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 July 2020Smokingunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2018Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 April 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 April 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

11 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nashville in 11 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 6 hail, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
March 2010FloodNashville$50,000Lowland flooding along the Missouri River closed several county roads and flooded at least one seasonal home east and southeast of Ft. Calhoun. In addition, the flooding entered the Boyer Chute Wildlife Area prompting its closure. The flood waters prompted several home owners to vacate their homes one night, and at least one home sustained flood damage. In addition, several county roads in the area flooded including county roads 32 and 47.
May 2011FloodNashville$25,000High releases from upstream reservoirs brought steadily increasing flows and flooding along the Missouri River. The river near Blair climbed to around its 26.5 foot flood stage in the morning of May 26th, and then continued rising into June. The flooding in Washington county was especially felt in the Fort Calhoun where at least 60 homes or cabins were flooded or cutoff by flood waters. The high school in Ft. Calhoun was opened as a shelter for flood victims. In addition, recreation areas along the river were flooded.
March 2025HailNashville-Report from mPING of 1 inch hail.
April 2025HailNashville-Public report of hail estimated up to 2 in diameter. Report received via mPING. Delayed report with the time estimated from radar.
April 2025Tornado (EF2)Nashville-This is a continuation of the Douglas County segment of this EF-3 tornado. At the start of this segment, the tornado began to move more northeasterly, snapping several trees and flipping recreational vehicles at Nashville, NE. It directly impacted another home, destroying two outbuildings and causing tree damage near Country Road P38, supporting the estimate of EF-2 damage. The tornado impacted one more home and destroyed another outbuilding near Country Road P51 before dissipating in an open field at approximately 6:15 PM CST. The peak width of the tornado during this segment of its track was measured at 170 yards with a length of 4.24 miles. The maximum wind speed during this segment of its track was estimated at 120 mph, 0 fatalities and 0 injuries.
April 2025HailNashville-Storm chaser report measured up to 3 in diameter. Delayed report with the time estimated from radar.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindNashville-Public reported a play set destroyed, tree uprooted, damage to a greenhouse, grill blown over, and shingle damage to roof.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindNashville-Public reported panels blown off of a greenhouse, very old barn collapsed, and a large tree uprooted.
June 2017HailNashville-no account filed
June 2016HailNashville-no account filed
June 2014HailNashville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Fort Calhoun3.8 miles15
De Soto7.1 miles15
Washington11.2 miles14
Blair11.7 miles9
Kennard11.9 miles14
Orum17.4 miles8
Arlington19.1 miles15
Herman21.8 miles8

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 NashvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6966927The 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 831564. 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.