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Nemaha, Nebraska

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Nemaha precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68414. It stands on Jarvis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nemaha quadrangle. 114 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 912 feet above sea level.

Nemaha within Nemaha County

Population over time

2 figures

Nemaha fell from 149 to 114 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
2010149
2020114-35 (-23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

14 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Nemaha between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1,260 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony1

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
25 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresMissouri Department of Conservation190467-00000-04092020-1310
9 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230705-00310-04092020-1300
8 March 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nemaha County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nemaha: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nemaha County

Storms near this place

33 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nemaha in 33 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 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
April 2026HailNemaha-Public report of hail estimated at one inch in diameter.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNemaha-A 64 miles per hour wind gust was measured by a personal weather station.
April 2024HailNemaha-The Nemaha County Emergency Manager reported baseball sized hail was falling in Nemaha.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindNemaha-A 69 miles per hour wind gust was reported by the public.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindNemaha-A 59 miles per hour wind gust was measured on a personal weather station.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindNemaha-A 60 miles per hour wind gust was measured by a personal weather station.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindNemaha-A 69 miles per hour wind gust was measured by a personal weather station.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNemaha-A personal weather station measured a 58 miles per hour wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNemaha-Mesonet site measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindNemaha-A public personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNemaha-A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindNemaha-Emergency manager reported numerous trees down and power outages across the county. There were reports of property damage from trees to garages and vehicles.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNemaha-Emergency manager reported power lines and large trees down in Nemaha.
May 2013HailNemaha-Hail up to 2 inches in diameter fell in the Auburn area. The hail was accompanied by wind gusts that were measured at 80 mph by home weather equipment.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindNemaha-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 to 80 mph destroyed one grain bin and partially flattened two others near Nemaha. Some other outbuilding and tree damage was noted.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindNemaha-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph downed numerous large tree branches and limbs in the area.
May 2013HailNemaha-Hail did not completely cover the ground. The area also received one inch of rain.
May 2013FloodNemaha-In response to repeated days of heavy rainfall from thunderstorms across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, the Missouri River went into flood. The Missouri River at Brownville crested on May 31st at a stage of 35.79 feet. This led to widespread lowland flooding of agricultural land. This flooding persisted into early June.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNemaha-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph nearly destroyed one machine shed and damaged another one.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNemaha-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph downed tree limbs in the area.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindNemaha-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed tree limbs 8 to 10 inches in diameter.
May 2001HailNemaha-Hail up to nickel size fell in Nemaha for around 16 minutes.
June 2000Funnel CloudNemaha-Reported by storm spotter.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindNemaha-Thunderstorm winds gusts of 60 mph were estimated in Nemaha.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNemaha-Playground equipment destroyed at park.
May 2019Funnel CloudNemaha-no account filed
April 2017HailNemaha-no account filed
March 2012HailNemaha-no account filed
April 2006HailNemaha-no account filed
May 2006HailNemaha-no account filed
May 2004HailNemaha-no account filed
May 2004HailNemaha-no account filed
April 2003HailNemaha-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nemaha 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
Brownville4.2 miles13
Saint Deroin (historical)7.5 miles14
Howe7.8 miles10
Auburn9.6 miles10
Peru9.9 miles13
Glenrock13.7 miles10
Rohrs14.3 miles10
Julian16.4 miles12

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 NemahaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2541978The 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 831589. 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.