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Newark, Nebraska

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 68847. The Survey maps it on the Newark quadrangle. It stands 2,103 feet above sea level.

Newark within Kearney County

On record in Newark

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

40 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Newark between 2008 and 2020, burning about 974 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
3 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2012Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kearney 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 Newark: 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
Kearney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Storms near this place

22 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newark in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flood, 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
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNewark$3,000,000Wind gusts peaked around 100 MPH along this path, with the most significant damage occurring approximately one mile east of Minden to two miles north-northeast of Minden. Numerous irrigation pivots were flipped and large tree limbs were downed. Along with multiple power poles being snapped, three large metal transmission towers were also downed. A metal outbuilding lost a portion of its roof. Significant crop damage was reported in this whole area.
December 2021Tornado (EF0)Newark$400,000This tornado started in Kearney County north of Minden and crossed into Buffalo County, lifting near Gibbon. This tornado was typical for the day, likely intermittent with regard to ground circulation and impacting rural areas. Much of the path damage can be traced to center irrigation pivots either partially or fully overturned. The tornado damaged a couple power poles and peeled back some roofing material at the Rowe Sanctuary. A measured wind gust 83 MPH was recorded at the sanctuary as the storm passed. Damage was a bit sparse north of the river. The tornadic circulation likely crossed Interstate 80 about three miles west of the Gibbon interchange before knocking over a couple more pivots and lifting just southwest of Gibbon. The maximum estimated speed of 85 MPH was based upon the measured wind gust at the sanctuary and damage to nearby power poles.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNewark$200,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 75 MPH damaged a grain bin and a shed. Several trees were damaged and 2 pivots were overturned.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindNewark$25,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH. Multiple tree branches were downed, some as large as 6 inches in diameter. A small fruit tree was also uprooted.
May 2008Flash FloodNewark$25,000Thunderstorms rolled across the same area of northern Kearney County during the evening hours and dumped several inches of rain. This caused many roads and small creeks to quickly flood.
June 2008HailNewark$25,000no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNewark$10,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in the collapse of an old barn.
June 2008HailNewark$10,000no account filed
October 2013FloodNewark$5,000no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindNewark-A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located eight miles south-southeast of Kearney.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindNewark-A wind gust of 64 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located eight miles south-southeast of Kearney.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNewark-Wind gusts were estimated to be near 65 MPH.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindNewark-A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated to be 60 mph.
June 2024HailNewark-no account filed
May 2023HailNewark-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNewark-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNewark-no account filed
June 2015HailNewark-no account filed
June 2014HailNewark-no account filed
September 2013FloodNewark-no account filed
June 2002HailNewark-no account filed
July 1996HailNewark-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kearney 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
Kearney City (historical)4.5 miles20
Valley City (historical)5.1 miles16
Lowell6.2 miles16
Koller8.9 miles14
Minden9.9 miles12
Heartwell10.5 miles14
Axtell14.2 miles13
Norman14.4 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 NewarkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18392051The 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 831613. 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.