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Newman Grove, Nebraska

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Newman Grove City. It lies in ZIP code area 68758. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Closter SE quadrangle. 667 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,713 feet above sea level.

Newman Grove within Madison County

Population over time

2 figures

Newman Grove fell from 721 to 667 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
2010721
2020667-54 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

12 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Newman Grove between 2007 and 2018, burning about 164 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 June 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution1.3 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 March 2016Debris and open burning6.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 February 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 February 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
19 February 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

50 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newman Grove in 50 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 26 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 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
May 2012Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove$150,000Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph destroyed a silo and part of a cattle barn on one farmstead about 8 miles west of Madison and a center pivot system was overturned in that area. A machine shed sustained heavy damage around 9 miles west of Madison.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove$50,000Winds destroyed an auger and a windmill.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove$50,000Strong winds tore shingles off of a house roof, damaged trees, pushed a barn wall in and ripped steel doors off of their tracks. A skylight were also blow out of a machine shed.
July 2025Flash FloodNewman Grove-During the evening of July 7th, heavy rainfall moved through southwest Madison county with rainfall rates of 1.5-3 inches per hour at times with an estimated 3-4 inches of total rainfall. This led to flash flooding with emergency management reporting water over roadways. This flash flood also continued into Platte and Boone counties.
June 2024Funnel CloudNewman Grove-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud.
June 2024Tornado (EFU)Newman Grove-The office received photo evidence and eyewitness reports of a funnel cloud with a short-lived ground circulation and dust cloud. A brief tornado was determined to have occurred at this location. There were no damage indicators impacted, so the rating of this tornado is EF-U.
June 2023HailNewman Grove-Trained spotter reported 1-inch hail.
May 2023Tornado (EFU)Newman Grove-Storm spotter video confirmed a tornado at this location. There was no damage.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove-Public reported several trees down.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove-Public reported estimated winds between 60 to 70 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove-Post Office reported numerous tree branches broken off. Numbers limbs were down across town.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove-Public personal weather station reported 61 MPH wind.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove-Trees were blown down greater than one foot in diameter in Newman Grove.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove-Large tree limbs were blown off in Newman Grove. The winds also caused power outages in the town.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove-A wind gust of 79 mph was measured 1 mile north northwest of Newman Grove.
May 2012HailNewman Grove-Hail, most of it estimated to be half dollar size or smaller, caused areas of crop damage southwest of Battle Creek. The hail was from the same supercell thunderstorm that produced a tornado near or a little south of the region. Time of damage was estimated by radar.
August 2010HailNewman Grove-A few hail stones reached golf ball-size.
May 2008FloodNewman Grove-Nearly a week of significant rains culminated with a heavy rain event on May 29th and produced significant flooding along Shell Creek from the Newman Grove area downstream eventually reaching the Schuyler area. Shell Creek northeast of Columbus reached just over 22 feet around 1pm CDT on May 30th, flood stage is 20 feet. The creek had a 6 or 7 hour flat crest centered on its peak of 22.1 feet. The gage northeast of Columbus was above flood stage from around 7am CDT on the 30th through 330pm on the 31st.||The flooding in Madison county closed a few county roads near Newman Grove and also briefly closed Highway 91 near Lindsay. Flooding along Shell Creek was more significant downstream in Platte and Colfax counties.
July 2008HailNewman Grove-Hail up to golfball-size was reported from 2 miles north of Newman Grove into the town itself. The hail covered the ground white and was driven by winds around 40 mph. The wind driven hail caused house and vehicle damage and also destroyed crops in the area.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph by law enforcement in Newman Grove.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph blew some large tree limbs onto a porch causing damage.
September 2005HailNewman Grove-Hail up to golfball size was reported from Newman Grove to 5 miles northeast of town. The hail stripped leaves off of trees in the area.
August 2002HailNewman Grove-Hail up to tennis ball size was driven by wind gusts over 50 mph. The hail storm was described as a "blizzard" by residents in town, and hail covered the ground white while damaging 60 to 80 percent of the houses in town. Some buildings had as many as a dozen windows broken, and soybean fields near town were flattened.
July 2001HailNewman Grove-The same supercell that produced the tornado west of Madison, as well as the flash flooding in western Madison county, also produced a large amount of hail up to one inch in diameter. The hail, strong winds and heavy rain damaged between 40 and 70 percent of crops in a 3 mile wide by 8 mile long swath of farmland northeast of Newman Grove. The total damage affected around 86,000 acres of crops, mainly corn and soybeans.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Newman Grove-Brief touchdown of a small tornado reported by a storm spotter.
June 2000Flash FloodNewman Grove-Rainfall over 3 inches caused flash flooding around Newman Grove, including highway 45 which was closed for a while due to flood waters.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove-Extreme southwest Madison county was affected by the swath of wind damage reported below for Platte county. The storm uprooted or broke many trees in Newman Grove.
July 2000Flash FloodNewman Grove-Three inches of rain fell in 50 minutes in the Newman Grove area. This caused water to overflow onto highway 45 near town.
July 2000Flash FloodNewman Grove-Heavy rain caused flash flooding along Shell Creek which came out of its banks.
June 1999Flash FloodNewman Grove-Flash flooding of Dry Creek and Shell Creek closed a road near town and made sandbagging necessary around several homes.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNewman Grove-Power poles downed. Tree damage.
June 2018HailNewman Grove-no account filed
April 2017HailNewman Grove-no account filed
April 2017HailNewman Grove-no account filed
June 2017HailNewman Grove-no account filed
May 2012HailNewman Grove-no account filed
April 2011HailNewman Grove-no account filed
August 2011HailNewman Grove-no account filed
June 2008HailNewman Grove-no account filed
July 2007HailNewman Grove-no account filed
April 2006HailNewman Grove-no account filed
September 2006HailNewman Grove-no account filed
May 2005HailNewman Grove-no account filed
June 2000HailNewman Grove-no account filed
June 2000HailNewman Grove-no account filed
June 1999HailNewman Grove-no account filed
June 1999HailNewman Grove-no account filed
September 1997HailNewman Grove-no account filed
March 1996HailNewman Grove-no account filed
July 1995HailNewman Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Kalamazoo9.0 miles9
Emerick10.7 miles9
Fairview (historical)14.0 miles9
Madison17.8 miles9
Meadow Grove19.4 miles9
Battle Creek19.6 miles9
Enola19.7 miles9
Tilden20.7 miles9

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 Newman GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q966502The 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 836015. 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.