Nonpareil, Nebraska
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fifteen precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69348. The Survey maps it on the Nonpareil quadrangle.
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.
- 1946 USGS Nonpareil quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Nonpareil quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alliance quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Hemingford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Nonpareil between 2007 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.1 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nonpareil in 17 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 15 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nonpareil | - | Received social media report estimating 70 mph wind gusts with up to nickel size hail covering the ground. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | Hail drifts ranging from 3 to 4 feet. Wheat crops destroyed and windows broken by hail. Estimated 60 mph winds. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | Window and fence damage. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | Golf ball sized hail reported 15 miles west of Hemingford. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | Spotter reported ping pong ball sized hail 9 miles south-southwest of Marsland. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | Spotter measured tennis ball sized hail 20 miles west northwest of Alliance. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | Quarter size hail was observed 23 miles south of Chadron. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | Quarter size hail was reported about six miles south-southwest of Box Butte Reservoir Campground. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | Dime to quarter size hail was reported west of Hemingford. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Nonpareil | - | The supercell thunderstorm that spawned the EF0 tornado in southern Sioux County moved east into southwest Box Butte County. Another EF0 tornado developed about 14 miles northeast of Lake Alice and touched down a few times in open country before dissipating. No damage was reported. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Nonpareil | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemingford | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Berea | 15.2 miles | 9 | |
| Alliance | 24.8 miles | 11 | |
| Letan | 27.8 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 Nonpareil | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18354197 | 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 837767. 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.





