Norman, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 68959. The Survey maps it on the Norman quadrangle. 32 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,083 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNorman fell from 43 to 32 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 43 | |
| 2020 | 32 | -11 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1897 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Norman quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Red Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
35 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norman in 35 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 24 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Norman | $750,000 | A small tornado touched down near a farmstead northwest of Norman and caused large tree limbs to fall onto a house. The tornado continued southeast where it snapped four power poles along K Road, overturned pivots, and carried a small brain bin over 500 yards from its original location. The tornado continued southeast and produced a few locations of minor damage before lifting prior to crossing 42 Road southeast of Norman. The peak wind gust was estimated to be 100 MPH. |
| December 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | $225,000 | An old outbuilding had collapsed walls. Nine sections of center pivot were blown over and tin from outbuildings was wrapped around trees. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Norman | $200,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | $125,000 | no account filed |
| December 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | $100,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down, along with some overturned pivots. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Norman | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Norman | $25,000 | no account filed |
| December 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Norman | $5,000 | This tornado briefly touched down in rural portions of Kearney County southeast of Minden. Minor damaged occurred at a farmstead. The maximum wind speed was estimated to be 75 MPH. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | A wind gust o63 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles north-northeast of Norman. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | A wind gust of 64 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles north-northeast of Norman. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | A wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles north-northeast of Norman. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | A wind gust of 79 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles north-northeast of Norman. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | A wind gust of 64 MPH was recorded by a mesonet station located 2 miles north-northeast of Norman. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH caused damage approximately 3 miles northeast of Upland. Extensive tree damage occurred, including a large tree branch falling through the roof of a house and branches pushed deep into the ground. A grain bin was also severely damaged. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | A wind gust of 75 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located 1 mile north-northeast of Norman. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Norman | - | A 24 hour rainfall total of 4.80 inches was reported, with the brunt of the rain falling between 5 PM CDT on the 1st and 4 AM CDT on the 2nd. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | Damage reports included 3 overturned pivots and 12 power poles knocked down. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Norman | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Norman | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Norman | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Norman | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Norman | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norman | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koller | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Heartwell | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Minden | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lowell | 11.9 miles | 16 | |
| Valley City (historical) | 12.2 miles | 16 | |
| Newark | 14.4 miles | 16 | |
| Keene | 15.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kearney City (historical) | 17.5 miles | 20 |
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 Norman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2346493 | 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 831648. 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.
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.





