North Loup, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Loup Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68859. The Survey maps it on the North Loup quadrangle. 254 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,962 feet above sea level.
On record in North Loup
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
North Loup Bridgelisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresNorth Loup fell from 297 to 254 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 | 297 | |
| 2020 | 254 | -43 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1899 USGS Loup quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS North Loup quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of North Loup between 2003 and 2020, burning about 540 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2005 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 500 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 February 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 November 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Loup in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 20 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | North Loup | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Flash Flood | North Loup | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | North Loup | $1,000,000 | Hail up to the size of ping pong balls caused extensive crop damage in the area. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | North Loup | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Loup | $500,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 80 MPH caused widespread damage in eastern Valley and western Greeley counties. Along with tree damage, a handful of power poles were snapped, and several irrigation pivots were flipped. A number of grain bins and outbuildings were damaged, and a home north of North Loup suffered siding damage and also had a couple of trailers shifted from their parked spots. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Loup | $250,000 | Wind gusts were estimated at 80 MPH, causing tree damage across town and crop damage around the area. Two larger tree limbs were knocked down in town and fell onto vehicles. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Loup | $150,000 | A two story barn was heavily damaged, with one wall collapsed, by wind gusts estimated to be approaching 100 MPH. A nearby home suffered minor siding damage. A storage shed was moved from its foundation, being shoved up next to a power pole. Multiple grain bins also were damaged in the area, including one which was ripped from its foundation. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Loup | $75,000 | Large tree limbs and branches were reported down around the community of North Loup. |
| May 2012 | Hail | North Loup | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | North Loup | $50,000 | This tornado touched down near the Davis Creek Reservoir, or approximately 5 miles south of North Loup, and lifted approximately 4 miles south of North Loup. At the Davis Creek Campground, it was estimated that 60 percent of the trees were damaged, and 2 restroom facilities suffered roof damage. The maximum wind speed of this tornado was estimated to be 90 MPH. |
| June 1997 | Hail | North Loup | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | North Loup | $25,000 | Hail ranged from pennies to half dollars in size. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Loup | $25,000 | Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH were accompanied by walnut size hail. Some minor tree damage was reported. |
| July 2013 | Hail | North Loup | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | North Loup | $10,000 | Most hail stones were smaller than quarters, but a few were as large as golf ball size. |
| May 1999 | Hail | North Loup | $5,000 | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Loup | $1,000 | Wind gusts estimated at 70 mph resulted in moved irrigation pipe and a feed grinder being overturned. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Loup | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | North Loup | - | A storm total rainfall amount of 3.24 inches occurred six miles west-northwest of North Loup. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | North Loup | - | A brief tornado was seen by a spotter just north to town. |
| August 2020 | Hail | North Loup | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | North Loup | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | North Loup | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | North Loup | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | North Loup | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | North Loup | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | North Loup | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | North Loup | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | North Loup | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | North Loup | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | North Loup | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | North Loup | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | North Loup | - | 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.
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 North Loup | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2387130 | 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 831708. 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.




