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O'Neill, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in O'Neill City. It lies in ZIP code area 68763. The Survey maps it on the O'Neill quadrangle. 3,581 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,988 feet above sea level.

O'Neill within Holt County

On record in O'Neill

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 8 records

Population over time

2 figures

O'Neill fell from 3,705 to 3,581 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
20103,705
20203,581-124 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of O'Neill between 2007 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 September 2007Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
22 August 2007Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2020Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 July 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 July 2020Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Holt County

Storms near this place

60 of 107 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names O'Neill in 107 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 77 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 10 tornado, 4 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
October 1996Tornado (F1)O Neill3 hurt, $150,000no account filed
August 1997HailO Neill$1,000,000Widespread hail damage occurred to automobiles in the city of O Neill.
June 1996Tornado (F2)O Neill$1,000,000no account filed
June 1994Tornado (F1)O Neill$500,000A tornado blew over farm equipment, destroyed a grain bin, damaged irrigation systems, and ripped out trees.
August 2007HailO Neill$100,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindO Neill$75,000Thunderstorm winds damaged several farms. A large barn was destroyed, center pivot irrigation system destroyed. Extensive tree and crop damage.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindO Neill$50,000Thunderstorm downburst winds blew several large trees onto homes and vehicles. Several small buildings were damaged.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindO Neill$50,000An unfinished lumber yard structure was destroyed by strong thunderstorm winds at O Neill and power lines were downed at Page.
July 2001Tornado (F0)O Neill$25,000A brief touchdown which destroyed grain bins was reported.
July 2001HailO Neill$24,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindO Neill$20,000Three center pivots were overturned, with two large trees also uprooted.
April 2000Tornado (F1)O Neill$20,000Tornado touched down briefly and partially removed roof from house.
May 2004HailO Neill$20,000no account filed
July 2004HailO Neill$20,000no account filed
June 2003HailO Neill$20,000no account filed
June 2003HailO Neill$15,000no account filed
May 2002HailO Neill$15,000no account filed
July 2001HailO Neill$15,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindO Neill$12,000Strong thunderstorm winds up to 50 knots brought tree limbs down and several outbuildings were blown over.
August 2002HailO Neill$12,000no account filed
May 2004Tornado (F0)O Neill$10,000While the tornado made a brief touchdown, it destroyed a weak barn.
June 2003LightningO Neill$10,000The lightning struck the Holt County Courthouse which then took out the law enforcement radios for a period of time.
June 1998HailO Neill$10,000Damage to buildings and vehicle
July 2006HailO Neill$9,000no account filed
May 2008Flash FloodO Neill$8,000The Holt County Emergency Manager reported water over Highway 281 3 miles south of O'Neill due to heavy rainfall from thunderstorms over already saturated ground.
August 2006HailO Neill$8,000no account filed
June 2003HailO Neill$6,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindO Neill$4,000Three telephone poles were twisted by high wind.
July 2003HailO Neill$3,000no account filed
June 2024Flash FloodO Neill$2,000Law enforcement reports flooding at the intersection of 7th and Douglas street in O'Neill. Water was also reported over the intersection of Hynes and Chance road just west of the O'Neill Golf Club.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindO Neill$2,000Strong winds snapped off large tree limbs and a power pole.
May 2004Flash FloodO Neill$2,000Rapid runoff from heavy thunderstorms accumulated quickly with water covering a county road.
July 2004HailO Neill$2,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindO Neill$1,000no account filed
July 2022HailO Neill-A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail east of O'Neill.
May 2019HailO Neill-Time was estimated from radar.
September 2019Flash FloodO Neill-The Elkhorn River is out of its banks and water is covering county road 494 for a quarter of a mile. Reports of low land flooding along the Elkhorn River just east of O'Neill.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)O Neill-Law enforcement confirmed a tornado on the eastern edge of O'Neill. In addition there was a lot of dust picked up over an open corn field by the rear flank downdraft that made it difficult to view. The tornado was briefly on the ground with no damage.
April 2006HailO Neill-Penny to dime size hail covered the ground near Highway 281 north of O'Neill.
June 2005HailO Neill-Hail covered the ground.
May 2004Tornado (F0)O Neill-The tornado touched down briefly over an open field near the O'Neill Country Club. Large tree limbs were broken off at the Country Club.
May 2004Tornado (F0)O Neill-The tornado touched down briefly over open rangeland.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindO Neill-Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off by the thunderstorm outflow winds.
April 2000Tornado (F0)O Neill-Tornado remained over farmland with no damage reported.
August 1997HailO Neill-Large hail damaged or totally destroyed growing crops in the area.
September 1997HailO Neill-Several hundred acres of corn and beans were damaged by the hail.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindO Neill-An unfinished lumber yard structure was destroyed by strong thunderstorm winds at O Neill and power lines were downed at Page.
June 2020HailO Neill-no account filed
June 2017HailO Neill-no account filed
July 2015HailO Neill-no account filed
August 2013HailO Neill-no account filed
May 2011Funnel CloudO Neill-no account filed
May 2008HailO Neill-no account filed
June 2008HailO Neill-no account filed
June 2008HailO Neill-no account filed
June 2008HailO Neill-no account filed
June 2008HailO Neill-no account filed
July 2007HailO Neill-no account filed
October 2007HailO Neill-no account filed
May 2007HailO Neill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Holt 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
Inman8.2 miles10
Emmet8.5 miles10
Opportunity12.3 miles9
Page12.8 miles12
Stafford13.9 miles10
Midway16.5 miles9
Meek16.5 miles9
Atkinson18.2 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 O'NeillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q955191The 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 831786. 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.