Ord, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ord Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68862. It stands on Dane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ord quadrangle. 2,113 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,051 feet above sea level.
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On record in Ord
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 2 records
People's Unitarian Churchlisted 1984
Valley County Courthouselisted 1990
Population over time
2 figuresOrd grew from 2,112 to 2,113 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 | 2,112 | |
| 2020 | 2,113 | +1 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Ord quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ord quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Ord between 2012 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 February 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ord: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulrich Pit and Plant No. 1 & 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 106 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ord in 106 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 70 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1999 | Tornado (F3) | Ord | $1,500,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Ord | $1,000,000 | Hail ranged in size from quarters to golf balls. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $1,000,000 | Damage from wind gusts near and in excess of 80 MPH caused considerable damage to area grain bins and outbuildings, and also overturned pivots. At the Ord Airport, the roof was peeled off of one of the hangars, and one side of the building was ripped away. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Ord | $400,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Ord | $150,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Ord | $100,000 | Measurements and radar estimations showed rainfall totals as high as 5-7 inches within the area area, with the highest totals in northwestern and south central portions of the county, including a CoCoRaHS station with 5.87 six miles west of Elyria and an unofficial public total of 6.25 nine miles west-southwest of Elyria. Emergency management reported that several rural roads were under water, with at least one road southwest of Elyria completely washed out. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $100,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 70 MPH. Crop damage was reported in the area. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $100,000 | Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH were accompanied by quarter sized hail. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Ord | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Ord | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Ord | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Ord | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Ord | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Ord | $60,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Ord | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Heavy Rain | Ord | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Ord | $45,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $40,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 85 MPH resulted in roof damage at a home, with a 8 to 10 foot section being removed. Some of the insulation was found in trees to the south of the home. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ord | $40,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $35,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in the destruction of a lean-to and caused a tree to fall onto a house. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Ord | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $25,000 | An empty grain bin was blown from the north side of a rural road to the south side. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Ord | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Ord | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Ord | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Ord | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ord | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Ord | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Lightning | Ord | $20,000 | Lightning struck a tree, breaking off a large limb approximately 20 inches in diameter. This limb landed on 2 vehicles, causing significant damage to the cab of a pickup and the passenger compartment of a car. |
| April 2007 | Lightning | Ord | $20,000 | Lightning struck the Evangelical Free Church during a thunderstorm this Monday evening. The lightning strike hit the bathroom vent and went to the basement. It made three holes in the roof and knocked off a big portion of the ceiling. It also knocked nails out of the ceiling and ruined several pieces of electrical equipment. (Source: Ord Quiz Newspaper 4/11/2007). |
| May 1998 | Hail | Ord | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Ord | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ord | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Ord | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Ord | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Ord | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $8,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in damage to a few power lines and poles. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in tree branches 3-4 inches in diameter being downed. The town of Ord lost power. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ord | $1,000 | Hail was accompanied by 40 to 50 MPH wind gusts. A window at a local convenience store was broken. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds snapped a pine tree and broke large limbs on several other trees. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Ord | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported in Ord. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | - | A wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by a Nebraska Mesonet station located two miles northwest of Ord. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Ord | - | A storm chaser captured video of a brief touchdown slightly east of Ord. Winds were estimated at 80 mph, and there was no reported damage. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Ord | - | A tornado briefly touched down approximately 5 miles southeast of Ord, with no damage reported. |
| October 2010 | Heavy Rain | Ord | - | Storm total rainfall totaled 3.95 inches. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Ord | - | A brief tornado was spotted by a trained spotter in open country northwest of Ord. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Ord | - | Another brief tornado was reported by a storm chaser from an isolated super cell storm in northern Valley county. No damage was noted, as the tornado occurred across open county and for a very short time. |
| August 2005 | Heavy Rain | Ord | - | 3 to 3.5 inches of rain fell in less than 2 hours about 8 miles west of Ord. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Ord | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Ord | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ord | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Ord | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Ord | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saunders | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Spelts | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Vinton (historical) | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Elyria | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Olean | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Sumter | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Geranium (historical) | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| North Loup | 11.0 miles | 12 |
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 Ord | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q955607 | 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 831890. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.



