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Oshkosh, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lost Creek precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69154. The Survey maps it on the Oshkosh quadrangle. 809 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,389 feet above sea level.

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Oshkosh within Garden County

On record in Oshkosh

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

Population over time

2 figures

Oshkosh fell from 884 to 809 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
2010884
2020809-75 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

25 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Oshkosh between 2003 and 2019, burning about 759 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
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2012Recreation and ceremony40 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use20 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Garden County

Storms near this place

60 of 235 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oshkosh in 235 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 163 hail, 56 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado, 5 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
June 2023LightningOshkosh1 killedAn individual was struck by lightning resulting in death. Reported by the Garden County Sheriff's Department.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindOshkosh$3,500,000Flat roof was rolled back halfway on a commercial building.
April 2025Tornado (EF2)Oshkosh$750,000Tornado touched down approximately 3 miles southwest of Bingham in far northern Garden County. This tornado quickly increased in size as it moved northeast, impacting utility poles and trees along Highway 2. Just to the east, the tornado impacted a farmstead and overturned a freight train, producing EF2 damage. The tornado continued to move slowly northeast for the next hour, primarily impacting open country in rural southwest Cherry County. The tornado ended shortly after 6 PM MST, 11 miles north-northeast of Ashby Nebraska.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindOshkosh$150,000A violent downburst broke off large trees...one which fell on the roof of a small motel. The downburst also caused a pole barn to be destroyed, removed a roof from a machine shed, overturned two pivot irrigation systems, and stripped numerous corn fields on the northeast side of Oshkosh.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindOshkosh$150,000Thunderstorm outflow winds of 50 MPH caused the derailment of 40 empty coal train cars.
June 1998HailOshkosh$100,000Extensive damage to vehicles. Windows broken in homes.
June 1999HailOshkosh$60,000no account filed
June 1998HailOshkosh$50,000Damage to vehicles and buildings in Oshkosh.
July 1997Flash FloodOshkosh$50,000Thunderstorms moving along the same path produced in excess of 4 inches of rainfall. This resulted in water flowing over roads and causing areas of road damage.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindOshkosh$30,000Power lines were reported downed in portions of Oshkosh.
August 2001HailOshkosh$20,000Estimated wind gusts to 53 knots accompanied the thunderstorm as it moved through the residence.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindOshkosh$15,000Trees and power poles were snapped off and a metal shed was tossed by the strong outflow winds.
August 2002Flash FloodOshkosh$12,000The River Road south of Oshkosh washed out in numerous locations due to fast flowing water rushing over the road.
August 1998HailOshkosh$10,000Golfball size hail accompanied by strong winds damaged buildings, vehicles, and crops.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindOshkosh$10,000Thunderstorm winds caused extensive tree damage.
June 2003HailOshkosh$10,000no account filed
June 2012HailOshkosh$8,000A cooperative observer reported golf ball to tennis size hail that broke out windows and skylights southeast of his location.
August 2002HailOshkosh$8,000no account filed
June 1999HailOshkosh$8,000no account filed
August 2007HailOshkosh$7,000no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindOshkosh$6,000Thunderstorm outflow winds tore a roof off a hay shed, destroyed and damaged grain bins, broke off four power poles, uprooted trees, and tore rain gutters off a house.
August 2007HailOshkosh$6,000no account filed
July 2001HailOshkosh$6,000no account filed
July 2001HailOshkosh$6,000no account filed
March 2007HailOshkosh$5,000Law enforcement reported golf ball size hail 5 miles southeast of Oshkosh in Garden County.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindOshkosh$5,000Several large trees blown down.
June 1998HailOshkosh$5,000Large tree limbs blown down
July 2007HailOshkosh$5,000no account filed
June 2007HailOshkosh$5,000no account filed
May 2004HailOshkosh$4,000no account filed
July 1999HailOshkosh$4,000no account filed
October 2025Thunderstorm WindOshkosh$2,000A large pine tree was uprooted at the high school.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindOshkosh$2,000TWO POWER POLES SNAPPED OFF
May 2004HailOshkosh$2,000no account filed
September 2004HailOshkosh$2,000no account filed
May 1998HailOshkosh$2,000no account filed
March 2015Thunderstorm WindOshkosh$1,000A dry thunderstorm produced down burstwinds estimated at 60 MPH. Tree limbs of 4 to 5 inches in diameter were downed. Pieces of tin blew off of a calving shed and a wooden fence was destroyed.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindOshkosh$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree.
September 1997HailOshkosh$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree branches.
April 2005HailOshkosh$1,000no account filed
May 2004HailOshkosh$1,000no account filed
May 2004HailOshkosh$1,000no account filed
September 2004HailOshkosh$1,000no account filed
May 1998HailOshkosh$1,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindOshkosh$500Large tree down
May 2025Thunderstorm WindOshkosh-A thunderstorm wind gust of 63 MPH was measured at this location.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindOshkosh-Thunderstorm wind gust of 59 MPH measured at this location.
April 2025Tornado (EFU)Oshkosh-Track of tornado one. Tornado moved over open range.
April 2025Tornado (EFU)Oshkosh-Brief touchdown of an anticyclonic tornado with location estimated by radar, video and photographic evidence. No damage was reported.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindOshkosh-Trained spotter reports thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 MPH at this location.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindOshkosh-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 to 70 MPH at this location.
May 2024Tornado (EFU)Oshkosh-Brief touchdown in open rangeland. No damage reported.
July 2023HailOshkosh-Fire chief reported tennis ball size hail near Crescent Lake NWR.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOshkosh-Fire chief reports damage from wind driven hail, including broken windows, damaged vehicles, and destroyed garden.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOshkosh-A cooperative observer northeast of Oshkosh reported 11 power poles downed with winds estimated between 70 and 80 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOshkosh-A trained spotter south of Oshkosh estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindOshkosh-Observer says 60 mph winds blew potted plants off the porch.
July 2022Flash FloodOshkosh-Emergency management reported a washout near the intersection of roads 189 and 82 due to flooding.
May 2021HailOshkosh-Pea to quarter sized hail reported in Oshkosh.
May 2021HailOshkosh-Golf ball, goose egg and baseball sized hail reported at this location.

Every storm recorded in Garden 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
Lewellen11.8 miles11
Lisco15.9 miles11
Rackett19.5 miles11
Mumper25.1 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 OshkoshAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q965063The 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 831911. 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.