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Papillion, Nebraska

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Papillion precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68046. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ralston quadrangle. 24,159 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,010 feet above sea level.

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Papillion within Sarpy County

On record in Papillion

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

Papillion grew from 18,894 to 24,159 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
201018,894
202024,159+5,265 (+28%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

78 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Papillion between 2011 and 2020, burning about 22 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning17
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony9
Fireworks9
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
8 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2020Smokingunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2012Smokingunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sarpy County

Storms near this place

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Papillion in 63 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 43 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2001Thunderstorm WindPapillion$250,000Thunderstorm gusts estimated at 70 to 80 mph did major roof damage to several homes and businesses in Papillion.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPapillion$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked over an 80 foot tree which crashed into a car.
April 2026HailPapillion-Public report of hail measured up to 1 inch in diameter near Chalco, NE.
April 2026HailPapillion-Delayed hail report received via social media. Sizes ranged from nickel to quarter size and lasted for around 8 to 10 minutes. Time estimated via radar.
April 2026HailPapillion-Public report of hail estimated up to 1.25 inches in diameter near La Vista, NE.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindPapillion-The office received a photo on social media of a large tree limb down across Coach Road south of Cedardale Road. The time was estimated based on radar.
April 2024HailPapillion-The office received several reports from the public and trained spotters in the Papillion area of hail ranging from 1 to 2 inches in diameter. The largest hail stone, measured at 2 inches, was reported in downtown Papillion by the public.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPapillion-An 82 miles per hour wind gust was recorded on a personal weather station.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPapillion-The office received a report of siding torn off the side of a home.
June 2023HailPapillion-Trained spotter reported 1-inch hail and 60 mph winds.
June 2023HailPapillion-Emergency manager reported 1-inch hail.
April 2023HailPapillion-Public reported 1-inch hail via Mping.
April 2023HailPapillion-Broadcast Media relayed a report of 1-inch hail.
August 2021HailPapillion-Public reported 1-inch hail.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindPapillion-Public report via social media reported tree damage and power outages.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindPapillion-One inch tree limbs blown down. Shingles blown off roof.
June 2017HailPapillion-Ping-pong ball size hail was reported at 96th Street and Highway 370 in Papillion.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPapillion-Large tree branch was blown down.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPapillion-Widespread tree and wind damage was reported in the Papillion area.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPapillion-A spotter estimated a wind gust of 70 mph near Papillion.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPapillion-Images received from social media indicate numerous tree branches, some 6 to 9 inches in diameter, downed in the city of Papillion.
May 2014HailPapillion-Reported near 168th and Giles.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPapillion-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 mph or higher downed numerous large limbs and a few trees in the La Vista area. Power was lost in the area as well. Several tents set up for the Papillion Days festival in Papillion sustained damage because of the wind or because tree limbs fell on them.
May 2012HailPapillion-In the La Vista area.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindPapillion-A bowing segment of a line of thunderstorms produced areas of tree damage, some structural and vehicle damage and power outages from the south part of Omaha into Papillion and Bellevue. At Offutt Afb, a thunderstorm wind gust of 77 mph was measured at 500 am CDT and some home weather equipment in the area measured gusts over 60 mph. Around 10,500 homes lost power from the storm in southern Omaha and in Sarpy county. According to the Omaha World Herald, the worst damage occurred in an area bounded roughly from 25th to 48th streets south of Highway 370, though trees were downed or damaged in many areas of Bellevue. The Bellevue Medical Center sustained outside panel damage which allowed rain water to get inside the northwest side of the structure damaging 20 rooms and forcing 5 patients to move to different rooms.
June 2010HailPapillion-Hail around 1 inch in diameter fell for just under 10 minutes around the 84th and Cornhusker area.
August 2010HailPapillion-Hail up to 3 inches in diameter fell from the La Vista area southeast through Bellevue, especially the north part of that town. The larger hail in Sarpy county was reported in the La Vista area, with 2.5 inch hail reported in Papillion near 72nd and Giles and 1 to 1.5 inch hail reported in Bellevue. The hail caused scattered vehicle damage.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPapillion-A trained spotter measured thunderstorm wind gusts of 67 mph with home weather equipment.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindPapillion-Strong winds spread from the Papillion area across Bellevue and Offutt AFB causing scattered tree damage and downed power lines. A wind gust of 67 mph was measured at Offutt AFB at 752 pm CDT.
August 2007HailPapillion-Hail up to penny size was reported from around Papillion to Offutt AFB.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindPapillion-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph blew down a tree blocking a local road near 121st and Fairview Road.
March 2006Tornado (F0)Papillion-An Fo tornado touched down 3/4 mile south of the intersection of 84th Street and Capehart Road. The tornado was on the ground for 3 miles with a path width of 150 yards. The tornado downed numerous trees and power lines in its path, blew down fences and caused some structual damage to several buildings including a church at 84th and Glenwood Ave. The tornado also blew out car windows at Midlands Hospital.
May 2006HailPapillion-Near 66th Street and Highway 370.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPapillion-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 to 70 mph rolled across the Papillion and Bellevue area. The strong winds were accompanied by hail up to and over 1 inch in diameter and caused scattered tree and building damage across the area including knocking down several large trees. The winds also overturned some truck trailers near 72nd Street and Highway 370. OPPD reported that 3000 customers lost their power from the storm.
June 2005HailPapillion-Hail up to softball size fell in a narrow swath across the Omaha metro area. Most hailstones in this swath in Douglas county were 2 inches or less in diameter, with the largest stones, around softball size, reported in extreme northern Sarpy county in Papillion. The swath of 1 inch or larger hailstones was generally east of 72nd Street and stretched from just southwest of the Capehart area southwest of Offutt AFB, into Papillion then toward the Florence area. The hail caused scattered house and car damage, but since the largest stones were relatively isolated and fell during light winds, damage was not serious according to the Omaha World Herald.
June 2005HailPapillion-Hail up to 2 inches in diameter caused tree and vehicle damage in Papillion. This storm moved from Papillion into the Bellevue and Offutt AFB area and then into Council Bluffs Iowa but not before clipping the southern part of Omaha in Douglas county.
May 2005HailPapillion-Hail up to penny size fell south of Papillion for about 10 minutes.
August 2005HailPapillion-Reported near 96th and Fairview Road.
May 2004HailPapillion-This severe thunderstorm moved across extreme southern Douglas county and through much of Sarpy county. Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter was reported from Papillion through Bellevue and to Offutt Airforce Base.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPapillion-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph caused extensive damage to a large tree which blocked a road.
August 2002HailPapillion-Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter was reported from Papillion through Bellevue then to south of Offutt Afb.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindPapillion-Large tree limbs downed.
June 2017HailPapillion-no account filed
June 2017HailPapillion-no account filed
June 2017HailPapillion-no account filed
June 2017HailPapillion-no account filed
May 2014HailPapillion-no account filed
June 2014HailPapillion-no account filed
June 2008HailPapillion-no account filed
June 2008HailPapillion-no account filed
May 2007HailPapillion-no account filed
March 2006HailPapillion-no account filed
April 2006HailPapillion-no account filed
April 2005HailPapillion-no account filed
April 2005HailPapillion-no account filed
May 2005HailPapillion-no account filed
August 2003HailPapillion-no account filed
June 2003HailPapillion-no account filed
April 2001HailPapillion-no account filed
May 1999HailPapillion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sarpy 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
La Vista2.1 miles18
Portal2.5 miles18
Rumsey2.6 miles15
Richfield3.6 miles18
Fairview (historical)3.8 miles18
Gilmore4.9 miles15
Capehart4.9 miles15
Gilmore Junction5.7 miles15

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 PapillionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q960468The 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 831967. 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.