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Paul, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Rock Creek precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68410. The Survey maps it on the Paul quadrangle.

Paul within Otoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

38 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Paul between 2007 and 2020, burning about 149 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning25
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Fireworks1
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 2017Debris and open burning15 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2012Fireworks1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otoe County

Storms near this place

16 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paul in 16 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025HailPaul-Trained spotter report of pea sized hail with intermittent quarter (1) sized hail.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindPaul-KAFK ASOS measured wind gust of 90 mph prior to going offline. Damage to sheds at airport.
April 2024HailPaul-The office received a public report of quarter sized hail.
July 2024HailPaul-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindPaul-Nebraska City AWOS measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindPaul-Emergency manager reported a camper trailer demolished and minor tree damage to nearby trees.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindPaul-Nebraska City AWOS measured a peak wind gust of 67 mph.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindPaul-The Nebraska City AWOS reported a 62 mph wind gust from a thunderstorm.
July 2011Flash FloodPaul-Up to 4 inches of rain caused isolated flash flooding in extreme southern Otoe county naer county roads R and 70 during the morning of 7/7. Little damage was noted.
April 2008HailPaul-Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell for around 20 minutes 8 miles south of Nebraska City.
August 2008HailPaul-Hail up to quarter-size was reported by a spotter near Highway 75 south of Nebraska City.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPaul-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPaul-no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindPaul-no account filed
July 2010HailPaul-no account filed
June 2008HailPaul-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otoe 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
Elberon4.1 miles11
Minersville5.7 miles12
Nebraska City6.0 miles12
Cio (historical)6.8 miles13
Delta (historical)6.8 miles13
Lorton6.8 miles13
Talmage8.0 miles13
Dunbar8.7 miles13

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 PaulAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17747308The 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 831998. 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.