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Plainview, Nebraska

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Plainview City. It lies in ZIP code area 68769. The Survey maps it on the Plainview quadrangle. 1,282 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,683 feet above sea level.

Plainview within Pierce County

On record in Plainview

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Plainview grew from 1,246 to 1,282 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
20101,246
20201,282+36 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

12 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Plainview between 2005 and 2020, burning about 18 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
Debris and open burning7
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
5 July 2017Smoking10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2017Fireworks1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 June 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 April 2018Smoking1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
22 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Plainview: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Plainview Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reigle CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pierce County

Storms near this place

37 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plainview in 37 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 16 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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
April 1994Thunderstorm WindPlainview$500,000Strong thunderstorm winds did around $300,000 damage to mainly farm buildings around Plainview.
July 1996Tornado (F0)Plainview$120,000no account filed
June 1997LightningPlainview$28,000Lightning struck a home causing damage.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindPlainview$20,000One grain bin destroyed and another damaged.
June 2000HailPlainview$10,000The hail broke a few car windows and damaged the siding of several houses in the area.
October 2017FloodPlainview$5,000The North Fork Elkhorn River rose above flood stage for 65 hours. The river crested at 13.36 feet, flood stage is 12 feet. Several county roads near the river flooded.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPlainview$2,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPlainview-Local newspaper reported that the roof was torn off of the Plainview Elementary School.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPlainview-Emergency manager reported a couple of small sheds destroyed and power lines down. Several grain bins were collapsed from the top and sides. Also reported roof and fence damage.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPlainview-Law enforcement reported damage to a roof of a business and power lines down.
March 2019FloodPlainview-This is for flooding along the North Fork Elkhorn River. The river gage near Pierce, operated by the USGS, peaked at 17.34 feet at 2 am on March 14th. Minor flood stage is 12 feet, moderate flood stage is 14 feet while major flood stage is 16 feet. Preliminary this peak is the highest on record. The town of Pierce was saved by their levee which never overtopped or breached. Despite this portions of the town had 2 to 3 feet of water.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindPlainview-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by dime size hail south of Plainview.
June 2005Flash FloodPlainview-Rainfall of around 3 inches in several hours across parts of Pierce county caused flash flooding around the Plainview area. Standing water was still across a local baseball field the next morning.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPlainview-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 mph or greater that lasted for 10 or 15 minutes uprooted 50 to 60 trees southwest of Plainview and toppled an outbuilding. Trees, power lines and signs were downed in Plainview as well, causing some building and vehicle damage throughout the area.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindPlainview-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed some 2 to 3 inch tree limbs near town.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindPlainview-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed a few branches in Plainview. The winds were accompanied by penny size hail.
July 2004HailPlainview-Hail, mostly dime size, was driven by strong winds causing a path of crop damage from just north through east of Plainview. Some damaged crops were also observed south of town.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPlainview-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated between 60 and 70 mph brought large trees down near town.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPlainview-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph were estimated by the fire and rescue department in town. The strong winds downed trees in town.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPlainview-Thunderstorm wind gusts over 60 mph downed a couple of trees in town.
June 2000HailPlainview-This was the third and last supercell to track across Pierce county this night.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Plainview-Another brief tornado touchdown in open country with no damage reported.
April 1994Tornado (F0)Plainview-A tornado briefly touched down northeast of Plainview. Pierce County Pierce Osmond,25,1635CST,,,0,0,?,?,Thunderstorm Winds (G61) Two tractor semi-trailers with empty livestock trailers were blown over resulting in a total loss of the truck tractors. Two county buildings and a nearby garage were damaged. Center pivot irrigation systems were also twisted and blown over.
April 2014HailPlainview-no account filed
August 2007HailPlainview-no account filed
June 2006HailPlainview-no account filed
August 2006HailPlainview-no account filed
July 2005HailPlainview-no account filed
June 2005HailPlainview-no account filed
August 2005HailPlainview-no account filed
September 2005HailPlainview-no account filed
June 2002HailPlainview-no account filed
June 2000HailPlainview-no account filed
August 1998HailPlainview-no account filed
August 1998HailPlainview-no account filed
August 1995HailPlainview-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindPlainview-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pierce 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
East End Tailer Court0.7 miles9
Breslau4.9 miles9
Foster8.5 miles9
Osmond10.4 miles10
McLean17.3 miles9
Pierce17.5 miles10
Wee Town21.8 miles10
West Randolph (historical)22.5 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 PlainviewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q957851The 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 832141. 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.