Pleasanton, Nebraska
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Precinct 16. It lies in ZIP code area 68866. It lies near Pleasant Valley. The Survey maps it on the Pleasanton quadrangle. 361 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,083 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPleasanton grew from 341 to 361 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 | 341 | |
| 2020 | 361 | +20 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1896 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kearney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What the histories say of this town
1,917 words1 chapter about Pleasanton from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo County, Nebraska, and Its People : a Record of Settlement, Org | Buffalo County, Nebraska, and Its People : a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement (1916) | 1,917 words |
Fires near this place
20 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Pleasanton between 2003 and 2018, burning about 154 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 burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
37 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasanton in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 25 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Hail | Pleasanton | $500,000 | Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasanton | $500,000 | Wind gusts in the area were estimated to be near 85 MPH, based on damage reports. There was widespread tree damage reported, especially in the Ravenna area. Several large trees were downed, some 4 to 6 feet in diameter, and heavy equipment was needed to clear some roads. Power lines were also downed in the area and a few homes and vehicles were damaged. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasanton | $300,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in crop damage and at least four damaged or flipped pivots in the area. Large trees at an area farm suffered damage. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Pleasanton | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Pleasanton | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Pleasanton | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Pleasanton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Pleasanton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Pleasanton | $25,000 | Hail ranged from quarter to golf ball size. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Pleasanton | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Pleasanton | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasanton | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Pleasanton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Pleasanton | $5,000 | Radar estimated that as much as 2 to 4 inches of rain fell across the area, the highest amounts focused in a small area in far northwestern Buffalo County north of Miller. Measured amounts of 2.5 to 3.5 inches were reported in and just to the southeast of Pleasanton. There were reports of creeks running full and some rural roads were covered with water. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasanton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasanton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Pleasanton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Pleasanton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasanton | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasanton | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | Mostly nickel size hail fell, with a few quarter size hail stones mixed in. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Pleasanton | - | This tornado skipped along a path which started approximately 3 miles southeast of Pleasanton and ended approximately 2 miles northeast of Pleasanton. No damage was reported with this tornado. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasanton | - | Winds gusts estimated at 70 MPH. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | Golf ball to hen egg size hail was reported. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasanton | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasanton | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Pleasanton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poole | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sweetwater | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Sartoria | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Prairie Center | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Ravenna | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Nantasket (historical) | 12.8 miles | 12 | |
| Riverdale | 13.3 miles | 15 | |
| Glenwood Park | 15.0 miles | 20 |
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 Pleasanton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2489372 | 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 832267. 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.





