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Plymouth, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Plymouth precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68424. The Survey maps it on the Plymouth quadrangle. 364 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,430 feet above sea level.

Plymouth within Jefferson County

Population over time

2 figures

Plymouth fell from 409 to 364 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
2010409
2020364-45 (-11%)

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

11 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Plymouth between 2004 and 2009, burning about 11 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 burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
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
31 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
27 June 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 May 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 March 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 March 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 February 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 December 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 December 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

59 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plymouth in 59 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 30 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 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
August 2007FloodPlymouth$10,000Heavy rain produced flooding along the Little Blue River in early August 2007. The river at Fairbury reached 19.8 feet around 115 am CDT August 2nd, flood stage is 15 feet. The Little Blue River at Fairbury was above flood stage from around 830 am on August 1st until 645 pm on August 2nd. Although the flooding affected mainly agricultural lowlands, there were at least 10 to 12 spots where the water covered county roads, and Highway 4 was also covered by flood waters for a time. ||Fairbury reported 4 inches of rain from the storm with around 8 inches unofficially reported just west of the county line in the town of Alexandria.
August 2000HailPlymouth$1,000Hail up to 1 inch in diameter nearly covered the ground white from southwest of Plymouth into town. The hail also broke several windows in town.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindPlymouth$500Thunderstorm winds caused a large tree to break in Plymouth causing minor damage to a roof. The winds also broke a window, storm window and screen at the home.
March 2026HailPlymouth-Public report of hail estimated at 1.00 inch in diameter.
March 2026HailPlymouth-Public report of hail measured at 2.00 inch in diameter.
March 2026HailPlymouth-Public report of hail measured at 1.00 inch in diameter.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Public report on social media of a measured 66 mph wind gust.
April 2024HailPlymouth-The office received a delayed report from the public of hail up to 1 inch in diameter.
May 2023HailPlymouth-Fire Department reported 1-inch hail.
May 2023HailPlymouth-Public report 1-inch hail via mPing.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Public reported a measured wind gust of 78 mph on Hwy 4 west of Plymouth. Trees, pivots and power lines down and minor building damage from 2 miles north of Tobias to 3 miles north of Plymouth to Daykin.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
September 2023HailPlymouth-Trained spotter reported quarter to golf ball sized hail.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-A trained spotter reported a peak measured wind gust of 64 mph.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Trained spotter reported a measured 87 mph wind gust.
May 2022HailPlymouth-Trained spotter reported 1.25 inch hail.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Public reported an estimated peak wind gust of 65 mph.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Emergency manager reported damage to outbuildings and barns in the Plymouth area.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Public reported large 1 foot diameter tree limbs blown down.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Public reported power outage and estimated wind gust of 60 mph.
June 2020Heavy RainPlymouth-CoCoRaHS station reported 24-hour rain total of 6.25 inches.
June 2020Heavy RainPlymouth-Emergency manager reported 24-hour rain total of 5.7 inches.
June 2020Heavy RainPlymouth-Emergency management reported 24-hour rain total of 7.10 inches.
June 2019HailPlymouth-The fire and rescue department reported nickel size hail.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-A spotter measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 67 mph on home weather equipment near Plymouth.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-A public report of measured thunderstorm winds of 61 mph caused some roof damage in the area. The winds were accompanied by quarter-size hail.
June 2011HailPlymouth-Quarter-size hail was accompanied by 61 mph thunderstorm winds in the Plymouth area.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Home weather equipment measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 78 mph a few miles northeast of Plymouth. The winds knocked down a few tree branches in the area.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph blew windows out of some vehicles, destroyed farm outbuildings and overturned a center pivot. Some power poles were also downed and at least one house sustained damage. Most of the damage was on the southeast side of town.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by hail that reached 1 inch in diameter.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Thunderstorm wind gusts measured by home weather equipment at 61 mph in the Plymouth area caused a tree to fall down onto a house.
June 2009HailPlymouth-From the storm that also produced wind damage in the Plymouth area.
June 2009HailPlymouth-Hail up to golf ball-size fell from around 4 miles south of Plymouth into Plymouth.
June 2009HailPlymouth-The hail was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts measured at almost 60 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-The cooperative observer near Plymouth measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph. The winds were accompanied by hail up to 1 inch in diameter.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Fairly large branches were reported breaking off of trees due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 mph tore the roof off of a 8,000 bushel grain bin.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph blew the roofs off of a hog facility and blew down several trees in the area.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph flipped a center pivot northeast of Plymouth.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Several 4 to 8 inch limbs blow down in town.
April 2005HailPlymouth-Dime to nickel size hail covered Highway 4 near town.
May 1999Flash FloodPlymouth-Flash flooding covered highway 4 west of Plymouth.
June 2017HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-no account filed
May 2013HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 2013HailPlymouth-no account filed
March 2006HailPlymouth-no account filed
June 2005HailPlymouth-no account filed
June 2004HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 2004HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 2004HailPlymouth-no account filed
June 2004HailPlymouth-no account filed
August 2004HailPlymouth-no account filed
April 2001HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 2001HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 2001HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 1999HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 1995HailPlymouth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Harbine7.7 miles10
Jansen9.6 miles11
Bower (historical)10.5 miles10
Diller13.7 miles10
Helvey14.3 miles10
Hedrix15.0 miles11
Fairbury15.3 miles11
Endicott16.2 miles10

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 PlymouthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q953791The 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 832287. 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.