Primrose, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dublin-Bonanza precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68655. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Rapids quadrangle. 55 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,824 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPrimrose fell from 61 to 55 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 | 61 | |
| 2020 | 55 | -6 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Cedar Rapids quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Broken Bow quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ord quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Primrose between 2005 and 2018, burning about 205 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 April 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 November 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 November 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Primrose in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 15 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flood | Primrose | $80,000 | Although three day rain totals in the area through 7am June 12th were in the 3 to 4 inch range, the rain fell on saturated soil due to rains earlier in the month plus heavier rain fell upstream of Boone county. The heavier rain upstream of Boone county caused flooding along the Cedar River which was aggravated by the failure of a dam on the river near Ericson which sent flood waters to another dam near Spalding which was then over-topped. The flooding in Boone county washed away 2 sections of a wooden bridge southwest of Primrose and also flooded farmland and a few county roads in the area. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Primrose | $1,000 | Rainfall of 2 to 3 inches fell west through southwest of Albion as thunderstorms repeatedly tracked across the same area during the late afternoon and evening of 5/20. This caused flash flooding across Highway 52 and a few county roads along the Cedar River between Primrose and Cedar Rapids. The flooding briefly closed the highway and also flooded some farmland over the area. However, damage was apparently minimal. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Primrose | - | Public reported 1-inch hail. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Primrose | - | Local law enforcement reported large trees blown down in the city of Primrose. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Primrose | - | Hail around dime-size covered Highway 52 between Cedar Rapids and Primrose. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Primrose | - | Law enforcement estimated thunderstorm wind gusts approached 70 mph in the Primrose area. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Primrose | - | The northeast extent of about a 150 mile path of wind damage to mainly corn crops extended from around Primrose to southeast and east of Albion. The winds were estimated at over 60 mph. The damage was noted by area agronomists flying over the area and is known as green snap, or stalk breakage due to winds during a fast growing stage right before tasseling. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Primrose | - | A trained spotter estimated that thunderstorm winds reached 55 to 60 mph. The hail was accompanied by small hail which shredded some corn fields in the area. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Primrose | - | Hail around dime-size was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 50 mph. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Primrose | - | Hail up to quarter size fell for at least several minutes in the Primrose area. The hail was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 mph. The combination of hail and strong winds caused quite a bit of crop damage in the area and some vehicle and house damage was noted. The damage path due to the hail was about 1.5 miles wide in the area. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Primrose | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 to 70 mph blew down trees onto power lines near Primrose. The winds also flipped 14 center pivots in the area and downed trees causing scattered vehicle and house damage. The winds were accompanied by hail up to 1 inch in diameter which caused quite a bit of crop damage in the area. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Primrose | - | Reported near the jct of Highways 52 and 91. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Primrose | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Primrose | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Primrose | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Primrose | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Primrose | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Primrose | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Primrose | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Primrose | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Primrose | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Primrose | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rapids | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Akron | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Loretto | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| Albion | 13.3 miles | 10 | |
| Boone | 17.0 miles | 9 | |
| Petersburg | 18.0 miles | 10 | |
| Vorhees | 18.6 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Edward | 20.1 miles | 10 |
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 Primrose | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2291540 | 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 832392. 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.



