Prosser, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Verona Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68883. The Survey maps it on the Prosser quadrangle. 76 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,051 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresProsser grew from 66 to 76 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 | 66 | |
| 2020 | 76 | +10 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1894 USGS Kenesaw quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Wood River quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Prosser quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Prosser between 2009 and 2017, burning about 22 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 December 2009 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 12 October 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 January 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Prosser: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood River Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
32 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prosser in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 22 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2022 | Hail | Prosser | $400,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosser | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosser | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Prosser | $25,000 | Half dollar to hen egg size hail fell. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosser | $25,000 | Wind gusts were estimated at 65 to 70 mph. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Prosser | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Prosser | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Prosser | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Prosser | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Prosser | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Prosser | - | A short-track tornado occurred just east of Prosser. This EF0 rated tornado primarily damaged corn in the area along its short path. The maximum wind gust was estimated to be 75 MPH. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosser | - | A wind gust of 62 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles west of Hansen. A wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles south-southeast of Prosser. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosser | - | A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located one mile south of Prosser. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosser | - | A thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 71 mph. This gust occurred from outflow well south of the associated thunderstorm. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Prosser | - | This report was received via Facebook. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Prosser | - | Hail was ongoing at the time of the report. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosser | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosser | - | Thunderstorm winds gusted up to 90 mph across the northern part of Adams County causing extensive power line damage. Tree and roof damage also occurred. A van was crushed by a falling tree. Three air conditioning units were blown off of a business causing a gas leak. A utility shed was blown into the side of a church, damaging the entrance and an air conditioning unit. Numerous grain bins were destroyed. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Prosser | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Prosser | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Prosser | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Prosser | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Prosser | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Prosser | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Prosser | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Prosser | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Prosser | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Prosser | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Prosser | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Prosser | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Prosser | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prosser | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayland | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Kenesaw | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Juniata | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ingleside | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hansen | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| Countryside Parks | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hastings | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Assumption | 12.2 miles | 13 |
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 Prosser | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2564140 | 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 832406. 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.






