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Raymond, Nebraska

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Oak precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68428. The Survey maps it on the Raymond quadrangle. 159 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,224 feet above sea level.

Raymond within Lancaster County

Population over time

2 figures

Raymond fell from 167 to 159 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
2010167
2020159-8 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

52 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Raymond between 2007 and 2020, burning about 1,456 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning31
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
15 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use15 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2012Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2007Fireworks1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lancaster County

Storms near this place

30 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raymond in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 21 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011LightningRaymond$75,000Lightning struck a home in Roca starting a fire which caused around $75,000 in damage.
September 2014Flash FloodRaymond$50,000Various spotters, media outlets, and the general public reported flash flooding across the Lincoln metro area. The area received between 4 to 7 inches of rainfall and this led to the flash flooding. The flooding caused several streets and highways in the Lincoln area to be closed.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindRaymond$20,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 mph knocked a power pole down, and blew a porch and stripped siding off of a house near Raymond.
April 2025HailRaymond-Public report of hail estimated up to 1 in diameter.
April 2025HailRaymond-NWS employee report of hail estimated up to 1.5 in diameter.
May 2023HailRaymond-Emergency manager reported ping pong to tennis ball size hail at Highway 79 and Bluff Road.
June 2022HailRaymond-Report of 1.75 inch hail.
May 2014Flash FloodRaymond-Heavy rain flooded a creek causing the brief closure of Raymond Road a little west of 1st Street. Other than washing off some gravel, little damage was noted from the flooding.
May 2014Tornado (EF1)Raymond-This was the second tornado to track near the Raymond area from this event. This particular tornado had a path length of around 5.3 miles. The tornado was generally weak throughout the path but did remove the roof from a well built large outbuilding as it crossed North 14th Street at Branch Oak Road. Otherwise damage was confined to mainly tree damage.
May 2014Tornado (EF2)Raymond-This was the first and stronger of the two tornadoes that tracked near the Raymond area. This track was around 2.5 miles long. Although relatively short in length, this tornado impacted several farmsteads along its path. The first of these was as it crossed Northwest 48th Street where some structural damage was done to a home. The tornado increased in intensity as it reached Northwest 40th Street where a well built garage was completely destroyed and a camper was rolled over 100 yards. The tornado reached maximum intensity as it crossed Northwest 12th Street where the roof was partially removed from a home. In addition, outbuildings were completely destroyed and farm machinery was tossed at this location. The tornado quickly dissipated after this location.
June 2014HailRaymond-There were reports from spotters, the public, and the co-op observer of hail which measured up to 3.50 inches in diameter.
May 2013Flash FloodRaymond-Water briefly flooded the road near 12th and Raymond Road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRaymond-A spotter estimated thunderstorm winds gusted to around 60 mph in the Raymond area.
September 2010HailRaymond-Nickel to quarter-size hail fell for several minutes in the Raymond area.
May 2009HailRaymond-Penny to nickel-size hail fell along with very heavy rain.
June 2008HailRaymond-Hail up to 2.75 inches in diameter fell for about 15 minutes from west of Raymond through Raymond and then to north of town. Scattered vehicle, house and crop damage was noted in the area.
May 2007HailRaymond-Hail around 3/4 of an inch in diameter was reported north through northeast of the Raymond area.
June 2003HailRaymond-Hail up to 3/4 inch was reported in and near Raymond.
July 2000HailRaymond-One inch hail reported by the public north of Raymond.
May 2007HailRaymond-no account filed
April 2005HailRaymond-no account filed
April 2005HailRaymond-no account filed
April 2002HailRaymond-no account filed
April 2001HailRaymond-no account filed
June 2001HailRaymond-no account filed
May 1998HailRaymond-no account filed
May 1998HailRaymond-no account filed
May 1996HailRaymond-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindRaymond-no account filed
July 1996HailRaymond-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lancaster 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
Agnew4.5 miles12
Woodlawn5.3 miles15
Malcolm5.5 miles15
Davey6.5 miles15
Huskerville6.7 miles16
Arbor7.2 miles15
Mark IV Estates8.4 miles16
West Lincoln8.7 miles16

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 RaymondAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2119039The 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 832478. 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.