Republican City, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mullally Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68971. The Survey maps it on the Republican City quadrangle. 134 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,028 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRepublican City fell from 150 to 134 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 | 150 | |
| 2020 | 134 | -16 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Holdrege quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Republican City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Holdrege quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Republican City between 2000 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2020 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2012 | Smoking | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2017 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 March 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Republican City in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 17 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Hail | Republican City | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Republican City | $150,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Republican City | $75,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Republican City | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Republican City | $25,000 | Power lines were blown over due to a rear flank downdraft. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Republican City | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Republican City | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Republican City | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Republican City | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Republican City | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Republican City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Republican City | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Republican City | - | A wind gust of 64 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located one mile east-southeast of Harlan County Dam. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Republican City | - | A 24-hour rainfall total of 3.75 inches occurred two miles northwest of Republican City. This was recorded by an NeRAIN observer (Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network). In addition, the NWS coop observer at Harlan County Lake tallied 3.34. Rain began during the early afternoon on August 4th. |
| August 2011 | Heavy Rain | Republican City | - | Storm total rainfall of 3.80 inches was reported by a Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network observer. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Republican City | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Republican City | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Republican City | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Republican City | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Republican City | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Republican City | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Republican City | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Republican City | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Republican City | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Republican City | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Republican City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alma | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Huntley | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Orleans | 12.6 miles | 13 | |
| Ragan | 15.0 miles | 13 | |
| Flynn Junction | 15.8 miles | 13 | |
| Stamford | 19.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mascot | 20.7 miles | 14 | |
| Oxford Junction | 22.1 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 Republican City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2751339 | 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 835013. 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.





