Roscoe, Nebraska
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Logan precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69153. The Survey maps it on the Keystone quadrangle. 44 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Roscoe
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Roscoe State Aid Bridgelisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresRoscoe fell from 63 to 44 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 | 63 | |
| 2020 | 44 | -19 (-30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1897 USGS Ogallala quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Ogallala quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Keystone quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ogallala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Roscoe between 2008 and 2020, burning about 57 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 February 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 68 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roscoe in 68 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 48 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | 1 hurt, $80,000 | Strong downburst winds caused a semi-truck to be blown off Interstate 80 and overturned at the Roscoe interchange near mile-marker 134 and produced one injury. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | 1 hurt, $5,000 | Downburst winds blew a car off the road along Interstate Highway 80 at mile-marker 137 with one injury. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Roscoe | $50,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms pushed through Keith county. Dime-size hail covered the ground and formed drifts north of Roscoe. A hail drift 6 inches deep remained there during the early afternoon. Hail up to golfball-size fell at Roscoe, south of Ogallala and at Brule. The hail damaged 1,000 acres of corn, 300 acres of sunflowers, 250 acres of beans, along with some hay. There was also some structural damage to buildings, windows were broken , and cars were dented. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | $30,000 | Downburst winds destroyed a two car garage, snapped a 12 inch diameter pine tree in half eight feet above the ground and downed several large cottonwood tree limbs. In the same area, the strong winds caused two power poles to bend over at 45 degree angles. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Roscoe | $15,000 | County road East H reported washed out near Roscoe. Time and location estimated. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Roscoe | $10,000 | The hail covered the ground. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Roscoe | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Roscoe | $8,000 | Hail covered the ground. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Roscoe | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Roscoe | $2,000 | East H county road washed out northeast of Roscoe. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Roscoe | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Roscoe | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Roscoe | $1,000 | Had one window broken by hail at this location. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 60 MPH broke several tree branches at this location. |
| June 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Roscoe | $1,000 | A weak tornado from a supercell thunderstorm touched down briefly near Interstate 80. Some road signs were blown over from the winds. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Roscoe | - | Half dollar size hail reported on Interstate 80 near Roscoe. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Roscoe | - | Tornado touched down in an open draw and tracked approximately 6 miles to the southeast where it dissipated. No damage was observed and timing was based on radar. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 65 MPH were reported a this location. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Roscoe | - | A trained weather spotter reported hail ranging from marble to ping pong ball size, along with estimated 60 mph winds. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | - | A weather spotter reported tree damage and shingles lost via mPing. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Roscoe | - | Hail covering the ground at this location. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | - | Public estimated wind gust of 60 MPH at this location. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | - | No information available. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | - | No damage reported. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Roscoe | - | Quarter size hail along with 50 MPH winds occurred at this location. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts measured at 67 mph. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | - | Semi trailer overturned near Roscoe. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | - | Winds hit the rail cars of two Union Pacific trains moving in opposite directions on adjacent tracks causing the cars to collide. Extensive damage was done to the rail cars and cargo as one of the trains was carrying cargo laden semi trailers. The rail line was shut down for a period of time due to the wreckage. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | - | An empty train container on a parked double decker container train, was blown off the parked train into passing train. This caused extensive damage to the side of several rail cars. |
| August 1999 | Flash Flood | Roscoe | - | A road was under 1 1/2 to 2 feet of water. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Roscoe | - | Hail battered crops in Keith and Perkins Counties. The hail damaged around 7,000 acres of wheat in Perkins County. In Keith County the damage was to about 6,000 acres of wheat and 2,000 acres of corn. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Roscoe | - | A line of severe thunderstorms pushed through Keith county. Dime-size hail covered the ground and formed drifts north of Roscoe. A hail drift 6 inches deep remained there during the early afternoon. Hail up to golfball-size fell at Roscoe, south of Ogallala and at Brule. The hail damaged 1,000 acres of corn, 300 acres of sunflowers, 250 acres of beans, along with some hay. There was also some structural damage to buildings, windows were broken , and cars were dented. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Roscoe | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roscoe | - | 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.
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 Roscoe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4165935 | 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 832680. 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.







