Sacramento, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Precinct 5. It lies in ZIP code area 68949. The Survey maps it on the Holdrege East quadrangle. It stands 2,267 feet above sea level.
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
- 1970 USGS Holdrege East 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 Sacramento between 2000 and 2019, burning about 8 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 May 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 May 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sacramento in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Sacramento | $375,000 | This tornado touched down just south of the town of Funk. Along its short path, at least 6 power poles and 4 irrigation pivots were damaged. The maximum wind speed was estimated to be 100 MPH. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Sacramento | $150,000 | This weak and somewhat intermittent tornado touched down near the intersection of Highway 183 and Highway 4, then moved northeast. Damage was limited to trees, pivots, and a a few power poles along its roughly seven mile track. The estimated peak wind was 85 MPH. The tornado lifted just north of the Harlan and Phelps County line between T Road and U Road. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Sacramento | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacramento | - | Wind gusts of 66 MPH were measured by mesonet stations located two and three miles north-northwest of Wilcox. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacramento | - | A wind gust of 65 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located one mile west-northwest of Wilcox. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Sacramento | - | An EF0 with a maximum wind speed of 65 mph occurred. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Sacramento | - | A brief touch down of a tornado occurred with maximum wind speeds of 65 mph. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacramento | - | Wind gust measured by Fire Department. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Sacramento | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Sacramento | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacramento | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Sacramento | - | 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 Sacramento | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7396949 | 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 835437. 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.





