Sarben, Nebraska
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Paxton precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69155. The Survey maps it on the Paxton North quadrangle. 31 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresSarben grew from 31 to 31 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 | 31 | |
| 2020 | 31 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1898 USGS Paxton quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Paxton quadrangle1:125000, 4 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 Paxton North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ogallala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Sarben between 2004 and 2020, burning about 354 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sarben in 32 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 24 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Hail | Sarben | $100,000 | Golf ball sized hail along with 40 to 50 MPH wind damaged siding on numerous houses, broke windows and wind shields on numerous cars in Sarben. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Sarben | $20,000 | The fire department reported that hail up to softball size knocked out all windows on the north side of the house and most windows of the vehicles on the property. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sarben | $20,000 | A trained spotter reported a grain bin destroyed and moved 300 to 400 yards. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Sarben | - | Public reports quarter sized hail along with torrential rainfall at this location. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Sarben | - | Fire department reported golf ball size hail north of Sarben. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Sarben | - | Golf ball size hail was reported via social media. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sarben | - | Elm tree uprooted. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Sarben | - | Tornado touched down briefly in an open field with no damage reported. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Sarben | - | Tennis ball sized hail reported at this location. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sarben | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 MPH along with tennis ball sized hail, severely damaged crops at this location. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Sarben | - | In addition to quarter sized hail, 60 MPH wind gusts were reported. |
| August 2012 | Lightning | Sarben | - | A lightning strike ignited a wildfire at the Glen Echo area that burned an estimated 7,500 acres of grassland and timber. Areas of canyon and creek valley were inaccessible for ground firefighting. The wildfire moved into southwest McPherson County. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Sarben | - | Tennis ball size hail fell four miles north of Paxton, while half dollar size hail was reported in the city of Paxton. Also, heavy crop damage occurred from this large hail with total loss for approximately 1000 acres. |
| August 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Sarben | - | A wall cloud produced several brief funnel clouds approximately 10 miles west of Sutherland. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sarben | - | The public reported 60 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Sarben | - | Most of the hail stones were nickel size, but some were as large as quarters. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Sarben | - | Law enforcement reported water over US highway 30 two miles east of Paxton. Numerous secondary roads were partially washed away. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Sarben | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Sarben | - | 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 Sarben | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6121846 | 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 834975. 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.







