Sidney, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sidney City. It lies in ZIP code area 69162. The Survey maps it on the Sidney quadrangle. 6,410 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,088 feet above sea level.
On record in Sidney
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 7 records
Christ Episcopal Churchlisted 1994
Deadwood Drawlisted 1992
Sidney Carnegie Librarylisted 1991
Sidney Historic Business Districtlisted 1994
Sioux Ordnance Depot Fire & Guard Headquarterslisted 1994- Fort Sidney Historic Districtlisted 1973
- Sidney Historic Business District (Boundary Increase)listed 2004
Population over time
2 figuresSidney fell from 6,757 to 6,410 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 | 6,757 | |
| 2020 | 6,410 | -347 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1899 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Scottsbluff quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Chappell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Sidney between 2007 and 2020, burning about 511 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.7 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 220 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sidney in 220 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 165 hail, 32 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood, 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Hail | Sidney | $150,000 | 1.75 inch hail fell 10 miles northwest of Sidney, NE |
| June 1997 | Hail | Sidney | $50,000 | Several windshields broken and vehicles dented. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew over two tractor-trailer trucks on Interstate 80. |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Sidney | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Sidney | $40,000 | Leaves stripped from trees. Cars damaged and siding on many homes damaged. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew railroad cars off their tracks on an overpass in Sidney. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Sidney | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Sidney | $20,000 | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds of 62 MPH blew the roof off a construction company building at 1746 and deposited the roof 100 yards away. Winds also damaged several business signs, and split a tree truck which then partially blocked a residential street. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Sidney | $10,000 | Heavy rainfall flooded some roads in the downtown Sidney area with water reported in some businesses and homes. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Sidney | $6,000 | A storm produced golfball size hail over southeast Cheyenne County. |
| August 1996 | Hail | Sidney | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Sidney | $1,000 | Hail fell for five minutes. Residents were at Legion Park at the time. They were caught outside in the open and received bruises. Their vehicle sustained damage with broken side mirrors and shattered windsheild. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | $1,000 | Windows were blown out of a house in Sidney around 1200MST. |
| July 1998 | Lightning | Sidney | $1,000 | Half of the town of Sidney was without power after a lightning bolt hit one of the main lines coming from a substation north of Sidney. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | UPR site 3 WNW of Brownson reported a 63mph wind gust. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | KSNY airport station gusted 64mph. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Sidney | - | Public report of 1 in hail. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | Sidney ASOS reported this downburst wind gust. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | Sidney Airport ASOS station (KSNY) measured wind gust. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sidney | - | The public reported 2-inch diameter hail on the east side of the city of Sidney. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Sidney | - | The public reported quarter sized hail in the city of Sidney. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sidney | - | Baseball sized hail was observed in the city of Sidney. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sidney | - | Quarter sized hail was reported 1 mile N of Sidney via mPING. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sidney | - | The public reported 2-inch diameter hail 8 miles ESE of Brownson. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Sidney | - | Reports of flash flooding in Sidney on many city roads. One vehicle stuck in high water. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sidney | - | Received report on Facebook of hail east of Sidney. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sidney | - | Received report from mPING. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Sidney | - | Public report of 1 inch hail 1 mile west of Sidney. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | Emergency Manager reported 7 inch diameter tree limb broken in Sidney from severe downburst winds. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | Emergency manager reported flipped pivot east northeast of Sidney as well. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Sidney | - | Slight hail accumulation 1 mile west of Sidney, NE. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Sidney | - | One mile north of Sunol, NE. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Sidney | - | Half dollar size hail covered the ground. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Sidney | - | Quarter size hail was observed southeast of Sidney. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Sidney | - | Quarter size hail was observed east of Sidney. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Sidney | - | Tennis ball size hail was observed northwest of Sidney. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Sidney | - | Tennis ball size hail was observed north of Sidney. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Sidney | - | Quarter size hail was observed west of Sidney. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Sidney | - | Hen egg size hail was observed at the Interstate 80 rest area west of Sidney. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Sidney | - | Dime to quarter size hail was observed at Sidney. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Sidney | - | Half dollar size hail was observed east of Gurley. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Sidney | - | Hen egg size hail was observed at Cabela's near Sidney. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Sidney | - | Quarter size hail was observed at Sidney. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Sidney | - | Half dollar size hail was observed at Sidney. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Sidney | - | Quarter size hail covered the ground three to four inches deep at Sidney. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Sidney | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was observed north of Sidney. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Sidney | - | Quarter size hail was observed northeast of Sidney. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Sidney | - | Quarter size hail was observed northwest of Sidney. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | Estimated 60 mph wind gusts were observed northwest of Sidney. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were reported at Sidney. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | A measured wind gust of 58 mph was reported a mile north of Sidney. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph were reported a mile east of Sidney. There were numerous broken tree limbs. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Sidney | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported 12 miles northwest of Sidney. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Sidney | - | Marble to quarter size hail was reported at Sidney. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Sidney | - | Quarter size hail was reported 10 miles south-southeast of Sidney. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Sidney | - | Half dollar size hail covered the ground two miles north of Sidney. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph east of Sidney. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Sidney | - | Quarter size hail was observed seven miles south of Sidney. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Sidney | - | Ping pong ball size hail was observed 10 miles southeast of Sidney. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsman | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Colton | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Brownson | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lorenzo | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ordville (historical) | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sunol | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Vernon | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Gurley | 12.4 miles | 11 |
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 Sidney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q966516 | 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 833422. 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.




