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Stuart, Nebraska

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Stuart Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68780. The Survey maps it on the Stuart quadrangle. 486 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,159 feet above sea level.

Stuart within Holt County

Population over time

2 figures

Stuart fell from 590 to 486 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.

YearPeople Change
2010590
2020486-104 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

18 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Stuart between 2007 and 2020, burning about 124 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2017Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2017Natural3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2013Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2019Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2020Natural2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holt County

Storms near this place

60 of 101 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stuart in 101 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 65 hail, 31 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Thunderstorm WindStuart$200,000An intermittent line of wind damage was observed along and north of Highway 20 in Holt County. The wind damage which began in Rock County continued from the Rock County line about 7 miles northwest of Stuart and ended about 3 miles east northeast of Stuart in Holt County. Peak wind gusts of 118 mph were estimated, where wooden power poles were snapped. Wind damage included large trees downed in Stuart, several buildings and tall poles downed at the Stuart Race Track, downed power lines, and several center pivot irrigation systems overturned.
June 2008Tornado (EF2)Stuart$150,000A supercell tornado touched down just north-northeast of Rose in Rock County and entered Holt County approximately 13 miles south-southwest of Stuart and continued for another 10 miles before dissipating 3 miles south-southeast of Stuart. In Holt County, the multiple vortex tornado broke off power poles, destroyed outbuildings, overturned several center pivot irrigation systems, snapped and uprooted numerous large trees, damaged roofs, and moved vehicles. The tornado maintained the EF2 rating in both Rock and Holt Counties. The average path width in Holt County was 30 yards with the maximum width of 50 yards.
July 2010Flash FloodStuart$100,000Thunderstorms passing over the same area produced six to nine inches of rainfall in northern Holt and central Boyd counties. Several roads were closed due to water flowing across the roads to include Highway 12 between Bristow and Lynch, while numerous roads were washed out 9 to 12 miles north of Stuart. Spencer Dam authorities announced that the dam had reached capacity resulting in high releases of water downstream of the dam.
June 2008HailStuart$75,000The large hail damaged numerous vehicles and destroyed corn crops.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindStuart$60,000Spotters reported power poles and lines down along with grain bins blown over. Fields were stripped by damaging winds and hail.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindStuart$40,000The public reported an estimated wind gusts at 60 mph or higher that caused a 30 foot flexhead to be pushed over and a large dumpster to be moved over 100 feet. Hail to quarter size was also reported.
June 2008HailStuart$40,000Large hail and strong winds broke out windows on the north side of a house and destroyed corn and hay crops. The wind driven hail also severely damaged a center pivot irrigation system.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindStuart$30,000Thunderstorm winds blew over a center pivot irriation system.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindStuart$25,000Large hail broke out all windows on north side of a nursing home in Stuart.
June 2008HailStuart$25,000Large hail severely damaged corn crops, damaged vehicles, broke car windshields, and busted out 3 house windows.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindStuart$10,000A metal pole building was blown off it's foundation due to wind gusts associated with a severe thunderstorm. Power lines were also blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindStuart$10,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed a grain bin and a grain dryer.
July 2000Flash FloodStuart$10,000Two county roads reported washout damage.
August 2007HailStuart$8,000no account filed
August 2010HailStuart$5,000Law enforcement reported hail about the size of a turkey egg broke out picture windows of a home.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindStuart$5,000The strong thunderstorm winds ripped off shingles from a home and broke off large tree limbs.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Stuart$5,000The tornado snapped off mature trees and broke numerous large branches as it touched down in an open field. As the tornado then moved across a county road, it broke off several power poles. The tornado again damaged and uprooted trees in a small shelter belt as it moved east of the county road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindStuart$3,000Two power poles were snapped off at the ground. Large tree branches were broken too.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindStuart$2,000Law enforcement reported power outages from wind damage in Stuart. Two large spruce trees were blown down 3.5 miles northeast of Stuart.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindStuart-Thunderstorm wind gust of 65 MPH measured by a home weather station.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindStuart-A personal weather station recorded a 62 mph wind gust southwest of Butte.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindStuart-Radio station relayed a report of tree damage on west side of Stuart. A personal weather station reported a wind gust of 63 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindStuart-A personal weather station reported a 61 mph wind gust south of Naper.
July 2023HailStuart-Public reported hail ranging from pea to quarter size south of Stuart, via social media.
April 2022HailStuart-Timing estimated by radar.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindStuart-A personal weather station southwest of Butte measured a 68 mph wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindStuart-A mesonet station measured an 82 mph wind gust.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindStuart-Several healthy trees were downed as well as a horse trailer flipped.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindStuart-A trailer was moved 30 feet. A building was blown down (structure type unknown).
July 2020Thunderstorm WindStuart-Large trees were blown down in Stuart.
August 2020Funnel CloudStuart-Public report of a funnel, said it was 1/2 to 3/4 of the way to the ground.
August 2019HailStuart-Report of damage to corn crops in the area.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindStuart-Report of trees down and a camper moved a few feet away, along with window damage to the camper.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindStuart-Public estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindStuart-A semi truck was blown over by strong winds and hail knocked out windows.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindStuart-Stuart fire chief reported numerous large trees down in Stuart Park.
June 2011HailStuart-General public reported hail up to golf ball sized.
June 2011HailStuart-General public reported hail up to golf ball sized.
June 2011HailStuart-General public reported hail up to the size of quarters, with most the size of large marbles.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindStuart-Public reported wind gusts to 60 mph with torrential rain.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindStuart-A fast moving supercell thunderstorm produced severe criteria wind gusts north of the Stuart area.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindStuart-A report from the public estimated up to 60 mph wind gusts along with heavy rainfall and half inch diameter hail.
June 2009HailStuart-The fire department spotters reported nickel size hail.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindStuart-The winds broke tree branches and were accompanied by hail up to one half inch in diameter.
July 2025HailStuart-no account filed
August 2024HailStuart-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindStuart-no account filed
June 2022HailStuart-no account filed
June 2022HailStuart-no account filed
August 2021HailStuart-no account filed
June 2020HailStuart-no account filed
June 2020HailStuart-no account filed
August 2019HailStuart-no account filed
August 2019HailStuart-no account filed
August 2019HailStuart-no account filed
June 2017HailStuart-no account filed
June 2017HailStuart-no account filed
June 2017HailStuart-no account filed
August 2016HailStuart-no account filed
May 2016HailStuart-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Holt County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wilson Ranch7.5 miles9
Atkinson9.9 miles9
Cleveland (historical)12.2 miles10
Dustin16.2 miles10
Catalpa19.0 miles10
Emmet19.8 miles10
Inez22.5 miles9
Anncar25.6 miles10

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 StuartAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2686250The 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 833867. 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.