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Sutherland, Nebraska

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sutherland precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69165. The Survey maps it on the Sutherland Reservoir NW quadrangle. 1,313 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,959 feet above sea level.

Sutherland within Lincoln County

On record in Sutherland

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

Population over time

2 figures

Sutherland grew from 1,286 to 1,313 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
20101,286
20201,313+27 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Sutherland between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,588 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
Debris and open burning12
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
27 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2008Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2008Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2008Natural2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sutherland: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
N.P.P.D. Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sutherland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

60 of 151 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sutherland in 151 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 93 hail, 39 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 4 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2016HailSutherland1 hurtA small child received minor injuries from the hail while heading to a storm shelter.
July 2007HailSutherland$550,000An intense supercell storm produced very large hail and strong winds as it moved south from north of Sutherland to Wallace. The quarter to baseball size hail severely damaged roofs, broke numerous windows, shredded corn crops, and totaled vehicles.
June 2010FloodSutherland$125,000Thunderstorms with prolonged heavy rain falling on already saturated ground caused widespread flooding across northwest Lincoln County. Up to 6 inches of rain fell with severely damaged rural roads. The intersection of Range and Walker Road was washed out.
June 2009Flash FloodSutherland$100,000Nearly stationary storms produced up to 5 inches of rain in Sutherland and flooded streets and buildings. Approximately 20 to 30 homes had water in their basement. About 2 inches of water rain into the Sutherland school music and weight rooms and into the Sutherland Care Center hallways. The volunteer fire department sandbagged around the school, the retirement home, and several residences in Sutherland. Interstate 80 and Highway 30 between Sutherland and Hershey were closed for a short period of time because of the heavy rain and hail.
July 1996HailSutherland$100,000no account filed
July 2009HailSutherland$50,000no account filed
June 2009HailSutherland$35,000Golf ball size hail was reported at the Interstate 80 interchange at Sutherland.
July 2001HailSutherland$20,000no account filed
July 2000HailSutherland$20,000no account filed
July 2000HailSutherland$20,000no account filed
May 2005HailSutherland$18,000no account filed
May 2011LightningSutherland$15,000Public reported that a chimney on the Sutherland High School building was heavily damaged due to a lightning strike.
June 2009HailSutherland$15,000Large hail damaged numerous vehicles.
June 2009HailSutherland$15,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSutherland$10,000Trees and power lines down in Sutherland.
July 2009HailSutherland$10,000The hail lasted 10 to 15 minutes.
July 2003HailSutherland$10,000Hail damaged vehicles and stripped corn along a narrow path.
July 2007HailSutherland$10,000no account filed
August 2001HailSutherland$8,000no account filed
August 2001HailSutherland$8,000no account filed
July 2001HailSutherland$6,000no account filed
July 2009HailSutherland$5,000no account filed
May 2005HailSutherland$5,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindSutherland$4,000Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.
August 2011HailSutherland$3,000Golf ball size hail covered the ground near the Sutherland Power Plant and broke windows out of homes in the city of Sutherland.
June 2004HailSutherland$3,000no account filed
June 2002HailSutherland$2,000no account filed
June 2016HailSutherland$1,000Hail broke out of couple of windows.
July 2006Tornado (F0)Sutherland$1,000A small tornado touched down over open rangeland destroying 65 yards of fence.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindSutherland$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a power pole.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindSutherland$1,000no account filed
May 2023Thunderstorm WindSutherland-Personal weather station reported a 62 MPH wind gust, 1 mile north-northwest of Sutherland.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindSutherland-A 72 MPH wind gust was reported by a mesonet at this location.
July 2023HailSutherland-Public reported golf ball size hail in Sutherland.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindSutherland-Trained spotter reports thunderstorm wind gusts to around 60 MPH at this location.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindSutherland-A UP Railroad mesonet reported a measured wind gust of 60 MPH at this location.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSutherland-Thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2021HailSutherland-Time estimated by radar.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSutherland-High winds knocked power out to Sutherland.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSutherland-A semi truck was blown over on I-80 near mile marker 160, near Sutherland.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSutherland-Multiple trees were downed and a small building sustained damage in Sutherland.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSutherland-A personal weather station recorded wind gusts to 58 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSutherland-Multiple tree limbs were downed in Sutherland... some of which resulted in power outages.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSutherland-Wind gust estimated at 60 MPH at this location.
May 2019HailSutherland-Hail covering the ground.
May 2019HailSutherland-Baseball to golf ball sized hail reported at this location.
May 2019Flash FloodSutherland-Extensive street flooding reported in Sutherland.
May 2019HailSutherland-Hail covering the street at this location.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSutherland-Trees and power lines down.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindSutherland-No significant damage reported from this wind gust.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindSutherland-Measured wind gust by a mesonet station.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSutherland-Public estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
July 2015HailSutherland-Along with golf ball sized hail, thunderstorm wind gusts of 50 MPH were reported.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSutherland-A trained spotter reported that power was knocked out in Sutherland.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSutherland-Tree damage in Sutherland with tree branches flying by the house.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSutherland-Amateur radio operator reported a tree trunk snapped at Highway 30 and Walnut Street in Sutherland.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSutherland-Winds estimated at 60 mph.
June 2011FloodSutherland-Sutherland fire department reported flood damage occurred at nursing home.
June 2011FloodSutherland-Public reported that west snake road in Sutherland was flooded.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSutherland-Numerous large limbs down at a farmstead south of Sutherland.

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Coker1.9 miles14
O'Fallons2.6 miles14
Hershey6.6 miles14
Birdwood12.8 miles13
Village Square17.2 miles14
Key Estates17.9 miles14
North Platte19.3 miles14
Sioux View Park20.0 miles14

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 SutherlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2692788The 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 833959. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.