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.
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
Sutherland State Aid Bridgelisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresSutherland 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,286 | |
| 2020 | 1,313 | +27 (+2%) |
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 Sutherland Reservoir NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ogallala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N.P.P.D. Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sutherland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 151 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Hail | Sutherland | 1 hurt | A small child received minor injuries from the hail while heading to a storm shelter. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Sutherland | $550,000 | An 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 2010 | Flood | Sutherland | $125,000 | Thunderstorms 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 2009 | Flash Flood | Sutherland | $100,000 | Nearly 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 1996 | Hail | Sutherland | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Sutherland | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Sutherland | $35,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported at the Interstate 80 interchange at Sutherland. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Sutherland | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Sutherland | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Sutherland | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Sutherland | $18,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Lightning | Sutherland | $15,000 | Public reported that a chimney on the Sutherland High School building was heavily damaged due to a lightning strike. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Sutherland | $15,000 | Large hail damaged numerous vehicles. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Sutherland | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | $10,000 | Trees and power lines down in Sutherland. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Sutherland | $10,000 | The hail lasted 10 to 15 minutes. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Sutherland | $10,000 | Hail damaged vehicles and stripped corn along a narrow path. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Sutherland | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Sutherland | $8,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Sutherland | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Sutherland | $6,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Sutherland | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Sutherland | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | $4,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Sutherland | $3,000 | Golf ball size hail covered the ground near the Sutherland Power Plant and broke windows out of homes in the city of Sutherland. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Sutherland | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Sutherland | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Sutherland | $1,000 | Hail broke out of couple of windows. |
| July 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Sutherland | $1,000 | A small tornado touched down over open rangeland destroying 65 yards of fence. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a power pole. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | Personal weather station reported a 62 MPH wind gust, 1 mile north-northwest of Sutherland. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | A 72 MPH wind gust was reported by a mesonet at this location. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Sutherland | - | Public reported golf ball size hail in Sutherland. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | Trained spotter reports thunderstorm wind gusts to around 60 MPH at this location. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | A UP Railroad mesonet reported a measured wind gust of 60 MPH at this location. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | Thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Sutherland | - | Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | High winds knocked power out to Sutherland. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | A semi truck was blown over on I-80 near mile marker 160, near Sutherland. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | Multiple trees were downed and a small building sustained damage in Sutherland. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | A personal weather station recorded wind gusts to 58 mph. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | Multiple tree limbs were downed in Sutherland... some of which resulted in power outages. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | Wind gust estimated at 60 MPH at this location. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Sutherland | - | Hail covering the ground. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Sutherland | - | Baseball to golf ball sized hail reported at this location. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Sutherland | - | Extensive street flooding reported in Sutherland. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Sutherland | - | Hail covering the street at this location. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | No significant damage reported from this wind gust. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | Measured wind gust by a mesonet station. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | Public estimated a 60 mph wind gust. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Sutherland | - | Along with golf ball sized hail, thunderstorm wind gusts of 50 MPH were reported. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | A trained spotter reported that power was knocked out in Sutherland. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | Tree damage in Sutherland with tree branches flying by the house. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | Amateur radio operator reported a tree trunk snapped at Highway 30 and Walnut Street in Sutherland. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | Winds estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Sutherland | - | Sutherland fire department reported flood damage occurred at nursing home. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Sutherland | - | Public reported that west snake road in Sutherland was flooded. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutherland | - | Numerous large limbs down at a farmstead south of Sutherland. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coker | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| O'Fallons | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hershey | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Birdwood | 12.8 miles | 13 | |
| Village Square | 17.2 miles | 14 | |
| Key Estates | 17.9 miles | 14 | |
| North Platte | 19.3 miles | 14 | |
| Sioux View Park | 20.0 miles | 14 |
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 Sutherland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2692788 | 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 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.







