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Taylor, Nebraska

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Taylor precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68879. It lies near Leydell Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Taylor quadrangle. 141 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,267 feet above sea level.

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Taylor within Loup County

On record in Taylor

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Taylor fell from 190 to 141 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
2010190
2020141-49 (-26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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 Taylor between 2007 and 2020, burning about 2,058 acres in total. 3 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 use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
15 September 2007Natural5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2014Naturalunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 July 2007Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 May 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Loup County

Storms near this place

60 of 110 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylor in 110 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 83 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 1 lightning. 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
October 2000Tornado (F1)Taylor$500,000The tornado was on the ground as it moved into Loup county 2 miles southeast of Taylor. The tornado moved north northeast reaching a ranch 1 mile southeast of Taylor where several buildings were damaged. Then 2 outbuildings were destroyed at a farmstead 3 miles north northeast of Taylor with several buildings damaged including the home. There was also extensive damage to machinery, fences and power poles. As the tornado remained on the ground a farm building was damaged and pickup truck overturned 4 miles north northeast of Taylor before the tornado lifted.
July 2000HailTaylor$100,000no account filed
July 2001Tornado (F0)Taylor$50,000As the supercell continued to track northeast and intensify, a second tornado touched down on the north side of the reservoir about 17 miles north northeast of Taylor. The second tornado was larger and longer lived as it moved across open rangeland. Four windmills were destroyed and 36 cattle were instantly killed. An additional 14 cattle were destroyed due to injuries. The tornado lifted as it moved toward the Loup and Garfield county line on the north side of Calamus Reservoir.
May 1998HailTaylor$30,000Crops and property sustained significant damage due to large hail.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindTaylor$20,000Downburst thunderstorm winds caused damage to a couple of farmsteads. A trailer home sustained damage as well as livestock and irrigation equipment. Other losses included a few head of cattle killed.
May 2004HailTaylor$20,000no account filed
July 2001HailTaylor$20,000no account filed
March 1998LightningTaylor$16,000Lightning struck and killed 20 head of cattle.
July 2001HailTaylor$15,000no account filed
July 2001HailTaylor$15,000no account filed
August 2002HailTaylor$10,000Several corn fields were stripped around Taylor.
May 1998HailTaylor$10,000Large hail damaged alfalfa, pastures and other crops. Considerable damage was sustained to windows, siding and roofs.
July 2001HailTaylor$10,000no account filed
July 2000HailTaylor$10,000no account filed
June 2009HailTaylor$8,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindTaylor$7,000Strong thunderstorm winds up to 60 knots downed power lines and numerous trees.
October 2001Tornado (F0)Taylor$6,000An F0 tornado touched down briefly and destroyed two calving sheds. Doors were also blown off a pole barn, fences were destroyed and power lines were down. A 400 pound calf was killed by flying debris.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindTaylor$5,000A full tree broke off and fell across power lines.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindTaylor$5,000Trees uprooted due to high winds.
June 2007HailTaylor$5,000no account filed
March 2005HailTaylor$5,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindTaylor$4,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree.
August 2002HailTaylor$4,000no account filed
July 1999HailTaylor$4,000no account filed
May 2003HailTaylor$3,000no account filed
May 2004HailTaylor$2,000no account filed
June 2002HailTaylor$2,000no account filed
August 1997HailTaylor$1,000Thunderstorm winds and hail broke house windows.
May 2004HailTaylor$1,000no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTaylor-Public estimated winds of at least 60 mph.
July 2023HailTaylor-Public reported quarter size hail near Taylor.
May 2022HailTaylor-Hail up to 5 inches in diameter reported by a storm chaser at this location.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindTaylor-Thunderstorm wind gusts around 60 MPH were reported by the Burwell Fire Department along with heavy rain and zero visibility.
August 2019Flash FloodTaylor-There was reports of water over Highway 91 from Taylor to Burwell.
August 2019HailTaylor-Time of report is estimated between midnight and 1230 AM.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindTaylor-No information available.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindTaylor-Several large tree limbs were blocking Nebraska state highway 91 between Taylor and Burwell, closing the road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindTaylor-Several large tree branches were downed in the park in Taylor.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindTaylor-Law enforcement estimated 70 mph wind gusts.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindTaylor-A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph in Taylor.
April 2015HailTaylor-Penny sized hail covered the ground.
September 2015HailTaylor-Tree limbs reported down in addition to golf ball sized hail.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTaylor-Strong winds reported.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindTaylor-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH produced tree damage with numerous large branches down.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindTaylor-General public estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
May 2012HailTaylor-Hail lasted for ten minutes.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindTaylor-Winds blew lawn furniture around yard.
April 2004HailTaylor-Hail covered the ground.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Taylor-The tornado touched down briefly over open rangeland.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Taylor-The tornado made a brief touchdown over open rangeland.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Taylor-The tornado touched down briefly in open rangeland.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Taylor-A brief tornado touchdown occurred northeast of Taylor on the south side of Calamus Reservoir over open rangeland. No damage was reported.
May 2025HailTaylor-no account filed
May 2025HailTaylor-no account filed
June 2024HailTaylor-no account filed
August 2021HailTaylor-no account filed
July 2018HailTaylor-no account filed
July 2018HailTaylor-no account filed
June 2018HailTaylor-no account filed
April 2017HailTaylor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Loup 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
Kent (historical)3.8 miles10
Almeria8.5 miles11
Mikes Meadows8.9 miles10
Aggies Acres8.9 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 TaylorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q685966The 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 834041. 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.