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Thayer, Nebraska

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Thayer precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68460. The Survey maps it on the Waco quadrangle. 44 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,588 feet above sea level.

Thayer within York County

Population over time

2 figures

Thayer fell from 62 to 44 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
201062
202044-18 (-29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Thayer between 2000 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 April 2011Debris and open burning10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 April 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 March 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
16 March 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRainwater Basin Wetland Management DistrictWACO-2
14 February 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRainwater Basin Wetland Management DistrictWACO-1
10 November 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in York County

Storms near this place

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thayer in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindThayer$1,250,000Wind gusts estimated to be at least 75 MPH, accompanied by hail up to the size of quarters, resulted in widespread damage mainly focused in the Waco area. Multiple irrigation pivots were overturned, a few grain bins were damaged or destroyed, trees were damaged, and power outages were reported in the area. Wind-driven hail shredded crops, with several fields a total loss. South of Waco, damage was reported at the travel center at the Interstate 80 interchange. At a campground just south of the interchange, power lines were downed, fencing was damaged, and a few RVs were tipped over. Local fire departments reported that there around six semi-trucks flipped on Interstate 80.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Thayer$40,000A brief tornado occurred east of the village of Thayer. This tornado only damaged some trees and a few center pivot irrigation systems.
July 2023HailThayer$1,250Hail up to the size of quarters, accompanied by wind gusts estimated to be at least 75 MPH, resulted in widespread damage mainly focused in the Waco area. Multiple irrigation pivots were overturned, a few grain bins were damaged or destroyed, trees were damaged, and power outages were reported in the area. Wind-driven hail shredded crops, with several fields a total loss. South of Waco, damage was reported at the travel center at the Interstate 80 interchange. At a campground just south of the interchange, power lines were downed, fencing was damaged, and a few RVs were tipped over. Local fire departments reported that there around six semi-trucks flipped on Interstate 80.
May 2013Heavy RainThayer-A storm total rainfall amount of 3.76 inches was reported by a Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network Observer.
June 2005HailThayer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in York 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
Houston4.3 miles16
Waco5.3 miles14
Mapps6.0 miles16
Benedict6.3 miles13
Gresham6.5 miles11
York8.6 miles15
Knox11.7 miles15
Bradshaw14.5 miles15

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 ThayerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2091820The 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 834071. 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.