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Thedford, Nebraska

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Thomas precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69166. The Survey maps it on the Thedford quadrangle. 208 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,858 feet above sea level.

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Thedford within Thomas County

Population over time

2 figures

Thedford grew from 188 to 208 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
2010188
2020208+20 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Thedford between 1997 and 2020, burning about 9,031 acres in total. 2 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 burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2017Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2015Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thomas County

Storms near this place

60 of 128 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thedford in 128 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 90 hail, 28 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 funnel cloud. 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 1999Tornado (F2)Thedford$50,000The tornado, observed by numerous storm chasers, including the VORTEX team, and the general public, touched down in Thomas County 3 miles north northwest of Thedford and was on the ground for 15 miles before lifting in southeast Cherry County 6 miles east southeast of Brownlee. The path was over rangeland destroying 9 windmills, several miles of fences and nemerous trees. This was the most significant of 6 tornadoes produced by the same supercell thunderstorm.
July 2000HailThedford$50,000no account filed
July 1996HailThedford$50,000no account filed
May 2004HailThedford$30,000Hail broke 32 roof panels and 97 windows in greenhouses.
May 2023FloodThedford$25,000Street flooding reported in Thedford.
August 2002HailThedford$15,000no account filed
June 1999HailThedford$10,000Golf ball sized hail driven by 40 mph wind broke windows in a house. At the same time, hail of unknown size had accumulated to a foot deep on U.S. Highway 83 about 16 miles north of Thedford.
June 2009HailThedford$8,000The public reported pea to golf ball size hail lasting 30 minutes.
May 2002HailThedford$8,000no account filed
August 2002HailThedford$8,000no account filed
June 1999HailThedford$7,000no account filed
July 2000HailThedford$5,000no account filed
May 2004HailThedford$4,000Hail accumulated to 2 to 3 inches deep on Highway 83.
June 2006HailThedford$3,000no account filed
June 2003HailThedford$2,000no account filed
August 2002HailThedford$2,000no account filed
May 2004HailThedford$1,000no account filed
September 2004HailThedford$1,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindThedford-Thedford / Thomas County Airport AWOS measured a 64 mph wind gust.
July 2020HailThedford-Fire department reported tennis ball size hail north of Thedford.
July 2020HailThedford-Public reported golf ball size hail southwest of Thedford.
July 2020Tornado (EFU)Thedford-Trained weather spotters and KLNX WSR-88D confirmed multiple landspout tornadoes near Thedford, lasting 10 to 15 minutes. All occurred over open range and resulted in no damage.
July 2020HailThedford-Hail ranged from quarter to ping pong ball size in Thedford.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindThedford-Thedford Airport AWOS measured 62 mph wind gust.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindThedford-Public estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindThedford-Tree damage with a falling branch breaking a house window.
May 2019HailThedford-Golf ball sized hail and some quarter sized hail fell.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindThedford-Wind speeds measured from automated weather observing system.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindThedford-No information available.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindThedford-No information available.
September 2018HailThedford-Report received via social media.
September 2018HailThedford-Pea to quarter sized hail reported at this location.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindThedford-Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH reported.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindThedford-Thunderstorm wind gust of 67 MPH measured at the Thedford Airport.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindThedford-Measured wind gust of 58 MPH measured at the Thedford Airport.
July 2015Tornado (EF0)Thedford-At 1547 CST, an off duty NWS employee reported a tornado south southwest of Thedford. The tornado briefly touched down in open range land with no damage reported.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindThedford-Half inch size hail and 6 diameter tree limbs downed across the highway west of Thedford.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindThedford-Public estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
August 2015HailThedford-Public reported nickel size hail and 50 mph wind gusts.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindThedford-Thedford Airport AWOS measured a 59 mph wind gust.
April 2014HailThedford-Hail covered the ground.
August 2014HailThedford-Quarter to dime sized hail was occurring 8 miles southwest of Thedford.
June 2014HailThedford-Law enforcement reported golf ball size hail covering the ground.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindThedford-A Wind gust of 60 mph measured by the Thomas County airport ASOS.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindThedford-Pea to half inch diameter size hail accompanied strong winds.
June 2011HailThedford-Thomas county sheriff reported quarter sized hail.
June 2010Funnel CloudThedford-Spotter reported funnel cloud crossing highway 83 at Dismal river.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Thedford-The supercell thunderstorm produced several funnels prior to tornado development in southwest Thomas County. The tornado touched down 18 miles southwest of Thedford over open range land moving slowly to the southwest and lifted 19 miles southwest of Thedford. No damage was reported with the tornado.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindThedford-The automated observing equipment at the Thedford airport reported a wind gust of 61 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindThedford-The automated surface observing system at the Thedford airport reported a wind gust of 78 mph with sustained winds of 66 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindThedford-The public estimated wind gusts to 60 mph with marble size hail.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindThedford-Strong thunderstorm outflow winds broke off large tree limbs.
May 2005LightningThedford-Lightning struck and destroyed the 1948 Opheim-Booth building along Highway 2 in Thedford. The building was being used to store a few computers and other merchandise for sale.
July 2004Flash FloodThedford-Heavy rain from an intense thunderstorm caused six inches of water to flow over portions of Highway 2 in Thedford.
July 2003HailThedford-Hail covered the ground.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindThedford-Strong thunderstorm winds blew down signs, roofs, and moved a mobile home off of its foundation. A combine trailer was also overturned.
June 2024HailThedford-no account filed
May 2023HailThedford-no account filed
May 2023HailThedford-no account filed
May 2023HailThedford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Thomas 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
Natick7.4 miles12
Norway7.7 miles12
Seneca14.3 miles12
Halsey17.1 miles12

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 ThedfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2127994The 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 835692. 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.