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Tobias, Nebraska

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Olive precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68453. The Survey maps it on the Tobias quadrangle. 114 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,601 feet above sea level.

Tobias within Saline County

Population over time

2 figures

Tobias grew from 106 to 114 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
2010106
2020114+8 (+8%)

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

16 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Tobias between 2006 and 2020, burning about 307 acres in total. None 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 burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
25 April 2020Debris and open burning10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
2 April 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 April 2014Debris and open burning250 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
31 March 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
26 March 2014Debris and open burning12 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 March 2017Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
11 March 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Storms near this place

46 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tobias in 46 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 31 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
September 2025Thunderstorm WindTobias-Emergency management report of trees and power lines down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTobias-Emergency manager reported moderate tree damage and power lines down.
June 2022HailTobias-Public reported 2 inch hail.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindTobias-Public reported damage to trees, crops, and an older shed.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindTobias-Public reported large tree limbs blown down across down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindTobias-Seven miles north of Tobias, doors were ripped off of a shed, and another shed was destroyed with the tin thrown 1/4 mile away from the shed. A tree was also split from damaging winds.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindTobias-Winds estimated to 70 mph downed several power poles.
June 2010HailTobias-Hail up to golf ball-size was reported near Tobias.
June 2009HailTobias-A prolonged period of hail entered Saline county near Tobias and proceeded through Swanton and De Witt where it caused considerable crop damage. The hail covered the ground white and was a large as quarter-size in the Tobias area.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindTobias-A decaying thunderstorm flattened corn in the Tobias area.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindTobias-Thunderstorm wind gusts from a decaying thunderstorm were estimated at around 60 mph. The winds blew down a few tree branches up to a couple of inches in diameter.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindTobias-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph flipped 2 campers near Swan Lake and blew shingles and an antenna off of a roof in the area.
July 2008HailTobias-Hail up to nickel-size was reported.
July 2008HailTobias-The hail caused some crop damage in the area.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindTobias-A spotter estimated thunderstorm winds reached 70 mph in Tobias. The strong winds blew the steeple off of a church 3 miles southeast of town.
July 2008HailTobias-Hail up to quarter-size fell in the Tobias area for about 20 minutes. The hail was accompanied by very heavy rain with around 2 inches reported in an hour or so.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindTobias-A spotter measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 68 mph which caused some tree damage in the area.
June 2006HailTobias-Hail up to golfball size fell in Tobias for a few minutes.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindTobias-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 mph caused tree and power line damage around Tobias. Arching electrical charges from power lines caused a small grass fire which spread to an abandoned shed and destroyed it.
May 2004Funnel CloudTobias-Reported by law enforcement.
May 2004HailTobias-Hail up to 3 inches in diameter fell from just southwest of Tobias into town.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindTobias-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 to 70 mph downed several trees in Tobias.
May 2001HailTobias-A slow moving supercell thunderstorm dropped golfball size hail around the Tobias area. Storm chasers also reported strong rotation and a brief funnel with this storm.
June 2018Funnel CloudTobias-no account filed
October 2016HailTobias-no account filed
October 2016HailTobias-no account filed
October 2016HailTobias-no account filed
May 2015HailTobias-no account filed
May 2011HailTobias-no account filed
June 2010HailTobias-no account filed
April 2009HailTobias-no account filed
May 2008HailTobias-no account filed
May 2007HailTobias-no account filed
April 2005HailTobias-no account filed
April 2005HailTobias-no account filed
April 2005HailTobias-no account filed
April 2005HailTobias-no account filed
November 2005HailTobias-no account filed
May 2004HailTobias-no account filed
June 2004HailTobias-no account filed
June 2004HailTobias-no account filed
June 2004HailTobias-no account filed
May 2004HailTobias-no account filed
September 2002HailTobias-no account filed
September 2001HailTobias-no account filed
June 1998HailTobias-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Western7.5 miles10
Swanton13.9 miles10
Friend16.5 miles10
Pleasant Hill17.8 miles14
Dorchester19.7 miles14
Wilber20.4 miles11
De Witt22.0 miles11
Shestak22.3 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 TobiasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2883112The 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 834126. 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.