Trumbull, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Leicester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 68980. The Survey maps it on the Trumbull quadrangle. 194 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,880 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTrumbull fell from 205 to 194 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 | 205 | |
| 2020 | 194 | -11 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Grand Island quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Trumbull quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grand Island quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Trumbull between 2004 and 2020, burning about 6 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 burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
23 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trumbull in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 12 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trumbull | $5,000,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 95 MPH occurred along this path. The main reports of damage came from the Harvard and Sutton areas. Widespread tree damage was reported, along with large areas of flattened crops. Minor roof damage occurred in Sutton. Numerous power outages were reported. Emergency management reported multiple irrigation pivots overturned in the area, along with 3 large grain bins destroyed and an outbuilding damaged along N Road near Harvard. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Trumbull | $1,000,000 | Hail as large as tennis balls was reported in Trumbull. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Trumbull | $250,000 | Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall totaled generally 4-7 across much of Clay County between the 3rd-6th, with the majority of this rain falling on the 4th-5th. Localized road flooding was initially reported across parts of the county on the evening of the 4th. Over the next few days, the main story turned to the West Fork Big Blue River and its smaller stream tributaries in the northern part of the county, as the cumulative effects of multiple rounds of heavy rain resulted in significant flooding, mainly on the 5th-6th. Reports indicated that this may have been some the worst flooding observed along the west fork Big Blue in 50-80 years. A few days of warm and dry weather settled in from June 7-9, allowing flood waters to largely recede. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Trumbull | $150,000 | This tornado touched down in extreme northeast Adams County south of Trumbull, crossed through far northwest Clay County before heading into southwest Hamilton County. This intermittent tornado damaged a horse barn south of Trumbull as it began its roughly seven-mile path. As it moved northeast, most of the observable damage was to a couple of irrigation pivots along with a snapped tree. The estimated maximum wind gust was 75 MPH. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trumbull | $100,000 | A line of thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts up to 80 MPH moved across the county. A large tree, with a diameter of approximately 20 inches, was downed in Trumbull. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Trumbull | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Flood | Trumbull | $50,000 | Heavy rainfall resulted in widespread flooding across much of Clay County. School Creek, the Big Blue and West Fork of the Big Blue Rivers were all out of their banks. The town of Sutton was affected by the flooding of the School Creek, and Highway 6 just south-southeast of Saronville was closed due to water over the road. Numerous rural roads and bridges were under water. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trumbull | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Trumbull | $25,000 | Ping pong to golf ball size hail was reported. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Trumbull | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Trumbull | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trumbull | $10,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH resulted in tree damage across Trumbull, with a few limbs ending up on homes. Power lines were also downed. Doors to the highway department's building were damaged, trapping equipment inside. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Trumbull | $10,000 | Roads X and Y north of Sutton were closed due to water running over the roads. Rainfall reports across northern Clay County were as high as 6 inches. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trumbull | $5,000 | Some tree branches were downed in Trumbull, with power outages also reported. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trumbull | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in minor tree damage in town. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Trumbull | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Trumbull | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Trumbull | - | A rainfall total of 4.75 inches occurred. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Trumbull | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Trumbull | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Trumbull | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Trumbull | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Trumbull | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inland | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Harvard | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Glenvil | 12.1 miles | 13 | |
| Eldorado | 14.7 miles | 15 | |
| Anan | 15.4 miles | 11 | |
| Clay Center | 15.9 miles | 12 | |
| Verona | 18.5 miles | 15 | |
| Saronville | 18.6 miles | 15 |
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 Trumbull | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2779586 | 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 834189. 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.





