BlockTryon, Nebraska
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tryon precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69167. The Survey maps it on the Tryon quadrangle. 157 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 3,261 feet above sea level.
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Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Tryon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS North Platte quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Dismal River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tryon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Tryon between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,815 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2019 | Natural | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2008 | Natural | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2005 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 2017 | Natural | 250 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 March 2018 | Natural | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 November 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
60 of 195 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tryon in 195 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 158 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 11 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flood | Tryon | $75,000 | Thunderstorms with prolonged heavy rain falling on already saturated ground caused widespread flooding across eastern McPherson County. Three to five inches of rain fell, severely damaging rural roads. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Tryon | $60,000 | A rental house and a tree line were damaged by the tornado. The tornado continued to the northeast where it hit another homestead where windows were shattered and a door was blown in on a residence. A full irrigation pivot was also flipped at this location. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Tryon | $50,000 | As the tornado touched down on the northwest side of town, it ripped off the porch on a house. As it moved east southeast to the center of town, it ripped off the roof of the McPherson County Courthouse which was thrown into the northwest corner of the roof of the elementary school damaging it. An attached garage was ripped off a house. A horse trailer was picked up and moved from one side of a building to the other side of a building. Finally on the east end of Tryon, the tornado destroyed a porch on a home. Numerous power poles were down and at least 14 large trees were snapped off or uprooted. A few large hailstones also accompanied the storm. |
| February 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a garage and broke two power line poles south of Tryon. Several tree limbs were blown down in and around the town. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | $15,000 | Very strong winds moved 4 grain bins off their foundation by 6 to 8 inches, damaged trees, and broke off sprinkler heads from a center pivot irrigation system. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Tryon | $15,000 | Hail broke out windows on the east and south sides of a house. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Tryon | $12,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Tryon | $10,000 | Shed blown down. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Tryon | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Tryon | $9,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Tryon | $6,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree branches in Tryon. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Tryon | $6,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Tryon | $5,000 | The hail stripped trees of all their leaves. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Tryon | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Tryon | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Tryon | $3,000 | F0 Tornado up to 1/2 mile wide traveled through open rangeland. Utility poles were broken off. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Tryon | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | $2,000 | Large tree limbs down. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Tryon | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Tryon | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Tryon | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused damage to trees. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Tryon | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Tryon | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Tryon | $500 | Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs. |
| August 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Tryon | - | Tornado briefly touched down over open rangeland with no damage reported. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Tryon | - | Tornado largely remained over open terrain, though minor damage was observed at a non occupied home. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Tryon | - | Public reported hail ranging in size from pennies to quarters at this location. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Tryon | - | Hail lasted for 5 minutes. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | Two large trees blown over at this location by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Tryon | - | Public reported quarter size hail southwest of Tryon. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | Public estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph northwest of Tryon. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Tryon | - | Public reported quarter size hail north of Tryon. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Tryon | - | Public reported hail ranging from ping pong ball to hen egg size east of Tryon. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Tryon | - | Public reported golf ball size hail west of Tryon. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Tryon | - | Public reported quarter size hail west of Tryon. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | No damage reported. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH along with pea sized hail at this location. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at around 60 MPH, brought down tree limbs at this location. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | Two inch diameter tree limbs reported down at this location. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Tryon | - | Ping pong ball sized hail along with gusty winds reported at this location. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | Public estimated 70 mph wind gusts with half inch hail. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Tryon | - | Golf ball sized hail covered the ground. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Tryon | - | Ping pong ball sized hail covered the ground. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | Trees bending over from the wind, along with pea size hail. |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Tryon | - | Brief tornado touchdown in open range land. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | Law enforcement estimated wind gusts of 70 to 80 mph. |
| July 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Tryon | - | At 1803CST a tornado destroyed a grain bin and flipped 90 feet of center pivot line before lifting at 1807CST. The tornado was rated an EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | General public estimated 60 mph wind gusts. A few tree limbs up to 4 inch diameter were downed. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph with pea size hail. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | Reports of four inch diameter tree branches down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | Two 15,000 bushel bins were damaged with one moved off the foundation. A 500 gallon fertilizer plastic tank was also blown over a mile away. |
| August 2012 | Lightning | Tryon | - | A lightning strike ignited a wildfire in Keith County at the Glen Echo area that burned an estimated 7,500 acres of grassland and timber before containment in southwest McPherson County. Areas of canyon and creek valley were inaccessible for ground firefighting. Rough terrain prevented full containment, but two National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters provided air support. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | Winds estimated at 70 mph with pea size hail and heavy rain. |
| August 2011 | Heavy Rain | Tryon | - | The Huffman Ranch reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 4.25 inches. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | The public estimated 60 mph wind gusts with penny size hail. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tryon | - | Thunderstorm outflow winds of over 60 mph broke off 10 to 12 inch diameter tree limbs. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Tryon | - | Hail covered the ground. |
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.
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 Tryon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3132076 | 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 834194. 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.