Unadilla, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in South Russell precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68454. It stands on Russell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Unadilla quadrangle. 296 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,106 feet above sea level.
On record in Unadilla
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Unadilla Main Street Historic Districtlisted 1995
Population over time
2 figuresUnadilla fell from 311 to 296 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 | 311 | |
| 2020 | 296 | -15 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1903 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Unadilla quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
55 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Unadilla between 2001 and 2020, burning about 209 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2011 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
36 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Unadilla in 36 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 16 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Unadilla | $620,000 | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Unadilla | $5,000 | The third and last cyclic tornado that formed from the apparent same thunderstorm touched down 1 mile south of Unadilla, tracked near town then lifted 1 mile north of Unadilla. The tornado took the roof off of a machine shed 1 mile north of town and damaged a roof of a garage by driving 2 boards through the roof. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Trained spotter reported 3-inch tree limbs downed. |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Public reported a measured peak wind gust of 66 mph. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Public reported a measured peak wind gust of 68 mph. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Unadilla | - | An EF1 tornado briefly touched down in Unadilla, Nebraska. The tornado was embedded within a strong squall line moving through the area. Tree damage was noted, and damage to three homes was also observed. Siding and gutters were torn off, windows were broken, and the roof of another home was a partially torn off. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Spotters estimated strong wind gusts up to 60 mph. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | The spotter also estimated 60 mph winds in addition to the quarter size hail. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at close to 70 mph downed numerous trees and power lines in the Unadilla area. A few outbuildings in the area were also destroyed. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Unadilla | - | Nickel to quarter-size hail was reported by a spotter 3 miles north of Unadilla. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph broke several large trees in the Unadilla area. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Unadilla | - | Hail up to nickel-size was accompanied by 60 mph winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by hail up to nickel-size. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Unadilla | - | According to emergency management five inches of rain fell near Palmyra with around 4 inches at Unadilla. The heavy rain caused flash flooding along Hooper Creek west of Unadilla and along a small creek east of town. The flood waters crossed a few county roads, eventually flowing into the Little Nemaha watershed. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Unadilla | - | Hail up to 1 inch in diameter piled up for 5 to 10 minutes driven by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 55 mph. The hail flattened crops in the area and caused some tree and roof damage. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Unadilla | - | Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell in and just west of Unadilla. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 65 mph by trained spotters south of Unadilla. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated over 60 mph destroyed 20 transmission power poles near Unadilla and knocked over or snapped numerous trees in town causing some building damage. |
| February 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph blew several trees over in town. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | Winds estimated at around 60 mph did some damage and knocked the power out to the Unadilla area. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Unadilla | - | Significant street flooding. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| November 2015 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Unadilla | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Unadilla | - | 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.
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 Unadilla | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2639042 | 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 834256. 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.






