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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.

Unadilla within Otoe County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Unadilla 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.

YearPeople Change
2010311
2020296-15 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

55 since 2001

Regional 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
8 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2017Debris and open burning10 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2014Debris and open burning15 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2003Natural5.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2011Fireworksunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otoe County

Storms near this place

36 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1996Flash FloodUnadilla$620,000no account filed
October 2000Tornado (F0)Unadilla$5,000The 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 2023Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-Trained spotter reported 3-inch tree limbs downed.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-Public reported a measured peak wind gust of 66 mph.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-Public reported a measured peak wind gust of 68 mph.
April 2022Tornado (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 2022Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-Personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-Spotters estimated strong wind gusts up to 60 mph.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-The spotter also estimated 60 mph winds in addition to the quarter size hail.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-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 2009HailUnadilla-Nickel to quarter-size hail was reported by a spotter 3 miles north of Unadilla.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph broke several large trees in the Unadilla area.
June 2008HailUnadilla-Hail up to nickel-size was accompanied by 60 mph winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were accompanied by hail up to nickel-size.
June 2008Flash FloodUnadilla-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 2006HailUnadilla-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 2006HailUnadilla-Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell in and just west of Unadilla.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 65 mph by trained spotters south of Unadilla.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-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 2004Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph blew several trees over in town.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-Winds estimated at around 60 mph did some damage and knocked the power out to the Unadilla area.
June 1998Flash FloodUnadilla-Significant street flooding.
May 2017HailUnadilla-no account filed
May 2015HailUnadilla-no account filed
November 2015HailUnadilla-no account filed
April 2009HailUnadilla-no account filed
April 2009HailUnadilla-no account filed
June 2008HailUnadilla-no account filed
June 2008HailUnadilla-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-no account filed
April 2006HailUnadilla-no account filed
May 2004HailUnadilla-no account filed
June 1998HailUnadilla-no account filed
June 1998HailUnadilla-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindUnadilla-no account filed
July 1996HailUnadilla-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otoe 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
Syracuse4.8 miles13
Palmyra6.4 miles13
Otoe8.6 miles13
Douglas8.7 miles13
Burr10.3 miles13
Dunbar12.7 miles13
Tangeman13.0 miles13
Cio (historical)14.3 miles13

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 UnadillaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2639042The 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.