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Union, Nebraska

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Liberty precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68455. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nehawka quadrangle. 195 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 984 feet above sea level.

Union within Cass County

On record in Union

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

Union fell from 233 to 195 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
2010233
2020195-38 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

20 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Union between 2005 and 2018, burning about 305 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
6 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
3 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
8 May 2006Equipment and vehicle use25 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
15 April 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
13 April 2016Debris and open burning200 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
9 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
28 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Union: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Becker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nehawka Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 18 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Funnel CloudUnion-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud to the west of Thurman. Strong rotation persisted even after the funnel cloud dissipated.
May 2023HailUnion-Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.
May 2023HailUnion-Public reported 1-inch hail.
April 2023HailUnion-Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindUnion-Public sent photos of damage to a large metal outbuilding due to wind gusts.
July 2020Flash FloodUnion-Public reported water running off of the fields and over Highway 34.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindUnion-Mesonet observation report wind speed of 63 MPH.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindUnion-A roof was blown off a building.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindUnion-A personal weather station measured an 80 mph gust 3 miles east of Union.
May 2016FloodUnion-Minor flooding was observed along the river to mainly agricultural land with a crest of 26.23 feet.
October 2013HailUnion-Storm chasers and spotters reported hail that ranged from ping pong ball to baseball size hail associated with a left-moving supercell tracking to the north northeast.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindUnion-Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 70 mph blew debris across Highway 75 near Union.
August 2009HailUnion-Hail up to golf ball-size was reported along Highway 75 south of Union.
March 2007HailUnion-The public reported hail just under golf ball size near Union, relayed through emergency management.
May 2004HailUnion-Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell in the Union area.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindUnion-Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 80 mph tore up large tree limbs west of Union. The winds were possibly the rear flank downdraft from a developing tornado that tracked from Nehawka to near Union.
April 1999Flash FloodUnion-Around 7 inches of rain fell near Union causing Weeping Water Creek to go out of its banks and flood the intersection of highways 34 and 75. Nearly 2 feet of water was observed over that intersection at the highest.
July 1994HailUnion-Thunderstorm winds caused considerable damage at a farmstead. A dairy barn and other outbuildings were destroyed or heavily damaged. There was also some damage to crops.
May 2019HailUnion-no account filed
April 2017HailUnion-no account filed
June 2015HailUnion-no account filed
June 2014HailUnion-no account filed
March 2012HailUnion-no account filed
June 2011HailUnion-no account filed
March 2007HailUnion-no account filed
May 1999HailUnion-no account filed
July 1999HailUnion-no account filed
May 1996Flash FloodUnion-no account filed
May 1996HailUnion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Nehawka3.8 miles13
Lake Waconda4.2 miles15
Todd4.7 miles15
Kanosha (historical)6.1 miles15
Murray7.0 miles15
Beaver Lake8.1 miles15
Rock Bluff (historical)8.8 miles15
Avoca10.4 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 UnionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1912586The 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 834259. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.