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.
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
Union Jaillisted 2006
Population over time
2 figuresUnion 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 233 | |
| 2020 | 195 | -38 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1935 USGS Nehawka quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Nehawka quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Nehawka quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Nehawka quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2005Regional 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 burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 3 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 13 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Nehawka Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Union | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud to the west of Thurman. Strong rotation persisted even after the funnel cloud dissipated. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Union | - | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Union | - | Public reported 1-inch hail. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Union | - | Trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | - | Public sent photos of damage to a large metal outbuilding due to wind gusts. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Union | - | Public reported water running off of the fields and over Highway 34. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | - | Mesonet observation report wind speed of 63 MPH. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | - | A roof was blown off a building. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | - | A personal weather station measured an 80 mph gust 3 miles east of Union. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Union | - | Minor flooding was observed along the river to mainly agricultural land with a crest of 26.23 feet. |
| October 2013 | Hail | Union | - | 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 70 mph blew debris across Highway 75 near Union. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Union | - | Hail up to golf ball-size was reported along Highway 75 south of Union. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Union | - | The public reported hail just under golf ball size near Union, relayed through emergency management. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Union | - | Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell in the Union area. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | - | 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 1999 | Flash Flood | Union | - | 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 1994 | Hail | Union | - | 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 2019 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Union | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Union | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nehawka | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Waconda | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Todd | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Kanosha (historical) | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Murray | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Beaver Lake | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Rock Bluff (historical) | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Avoca | 10.4 miles | 13 |
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 Union | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1912586 | 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 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.








