BlockWahoo, Nebraska
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Wahoo City. It lies in ZIP code area 68066. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wahoo East quadrangle. 4,818 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,211 feet above sea level.
On record in Wahoo
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 5 records
Howard Hanson Houselisted 1983
F.J. Kirchman Houselisted 2003
O. K. Marketlisted 1991
Saunders County Courthouselisted 1990
Wahoo Burlington Depotlisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresWahoo grew from 4,508 to 4,818 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 | 4,508 | |
| 2020 | 4,818 | +310 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1899 USGS Wahoo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wahoo East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Wahoo between 2007 and 2020, burning about 67 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 April 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 14 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 80 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wahoo in 80 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 31 thunderstorm wind, 30 hail, 13 flood, 5 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | 1 hurt, $20,000 | A thunderstorm downburst destroyed the roof of a garage in Wahoo and caused other damage to houses and trees in town. A man broke his arm when a storm door blew open and pushed him off his porch. |
| September 2006 | Flood | Wahoo | $500,000 | Rainfall of 2 to 5 inches fell over a large part of central and western Saunders county during the overnight hours of 9/15/06 and early 9/16/06. The heavy rain initially flooded tributaries of Wahoo Creek around the Wahoo area, including Sand Creek, flooding and eventually closing Highway 92 west of town, Highway 77 east of town and old Highway 77 south of town. Besides flooding hundreds of acres of farmland, the flood waters also affected the Fairgrounds and surrounding areas of east and southeast Wahoo, and at least 1 car was flooded. A dance floor east of town was severely damaged by the flood waters along with railroad tracks in the vicinity. The water eventually consolidated into Wahoo Creek causing it to cross its 19 foot flood stage at Ithaca at 1215 pm cdt on 9/16/06. The creek at Ithaca crested at 21.91 feet at 415 am cdt on 9/17/06 and fell below flood stage at 1245 pm on 9/17/06. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Wahoo | $200,000 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of a ballfield and railroad tracks near town. Some county bridges also experienced minor washouts. Rainfall amounts were 2 to 4 inches this day. |
| August 2014 | Flood | Wahoo | $100,000 | Emergency management, media, and various spotters reported widespread flooding in and around the Wahoo area due to heavy overnight rainfall. The flooding began during the mid morning on the 28th, and continued until early the next morning. At the height of the flooding all, but roads except one gravel road were closed in and out of Wahoo. This included United States Highway 77 and Nebraska Highway 92. |
| August 2007 | Lightning | Wahoo | $100,000 | A lightning bolt struck a house near Wahoo which quickly caused a fire causing around $100,000 worth of damage. An upstairs office with collectibles was hardest hit. |
| August 2007 | Flood | Wahoo | $70,000 | Heavy rain caused flooding along Wahoo Creek and a few of it't tributaries, including Sand Creek, from near the Wahoo area downstream through Ithaca. Flooding along Sand Creek closed Highway 77/92 just east of Wahoo for 19 hours beginning around midnight CDT on 8/29. Flooding along Wahoo Creek also closed Old Highway 77 southwest of Wahoo and Highway 92 near the junction with new Highway 77 west of town on the 29th. At least 3 structures, like bridges and culverts, sustained damage across the county, and a lot of gravel was washed off of county roads. A railroad track east of Wahoo was damaged due to flood waters as well. Rainfall of 5 inches was reported near Czechland Lake while a reading southwest of Cedar Bluffs came in at 6.5 inches.||Wahoo Creek at Ithaca crested at 22.15 feet at 915 pm CDT on August 29th, flood stage is 19 feet. The creek near Ithaca was above flood stage from around 315 am on 8/29 until 845 am on the 30th, although flood waters did not subside from some county roads until Friday the 31st. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Wahoo | $10,000 | Rainfall of an inch or two in less than 1 hour caused areas of flash flooding along Wahoo Creek and a few of it's tributaries. About a dozen roads in the area were barricaded for a while, and state Highway 92 was closed near Wahoo for a while because of flood waters. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Wahoo | $1,000 | Rainfall of 2 inches or more fell near and west of Wahoo with a little less than that reported east of town. Prague reported 2.84 inches of rain over the 24 hour period ending 7am CDT 5/20. The heavy rain produced flooding along Sand Creek or Cottonwood Creek which flooded across Highway 77/92 east of Wahoo prompting its closure for several hours. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | NWS employee reported large tree branches (6 to 8 inches in diameter) down. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Mesonet measured wind gust of 65 mph along the outflow boundary of a thunderstorm. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Amateur radio report of wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Wahoo | - | Trained spotter report of hail measured up to penny sized. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Wahoo | - | River flooding was noted along the Wahoo Creek after excessive rainfall brought flash flooding to much of the surrounding areas the night before. The creek crested the evening of the 2nd, with the highest recorded height of 20.37 feet at the Ashland gauge (ASNN1). |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | A personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 68 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Wahoo AWOS measured a peak wind gust of 51 knots (59 mph). |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Wahoo AWOS measured a peak wind gust of 59 mph. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Wahoo | - | NWS Employee reported 1 inch hail. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Public reported a 10 inch tree branch down in Wahoo. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Wahoo | - | Public reported 1.5 inch hail. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Wahoo | - | Trained spotter reported 1.5 inch hail. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Wahoo | - | Highway 92 along the bypass around Wahoo is closed. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Wahoo | - | First street is closed between County Road 19 and US 77 due to flooding. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Wahoo | - | Water reported over Highway 92 west of Wahoo. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | A 60 mph wind at Wahoo Airport. |
| October 2017 | Flood | Wahoo | - | Flooding was observed at two river gages along Wahoo Creek. In Wahoo the river reached a stage of 25.32 feet, which is above moderate flood stage. In Ithaca the gage reached a stage of 19.85 feet, flood stage is 19 feet. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Wahoo | - | Minor flooding was observed along the Wahoo Creek from near Wahoo downstream to Ithaca. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Wahoo | - | Flooding was observed along Wahoo Creek from near Wahoo downstream to near Ashland. The flooding generally minor, but did flood the bridge over Wahoo creek on old State Highway 77. The flooding also impacted a few homes near the city of Ithaca, but otherwise the flooding was mainly confined to agricultural land along the river. |
| June 2016 | Flood | Wahoo | - | Minor flooding was observed along the Wahoo Creek from near Wahoo to Ithaca. The flooding was generally confined to agricultural land along the channel of the creek. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | The Wahoo golf club reported significant tree damage. |
| May 2014 | Flood | Wahoo | - | Heavy rain caused flooding along Wahoo Creek from near old Highway 77 south of Wahoo, to near Ithaca then toward Ashland. The flooding impacted a few county roads and farm fields near the creek. At Ithaca the creek reached around 20 feet during this time, flood stage is 19 feet. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Roof damaged on a trailer house along county road K near the cemetery. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph in the Wahoo area. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts which peaked at a measured 68 mph at the Wahoo airport, were accompanied by nickel-size hail. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Wahoo | - | The hail was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts which reached 68 mph at the Wahoo airport. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was measured at the Wahoo airport. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 65 mph was recorded by the Awos near Wahoo. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Wahoo | - | Hail reached up to around golf ball-size in the Wahoo area. The hail was from a slow moving supercell thunderstorm that brought a prolonged period of hail from the western and northern sections of Fremont west and southwest through Cedar Bluffs and Wahoo. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wahoo | - | Most of the hail was pea-size, but some stones were nickel to quarter-size. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 65 mph downed trees and a few power lines in the Wahoo area. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Wahoo | - | Hail up to 2 inches in diameter was reported from around 5 miles north of Wahoo into Wahoo. The hail was accompanied by thunderstorm winds at least 50 mph which downed some small tree limbs in Wahoo. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Local media weather equipment measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph in the Wahoo area. The winds knocked down a few tree limbs in town but overall the damage was nothing major according to the county Emergency Manager. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at around 60 mph blew a large tree limb onto a power line in town. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | A thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 68 mph by an area media meteorologist. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 to 75 mph did significant damage to corn and trees in an area 6 miles wide by 10 miles long from east of Wahoo to northeast of Ashland according a local crop consultant. A grove of elm trees was uprooted and corn flattened in the area.||In the Camp Ashland area, approximately 50 trees were destroyed and several roofs sustained damage. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated by a trained spotter at around 60 mph in Wahoo. The winds knocked over a large tree in town. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph tore the roof off of a farm out-building near Wahoo and knocked down most of a large tree near First and Elm Streets in town. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Wahoo | - | Hail up to golfball size fell from 3 miles northwest of Wahoo to the Yutan area. Some house damage was reported. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | A cooperative observer reported that thunderstorm winds estimated at around 60 mph knocked down a few large tree limbs in town. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at least at 60 mph caused tree damage in Wahoo. Some of the downed tree branches damaged a few houses in town. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts of around 60 mph were reported by a ham radio operator. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | A small cluster of severe thunderstorms tracked across Saunders county from just north of Wahoo south toward Valparaiso then east into Douglas county near Valley. The storms produced wind gusts estimated at over 70 mph which downed numerous trees and power lines and snapped power poles from just north through east of Wahoo through Wahoo itself then south to 3 miles north of Valparaiso. Tree damage was quite extensive in Wahoo where enough debris clogged city streets that city crews used bulldozers to clear them. OPPD estimated that around 3000 customers lost power for a time because of the storm. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 80 mph by a trained spotter blew a vehicle off of a road near Wahoo. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts between 55 and 60 mph produced zero visibility in blowing dust. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Thunderstorm wind gust snapped a power pole just east of Wahoo. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Wahoo | - | Flash flooding closed highway 77 south of town for a while. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahoo | - | Strong thunderstorm winds caused extensive tree damage around Wahoo and Malmo. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Wahoo | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Wahoo | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Wahoo | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Wahoo | - | 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 Wahoo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q660140 | 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 834421. 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.